Experiments with identical replicas of Thomas Edison's original light bulbs shows the inventor may have accidentally created ...

The Edison Festival of Light began in February 1938 as a way to honor Fort Myers' most famous winter resident, Thomas Edison. Eighty eight years later, the festival is back and still going strong.

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

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

When people think of Thomas Edison, they often picture a glowing light bulb and a man who seemed to invent endlessly. What is ...

Thomas Alva Edison is possibly one of the most famous inventors in human history. Over the course of his life, he registered nearly 1,100 patents in the United States across a wide range of fields.

The Edison Fest parades pack downtown Fort Myers with smiling spectators. But there’s more to the festival than just floats ...

Mimicking Edison’s experimental setup, Eddy attached the light bulb to a 110-volt direct current electricity source. He allowed it to flow for 20 seconds, as bouts of heating longer than that can form ...