Dr. Charles Richard Drew was a Black surgeon, professor, and blood transfusion and blood bank pioneer whose work has saved innumerable lives globally...
Before the COVID-19 pandemic, parents and educators also worried about keeping school-aged children safe from food allergies, especially peanuts—with...
“I use the word nursing for want of a better. It has been limited to signify little more than the administration of medicines and the application of...
“Do you have what it takes to save humanity?”
That may sound like clickbait for an article about the COVID-19 virus scare, but actually it’s a...
What uncertain and anxious times we are living in. The worldwide spread of the novel coronavirus has altered lives across the globe. Even simple...
With sadness, the Lemelson Center notes the passing of Dr. Patricia Bath on May 30, 2019. Her list of “firsts” is both lengthy and impressive: she was...
Sunil CherianSunil Cherian, the founder and CEO of Spirae, Inc. in Fort Collins, Colorado, works on smart grid technology that balances variations in...
On January 31, the Lemelson Center in collaboration with Cricket Media launched its 7th annual invention competition. Not only does it offer students...
One hundred fifty years ago, our neighbors to the north decided democratically to join together, or “confederate,” to become one nation, the Dominion...
My grandfather was a cancer researcher who faced shortages during World War II and had to improvise to keep his lab going. When he ran short of quartz...
It's December 12th. A 53-year-old man and his family are at Pennsylvania Station after spending a fun-filled day taking in the holiday sights in New...
Since my June 2012 blog, we have been hard at work planning for a new Spark!Lab at the National Museum of American History. I have formed a great team...
It is hard not to look back to the history of printing, see how far we have come, and what the purpose of printing technology has done for society. It...
As the parent of a high school football player who suffered a minor concussion two years ago and a huge football fan, it’s both reassuring and...
As I continue to recover from my recent anterior cervical discectomy and fusion (ACDF) surgery, I can’t help but feel a bit like the “Six Million...
"Engineers have to invent things, because that's their job, to develop something as a solution to a problem."As a graduate student at the...
Enabling the blind to see is the greatest joy of Dr. Patricia Bath, eye surgeon, professor of ophthalmology, inventor of the Laserphaco Probe for the...
Over the last couple of years, the Lemelson Center has been looking at the variety of means invention mediates the interface between human beings and...
