A new Nature Communications study shows that scientific papers, U.S. case law, and patents share similar statistical citation ...

The most powerful space telescope ever built and the car-size roving science lab on Mars are among 25 of the most iconic inventions the magazine has covered in the past quarter century. Two icons of ...

The videophone had a very long road to becoming mainstream. Once envisioned as a standalone device, the tech kind of snuck up on us in the 21st century via the backdoor of our phones and other devices ...

Scientific progress is rarely linear, but it's fairly unusual for an invention to be created and then completely lost to time. A couple of often-touted examples include Stradivarius violins and ...

The University of Hong Kong (HKU) achieved recognition at the 51st International Exhibition of Inventions of Geneva, held from 11 to 15 March 2026. Demonstrating its strong research and innovation ...

NAI fellow status is the highest professional distinction awarded solely to academic inventors. The program recognizes academic inventors who have demonstrated a “spirit of innovation” by creating or ...

Earthquake monitoring, steam engines, surgery, and advanced materials: A journey through ancient inventions that were ahead of their time—and did not survive. In the year 138 AD, in the imperial court ...

Belarusian school students won gold and silver medals at the International Science and Invention Fair (ISIF) 2026, an international competition of environmental projects and inventions.

Human civilization has been innovating for thousands of years, and the most remarkable part? Many of those innovations never needed replacing. From the clay workshops of ancient Mesopotamia to the ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

Have you ever been watching a musician on TV and wanted their autograph? That was going to be possible in the future, according to Gernsback, who imagined just such a device even before the vast ...