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.

Thomas Edison and Temple Grandin are just two innovative scientists who have viewed their disabilities as assets.

The digital revolution made available vast amounts of data both in industry and in the research landscape. The ability to manipulate and extract knowledge and value from this data represents a new ...

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

Thomas Mulligan shares how Thomas Edison’s strange sleep trick inspired over 1,000 inventions.

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 ...

Although Edison pioneered the development of incandescent lighting, he was unable in the early 1880s to keep rival inventors from entering this lucrative market.

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