Kevlar and other synthetic fabrics are layered together to increase their strength and spread out the energy from ... but big enough to let water vapor (from sweat) escape! Chemists continue to invent ...

All three were top-class scientists, and their unique skills brought together in one laboratory created the perfect environment for their grand invention. But their unique perspectives also made ...

The 1956 Nobel Prize in Physics went to William Shockley, Walter Brattain, and John Bardeen for the invention of the transistor. But these talented scientists did not act alone. Their success ...

Since 1912, bald, businesslike Dr. Lucas Petrou Kyrides (rhymes with Wheaties) has been grinding out inventions in a steady ... the nation’s top industrial chemists. But not until last week ...

Since 1999, the editors of Technology Review have honored the young innovators whose inventions and ... of technologists and scientists, all under the age of 35. Their work--spanning medicine ...