A bust of Benjamin Franklin, crafted by Flemish artist John Michael Rysbrack and believed to be the earliest sculpture of the Founding Father, is set for auction, writes Kristin Hunt for PhillyVoice.

Benjamin Franklin was a true Renaissance man ... make a number of crucial scientific discoveries; and help draft the Declaration of Independence and secure his country's' freedom from England.

Galvani’s contemporaries—including Benjamin Franklin, whose work helped prove the existence of atmospheric electricity—had made great strides in understanding the nature of electricity and how to ...

Rice’s Naomi Halas is the recipient of the 2025 Benjamin Franklin Medal in chemistry, awarded “for the creation and development of nanoshells — metal-coated nanoscale particles that can capture light ...