I meant to do that. Oft-spoken words, and probably uttered by some of the inventors behind the famous creations featured here.

The crispy crunch of a potato chip might seem like a simple pleasure, though the truth behind this beloved snack's birth is ...

Whether it’s the first supercomputer or the biotech boom, academia has helped launch industries — but too inconsistently. That’s changing.

Author Walter Isaacson is drawn to minds that bend the world. He writes about men who catch lightning, who bottle reason, who ...

A new, low-cost method for capturing carbon dioxide emissions from power plants and industrial facilities relies on a simple ...

In his greeting to the participants and guests of the award ceremony for the winners of the III All-Russian competition ...

We’ve been using matches for 200 years–but, as Rob Crossan discovers, the story of how they came to be is far more colourful (and hair-raising) than we might imagine.

Notpla is really pushing this forward. They’ve already started using their packaging at places like Ikea’s cafes. Their big ...

"I wanted to create a specially designed brush and comb set that would provide a quick and simple way to remove hair from the bristles," said an inventor, from La Habra, Calif., "so I invented the ...

More than 200 people attended a partnership event hosted at U of T, featuring Honorary Fellow of Asahi Kasei Corporation ...

"We thought there could be a more secure design for a tarp," said one of two inventors, from Newcastle, Calif., "so we ...

"I wanted to create a new power drill/power screwdriver with advanced technology to automatically detect the groove of the fastener and switch to the appropriate drill bit," said an inventor, from ...