Madam C.J. Walker, nee Sarah Breedlove, was born on Dec. 23, 1867, near Delta, Louisiana. After suffering from a scalp ailment that resulted in her own hair loss, she invented a line of African ...
Frank Sprague, the engineer and inventor who is considered “The Father of Electric Traction,” is the subject of a new biography co-authored by William Middleton III, professor of ...
Helen Blanchard's zigzag sewing patent was a fundamental breakthrough which continues to be widely used, over 120-years after its invention In the 1800s, American women could not vote and many of them ...
It’s shocking how many everyday inventions we use without acknowledging the inventors that helped bring them to us. DrAfter123/Getty Images Did you know the first prototype for word processors was ...
Necessity is the father of invention, but where is its mother? According to a new study published in Science, fewer women hold biomedical patents, leading to a reduced number of patented technologies ...
Breakthrough inventions are most likely to emerge when knowledge categories are blurred. Research by Gianluca Carnabuci, ...
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — A Purdue University alumna and a graduate student have been recognized for their invention designed and tested to improve a surgeon’s experience with a commonly performed ...
Artificial intelligence promises to supercharge scientific research and entrepreneurial innovation, helping researchers and inventors make new discoveries and creations. But how will patent ...
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