Power lines are a regular part of our day-to-day lives now as they carry electricity through the world, but when were they first invented?

The birthplace of the bicycle, steam engine and jet engine, the UK has a long history of innovation. Here’s how key ...

Thomas Edison, the great American inventor who also invented the phonograph. But not everyone knows the drama behind inventing the lightbulb. Did Edison REALLY invent the lightbulb?

Launched in Chicago in 1957, Luster Products manufactures 125 hair care products that are sold in over 70 countries around ...

This video explores the creation of the first light bulbs invented by Thomas Edison and Joseph Swan. The creator highlights Edison's electric lamp patent, providing a clearer transcription of it, as ...

Languages: English. A self-taught Welsh inventor may have solved a decades-long problem in beverage technology: how to keep drinks cold without a refrigerator. James Vyse, a 31-year-old former ...

The Archimedes screw mechanism, an ancient Greek invention still used today . Credit: Kuroczynski, Wikimedia Commons, CC-BY-SA-4.0 Have you ever wondered how ancient civilizations moved water uphill ...

Thomas Edison is widely credited with inventing the incandescent light bulb he patented in 1879, but there were a number of people around the globe simultaneously working to hone the revolutionary ...

Yet all these discoveries and inventions — and tens of thousands more — have their origins at American public and private research universities. For over a half-century, these institutions ...

The Queensland government has begun community consultation – the first step of a review process – for the long-planned Gold Coast light rail expansion. The stage four expansion would extend ...

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