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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 ...

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 ...
Mid-Day

Graphene may have been produced in Edison’s first light bulb, study finds

Researchers in the US have uncovered evidence suggesting that Thomas Edison may have accidentally produced graphene over a ...
The Debrief

Did Thomas Edison Create Graphene More Than 130 Years Before it Was Officially Invented?

Experiments with identical replicas of Thomas Edison's original light bulbs shows the inventor may have accidentally created ...

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 ...