A team of scientists has replicated one of Thomas Edison's early experiments from his quest to make the lightbulb, but with ...
When researchers set out to rebuild Thomas Edison’s 1879 light bulb, they expected a history lesson, not a materials science surprise. By carefully recreating his carbon filaments and punishing them ...
When Thomas Alva Edison was painstakingly testing carbonized filaments for his early light bulbs in 1879, he was chasing a ...
Researchers in the US have uncovered evidence suggesting that Thomas Edison may have accidentally ...
What do Thomas Edison and 2010 Nobel Prize in physics winners Konstantin Novoselov and Andre Geim have in common? According ...
Electric light bulbs had been around for decades by the 1870s. Most demonstration systems used arc lamps, which seemed far too bright and burned much too hot for indoor household use. In 1878, Thomas ...