Aisha’s invention is so promising that her university’s staff aided with a patent application   19-year-old Egyptian physics student Aisha Mustafa is someone we may see again in the media in the future because though [...]

And they’re better at it than anyone else. Convicts that are part of the Sustainable Prisons Project work with ecologists to perform tasks like raising endangered frogs. And they’re better at it than anyone else. [...]

But how would you regulate a system where files are shared via Pirate Bay that simply let you print out a “Porsche-esque” plastic object?   The Pirate Bay loves to be controversial–how could it not [...]

“NFC’s Great, but Rumors of Credit Cards’ Death Are Greatly Exaggerated.” Back in March, as part of our South-by-Southwest 2011 coverage, we wrote “NFC’s Great, but Rumors of Credit Cards’ Death Are Greatly Exaggerated.” Our [...]

Recycling goes space age There is a lot of useful material in otherwise dead space junk. Now the military’s wing of crazy, cool geniuses is going to build mini-satellites to go get it out. Recycling [...]

German engineers are a pretty confident bunch, but then they have a right to be. Europe’s manufacturing giant weathered the recession with minimal layoffs and its economy is set to grow about 3% this year. [...]

The plastics scientist talks about the process behind his work in polymers and what the future holds for inventors. Joseph DeSimone is a chemist, an inventor and a man with vision into the future. He [...]

President Obama is expected, without delay, to sign into law the first large-scale reform to U.S. patent laws in 60 years. It brings U.S. law into line with most international practices, and is designed to [...]

Blackbox launched the Startup Genome Compass Today, Blackbox launched the Startup Genome Compass, a benchmarking tool designed to help entrepreneurs keep track of their startups’ progress and know what to do next, based on data [...]

I don’t live on a farm, or anywhere near one. So I know that my mental picture of a farmer–a guy wearing overalls, driving a tractor and consulting the Farmer’s Almanac for advice–is right out [...]

Intel has revealed a radical transistor design called 3-D Tri-Gate that it will use in its upcoming Ivy Bridge CPUs. Great news for tech geeks, but what does that string of code words mean for [...]

DURING MY FIRST internship after college, at The Village Voice, an editor named Laura took me under her wing. She was tough and cool. She gave me great reporting advice, such as “Always take care of [...]