A rechargeable battery based on technology pioneered by Thomas Edison may finally get its due. But while the famous inventor envisioned nickel-iron batteries powering the automobile industry over a ...

Scientists have successfully resurrected and supercharged a forgotten battery design from Thomas Edison, turning a ...

A team co-led by UCLA has revived an Edison-style nickel-iron battery that charges in seconds and survives 12,000 cycles, ...

The carbon filament used in Edison’s 1897 light bulb experiments generated the precise amount of heat needed to produce ...

Scientists reinvent Edison's battery with faster charging and longer durability.

A little-known fact: In the year 1900, electric cars outnumbered gas-powered ones on the American road. The lead-acid auto ...

In contrast, the new battery is a more direct reimagination of Edison’s idea, in that it focuses on the battery itself as opposed to its byproducts. The prototype, developed by scientists at the ...

Today, we celebrate our Nation’s most prolific inventor and a man who never stopped pushing the spirit of American innovation: the legendary Thomas ...

Great success in business is one thing, making it in Hollywood is another. Here’s a multiplex’s worth of films inspired by ...

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