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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 ...
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Edison's 1879 lightbulb tests may have accidentally created graphene

When Thomas Alva Edison was painstakingly testing carbonized filaments for his early light bulbs in 1879, he was chasing a ...

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 ...

Did Edison Accidentally Create a Vital Superconductor?

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 ...
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This Light Bulb Has Been On For Over A Century – Here's How It Works

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 ...
Silicon Valley

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. RELATED: Livermore’s 123-year-old Centennial Lightbulb glows up We ...
EDN

Figuring out a dimmable filament LED light bulb

They’re consistently popular with the readers, which is admittedly part of my (and EDN’s) motivation to continue doing them. But I personally also find them fascinating; inevitably I come across at ...