Stacker has chronicled social, scientific, and business inventions that changed America over hundreds of years.

Since 2024, the USPTO has issued multiple AI-specific guidance documents on inventorship and subject matter eligibility. The ...

Perovskite solar cells shouldn’t work as well as they do—but they do. Scientists have now discovered that defects inside the ...

New organ-on-a-chip recreates the cervix’s microbiome and immune system, revealing how bacteria shape STI infection risk.

New artificial memory promises to drastically reduce AI energy consumption with hundreds of stable states and minimal power usage.

Artificial Intelligence is the future of innovation, and may very well be the future of the U.S. economy. Yet, despite this reality, AI patents are being scrutinized more aggressively than almost any ...

"To be honest, it's less about the fact that I did nuclear fusion and more about the fact that I learned a lot of skills." Teenager makes groundbreaking invention on quest for unlimited energy first ...

Modern medicine is one of the reasons we’re able to take care of ourselves, stay healthy, and recover from illnesses that ...

An international team of scientists proved the never-before-seen molecule's exotic nature using a quantum computer, potentially ushering in new scientific opportunities.

From the 1970s to the '90s, world famous treasure divers Mel Fisher and Kip Wagner were credited for discovering artifacts along the Treasure Coast.

Join the audience for a live webinar at 8 a.m. BST/5 p.m. AEST on 13 May 2026, sponsored by the IOP Publishing journal, Nano ...