Ivar Giaever, Norwegian scientist who made Capital Region his home before winning Nobel Prize in 1973, died on June 20 in ...

Colleges and universities are concerned about enrollment numbers. More campuses are finding ways for military veterans and people who’ve been in the workforce to fast-track degrees.

While the Nikola Tesla and Thomas Edison initially started as collaborators, their relationship soon turned sour.

Northeastern United States, which adds several new locations and Areas of Interest (AOI) from the four northeastern US states ...

George Westinghouse is a name often overshadowed by the likes of Thomas Edison, but his innovations—such as the air brake and the alternating current (AC) system—were pivotal in shaping the modern ...

To figure out if there’s a grain of truth to all these anecdotes, a team of German scientists at the Hamburg University, led ...

The quarry was converted to a public swimming area in the mid-1940’s and remains one of the “most popular” destinations to ...

The world became a smaller place 144 years ago today with the world’s first international phone call. The first international ...

Some brands that consumers associate with U.S. manufacturing are actually owned by foreign interests, including this major ...

Many American inventions, innovations, and discoveries were made by naturalized citizens, Americans who were foreign born but American by choice and conviction.