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

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

To reproduce what Thomas Edison did, with the tools and knowledge we have now, is very exciting,” said co-author James Tour, ...

Graphene has drawn attention as a scientific curiosity owing to its record conductivities, strength and thermal properties.

Inventor Thomas Edison is known for being ahead of his time, and a new study could add another notch to his overachieving ...

Graphene is an extremely thin, flexible and resistant material made of pure carbon. It forms layers that consist of virtually a single layer of carbon atoms. To make graphene as thick as a human hair, ...

Graphene has been very hot in scientific circles since it was first produced in 2004. This one-atom thick layer of carbon has been found to have such remarkable properties that its discoverers were ...