Meet the young Granite Stater who designed a video game controller with one goal in mind--making sure everyone gets a turn.

“USA250: The Story of the World’s Greatest Economy” is a yearlong WSJ series examining America’s first 250 years. Read more about it from Editor in Chief Emma Tucker. The votes are in. For the past ...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WAND) - Illinois students received an opportunity to showcase their best work at ACT Now's 2026 STEM showcase. Students from across the state brought their special projects and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Per the USPTO, Americans were "benefitting from a post-World War II economic boom" in the 1960s and a workforce that "grew by ...

Whenever innovation and creativity combine forces, brilliant inventions tend to follow suit. Each decade has its own set of unique technological advances that were known for either making life easier ...

Most technology companies will list “innovation” as a core value. Leadership teams promote idea generation, schedule brainstorming sessions and encourage employees to think creatively. Yet, why is it ...

Thinking about what’s next can be kind of exciting, right? We’re talking about future inventions ideas for students to explore, the kind of stuff that sounds like science fiction but might just be the ...

The US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has issued revised guidance on inventorship for artificial intelligence‑assisted inventions, completely replacing the February 2024 framework and clarifying ...

Snacks all the way across the room? Have no fear, Connor Erwine’s Balloon Car will save the day as it uses air pressure to sail your snacks right your way. Submitted Photo Eric Snarski demonstrates ...

A local mom in Michigan is hoping to inspire some young people with an invention that's now keeping elementary schoolers in the state warm during heavy snow days. This inventor is also working with ...

One popular strain of urban-policy thinking opposes gentrification—the arrival of affluent people into poor neighborhoods—and argues that poverty should be rectified by ever greater expenditure on ...

The mid-20th century was a wild frontier of innovation where inventors weren’t just trying to solve problems, they were trying, somehow, to reinvent the way we lived. Some of these inventions came up ...