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 ...

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 ...

Two Johns Hopkins researchers have been selected for membership in the National Academy of Inventors, the highest professional distinction awarded solely to inventors. Mao is a pioneer in the ...

“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 ...

Henry E. Baker, the father of Black inventor research -- Early innovators and inventors -- Role of ancient African civilizations in the development of today's inventions and technologies -- ...