According to new research from Rice University, while Edison’s goal was simply to create a longer-lasting electric lamp, the ...
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Edison may have accidentally made graphene with an 1879 light bulb
More than a century before graphene was isolated in a modern lab, Thomas Edison may have been unknowingly making the wonder ...
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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 ...
What do Thomas Edison and 2010 Nobel Prize in physics winners Konstantin Novoselov and Andre Geim have in common? According ...
To reproduce what Thomas Edison did, with the tools and knowledge we have now, is very exciting,” said co-author James Tour, ...
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Did Edison Make a 'Wonder Material' 125 Years Before Its Official Creation?
Inventor Thomas Edison is known for being ahead of his time, and a new study could add another notch to his overachieving ...
In Livermore, California, a remarkable light bulb has defied the odds for over a century. Known as the Centennial Light, this carbon-filament bulb has been glowing since 1901, earning it the title of ...
We live in a world where smartphones last for about 2.5 years, and even the best light bulbs fizzle out unexpectedly when you need them the most. That said, here is one bulb defying the odds, a ...
Researchers create a prototype bulb with a carbon nanotube in place of the standard tungsten filament. It uses less power, burns brighter and could lead to the first major overhaul in bulb design in a ...
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