When researchers set out to rebuild Thomas Edison’s 1879 light bulb, they expected a history lesson, not a materials science ...

Inventor Thomas Edison is known for being ahead of his time, and a new study could add another notch to his overachieving ...

The discoverer of the incandescent light bulb, the phonograph, and the quadruplex telegraph, among other things, is one of ...

This reminds us of how, in the 1880s, Edison observed current flowing in one direction through a test light bulb that ...

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 ...

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 ...

Thomas Edison was a famous American inventor. He contributed greatly to modern technology. Edison held many patents and ...

When people think of Thomas Edison, they often picture a glowing light bulb and a man who seemed to invent endlessly. What is ...

As twilight descended over North Jersey on Dec. 9, 1914, an explosion tore through Thomas Edison’s laboratory complex. The blast originated in the West Orange facility's film inspection building.