More than a century before graphene was isolated in a modern lab, Thomas Edison may have been unknowingly making the wonder ...
When researchers set out to rebuild Thomas Edison’s 1879 light bulb, they expected a history lesson, not a materials science ...
According to new research from Rice University, while Edison’s goal was simply to create a longer-lasting electric lamp, the ...
Experiments with identical replicas of Thomas Edison's original light bulbs shows the inventor may have accidentally created ...
What do Thomas Edison and 2010 Nobel Prize in physics winners Konstantin Novoselov and Andre Geim have in common? According ...
Mimicking Edison’s experimental setup, Eddy attached the light bulb to a 110-volt direct current electricity source. He allowed it to flow for 20 seconds, as bouts of heating longer than that can form ...
Before Edison’s system prevailed, Italian inventor Alessandro Cruto developed a light bulb praised for its clarity and ...