Slime eel - the slimiest animal in the world
Slime eels have evolved the ability to use mucus as a defense mechanism to clog the gills of predators in less than a second.
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Slime eels have evolved the ability to use mucus as a defense mechanism to clog the gills of predators in less than a second.
Scientists have recently discovered the world's largest bacteria with white filaments the size of human eyelashes, found in a swamp in Guadeloupe (France), according to…
According to a new image from a telescope, at the center of the Milky Way, there are nearly 1,000 mysterious magnetic strings. The pairs and clusters of filaments span n…
Science has successfully made a stable, fast-charging sodium battery like a li-ion battery. This is yet another breakthrough that can accelerate the advancement of techn…
Thomas Edison was not the first to come up with the idea of the incandescent light bulb. He just brought it closer to human life.
Most Christmas sweaters are made from plastic and this has the potential to contribute to plastic pollution in the global oceans.
Thomas Alva Edison's electric light invention has made homes around the world flooded with light at night.
The story of the bulb began long before Edison was granted a patent for the successful invention of the light bulb and put it into commercial use for the first time in 1…
Spiders have a special trick that helps them move easily on glue-like filaments on their webs.
The State of California (USA) has just passed a bill restricting the sale of most filament bulbs since 2012. Other states like Northern Caroline, Connecticut and Rhode I…
3D printing (3D) is currently the most outstanding technology, but printer products are very expensive and uncommon to popular consumers. Hugh Lyman's invention changed…
Another part of the invention
Once upon a time, incandescent bulbs were no longer used in everyday life, on the grounds that they were extremely wasteful of electricity.