Scaling Up Search for Analogies Could Be Key to Innovation Investment in research is at an all-time high, yet the rate of scientific breakthroughs isn’t setting any records. To resolve... Read more
Nearly 800 million people worldwide don’t have access to safe drinking water, and some 2.5 billion people live in precariously unsanitary conditions, according to the Centers for Disea... Read more
A fast-paced game app where players pretend they are baggage screening officers operating airport x-ray scanners has provided researchers with billions of pieces of data in record time, acco... Read more
Crowdsourcing systems ease challenges in conference and trip planning If two minds are better than one, what could thousands of minds accomplish? The possibilities are endless — if res... Read more
Making this new and exciting innovation increasingly accessible to the masses CowFab is a new online bidding platform that allows users without their own printers to post their designs on th... Read more
Everyone can see the resulting data and download it, including scientists A wealth of extra free genetic data could be at scientists’ fingertips if a new website allowing the public to... Read more