According to new research from Rice University, while Edison’s goal was simply to create a longer-lasting electric lamp, the ...

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

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

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

With more than a thousand patents to his name, the legendary inventor's innovations helped define the modern world. Thomas Edison had a hand in inventing revolutionary devices such as the movie camera ...

Electric light bulbs had been around for decades by the 1870s. Most demonstration systems used arc lamps, which seemed far too bright and burned much too hot for indoor household use. In 1878, Thomas ...

Edison Light Bulb, 1879, Smithsonian's National Museum of American History Thomas Edison used this carbon-filament bulb in the first public demonstration of his most famous invention—the light bulb, ...

One of the inventions that put this central New Jersey town on the map could go the way of the typewriter and the horse and buggy if some lawmakers have their way. The incandescent light bulb, ...

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