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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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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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 ...
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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 ...
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Edison may have accidentally made graphene with an 1879 light bulb

More than a century before graphene was isolated in a modern lab, Thomas Edison may have been unknowingly making the wonder ...