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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 ...
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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 ...

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 ...

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 ...
San Gabriel Valley Tribune

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 ...