Researchers at the University of Michigan developed a new type of incandescent light ... A traditional Edison lamp works by heating a tungsten filament, and this process is described by the ...

The problem is, the wire — the filament — would burn up quickly ... people who claimed they had actually invented the incandescent light before Edison. The courts eventually decided that ...

Born in Sunderland, he studied chemistry and moved to Tyneside where, after many years of persistent effort, he created the first successful 'incandescent filament electric lamp' - the light bulb.

Turning on the light forces electricity through the filament, which heats up and glows brightly. Incandescent lighting works because it's harder for electricity to flow through the filament than ...