Earthquakes can cause serious damage to buildings, but this new invention has the potential to mitigate some of that damage without needing electricity.

Water from air technology: A Nobel Prize-winning scientist has developed a groundbreaking machine that generates clean ...

A newly granted United States patent unveiled an innovative energy-dissipation device designed to protect buildings, infrastructure, and sensitive equipment from earthquakes, strong winds, and ...

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At just 21, this scientist is creating inventions that aim to reduce carbon emissions and waste down to zero.

Bessie Virginia Blount was a physical therapist, inventor and forensic scientist who invented an electronic feeding device in 1951 to help amputees feed themselves. In 1969, Blount joined law ...

AI-assisted inventions are patentable under U.S. law, but only a person can be named as an inventor. The legal standard is the same regardless of whether AI was used in the inventive process.

But it is when AI replaces the human ingenuity behind an idea, or when AI tools are used without proper due diligence, that Guld sees red flags emerge. Guld advises that inventors should be aware of ...