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 ...

The winners of the European Inventor Award 2026 will be announced during a livestreamed ceremony from Berlin on 2 July 2026.

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 ...

Ron Barrett-Gonzalez, University of Kansas professor of aerospace engineering, shows off KU’s “hexcopter” prototype at a news conference in 2018. A KU engineering professor who has been a leader 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 ...