Researchers envision robots and self-driving cars that see like mantis shrimp, distinguishing light waves with different ...

Scientists have attempted to produce twisted light in the past also, but this is the first time such a bright twisted light ...

Forget LEDs, researchers from the University of Michigan have developed a new type of incandescent light bulb. The device is ...

While they are dying out, you can still find incandescent bulbs. While these were once totally common, they’ve been largely ...

Researchers at the University of Michigan discovered a way to produce bright, twisted light using technology akin to an ...

On New Year's Eve, 1879, Thomas Edison unveiled his newest invention: the electric light. Reporters came from all over the U.S. to see Edison's Menlo Park lab lit up with his incandescent bulbs.

This is a video recording of Francis Jehl discussing his experience working with Thomas Edison in 1879 and helping to make the first practically viable light bulb in history.

At Menlo Park Edison led a comprehensive survey of filament materials, selecting carbonized bamboo for his first commercial electric light bulb. Adapted for the internet from “Thomas Edison, Chemist” ...