Invention is supposed to be an act of hope. You sit down with a problem, you work the problem until it breaks open, and what ...

There’s an apocryphal story of Christopher Columbus making an egg stand on its end after a hearty meal, showing that what seemed impossible was actually 'common sense' once demonstrated. Today, a ...

Brigham Young University was just ranked as one of the top 100 universities in the nation for most issued patents. But the new ranking from the National Academy of Inventors (NAI) isn’t the story for ...

Xuedong Liu of CU Boulder is one of 170 ‘exceptional inventors’ who are helping to ‘propel us into the future,’ academy says Liu is one of an elected group of 170 “exceptional inventors” honored in ...

“The African American experience is full of innovators who have done creative and productive things, but there was no pathway to patents.” – James Howard, Executive Director, Black Inventors Hall of ...

Bubble Wrap, a globally recognized packaging item, originated from an unsuccessful attempt to create textured wallpaper in ...