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Scientists replicated Edison’s 1879 light bulb experiments and uncovered something unexpected

A team of scientists has replicated one of Thomas Edison's early experiments from his quest to make the lightbulb, but with ...
The Debrief

Did Thomas Edison Create Graphene More Than 130 Years Before it Was Officially Invented?

Experiments with identical replicas of Thomas Edison's original light bulbs shows the inventor may have accidentally created ...
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Edison’s 1879 light bulb may have accidentally produced graphene, scientists say

Researchers in the US have uncovered evidence suggesting that Thomas Edison may have accidentally ...

Thomas Edison May Have Created a Miracle Material Before Physics Knew It Existed

A modern materials study suggests that Thomas Edison’s early light bulb experiments may have unknowingly produced graphene decades before the material was formally theorized or isolated. Thomas Edison ...
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Graphene may have been produced in Edison’s first light bulb, study finds

Researchers in the US have uncovered evidence suggesting that Thomas Edison may have accidentally produced graphene over a ...

Did Edison accidentally make graphene in 1879?

To reproduce what Thomas Edison did, with the tools and knowledge we have now, is very exciting,” said co-author James Tour, ...

Edison's 1879 bulb experiments may have unintentionally produced graphene

What do Thomas Edison and 2010 Nobel Prize in physics winners Konstantin Novoselov and Andre Geim have in common? According ...
The San Bernardino Sun

As we enter the shortest days of the year here’s the history of light bulbs

Saturday, December 21 is the shortest day of the year so we thought it would be a good time to appreciate the history of light bulbs. We walk into a dark room and flick a light switch and don’t think ...