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

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 ...

A team of scientists has replicated one of Thomas Edison's early experiments from his quest to make the lightbulb, but with ...

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 ...

Inventor Thomas Edison demonstrated his electric incandescent lights in public. He illuminated about 100 bulbs in and around his laboratory in Menlo Park, New Jersey. Edison used a carbonized bamboo ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

What do Thomas Edison and 2010 Nobel Prize in physics winners Konstantin Novoselov and Andre Geim have in common? According ...