Inventions

A new technology for reducing methane emissions in the atmosphere relies on zeolite, a cheap, abundant clay found in cat litter.

China’s artificial moon, which uses magnets to mimic lunar gravity, could help with the creation of future moon colonies.

MIT engineers have designed a levitating space rover that could allow us to explore parts of the moon that are too rough for rolling rovers.

Indiana-based startup DRONEDEK has developed a smart mailbox that can automatically receive and protect goods from delivery drones.

A sleeping bag designed for use in microgravity could protect astronauts’ vision by pulling eyeball-deforming fluids away from their brains.

Researchers have come up with a new method for measuring the impact of an innovation.

One of these scientists saved more lives than any other person in history.

Georgia Tech researchers turned a BBQ lighter into a delivery system that uses electricity to boost the potency of DNA vaccines.

Enhanced Robotics is selling a powered exoskeleton to help people achieve their fitness goals, and it doesn’t cost thousands of dollars.

SpinLaunch has tested a new approach to satellite launches that flings the objects into space, rather than blasting them up with rockets.