Four of Scotland's best inventions - according to Scotsman readers. Scotland has long punched above its weight when it comes ...

CCD sensors were once all the rage in digital photography, but they have since been replaced by CMOS technology. Why did the ...

Time to put your beer(s) down, get up off your lazy duffs, stop watching football for at least 30 minutes, and get out and ...

The hydraulic telegraph, a telecommunications device invented by ancient Greeks, allowed the sending of long distance ...

On Oct. 9, 1876, Alexander Graham Bell made a telephone call to his assistant a few miles away — the first demonstration of ...

On Oct. 3, 1950, three Bell Labs scientists received a patent for a "three-electrode circuit element" that would usher in the transistor age and the era of modern computing.

DULUTH, Ga. (WTVM) - A 22-year-old inventor is gaining viral attention for what he calls “Plastoline,” a fuel he says is made from plastic waste. Julian Brown says he uses a process called microwave ...

University of Tennessee provides funding as a member of The Conversation US. When people name the most important inventions in history, light bulbs are usually on the list. They were much safer than ...

A device created by Johns Hopkins University engineering students to help infants with nerve injuries won the top honor at the American Society of Mechanical Engineers Innovation Showcase USA 2025, ...

In the fall of 1983, Judd Apatow made his way down to a musty room in the basement of Syosset High School and stumbled upon his secret weapon—he just didn’t know it yet. Apatow was 15 years old, deep ...

Novo Nordisk, the 102-year-old Danish drugmaker behind the blockbuster drugs Ozempic and Wegovy, is laying off thousands of workers as it seeks to recoup some of the revenue it’s lost to competitors ...