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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 ...

Edison may have unknowingly created graphene with his 1879 light bulb

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

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 ...
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World’s First Light-Bulb Recycling Machine Launched

REVEND RECYCLING LIMITED, a UK corporation, announces today the launch of an innovative reverse vending recycling machine for the collection and recycling of domestic light bulbs and domestic ...
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The light bulb wasn’t Edison’s idea - so who made it first?

Everyone credits Edison for the light bulb—but the real story starts much earlier. Discover the inventors who came before him and how one idea turned into a world-changing innovation. Watch till the ...
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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. We walk into a dark room and flick a light switch and don’t think ...
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How Edison's light bulb electrified the world and changed nights forever

Thomas Alva Edison, the man behind the electric bulb has been a well-known inventor for more than a century now. It is primarily thanks to his incredible demonstration on a chilly New Year's Eve in ...
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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 ...