Inventions

The whitest white paint reflects up to 98.1% of sunlight, which could make it useful for cooling homes in place of energy-hogging air conditioners.

An artificial photosynthesis device that gets more efficient with time could finally allow us to harness solar energy for uses beyond electricity.

This compact solar concentrator could be the perfect daylight harvesting device for Singapore’s underground spaces.

Scientists are on the hunt for a superconductor that works in higher temperatures and lower pressure.

Calmer is a therapeutic bed for incubators that simulates a caregiver’s breathing and heartbeat to relieve stress in newborns.

MIT researchers have created a new kind of atomic clock that exploits quantum entanglement to keep time more precisely.

An award-winning at-home breast cancer screening device, called the Blue Box, could one day replace uncomfortable mammograms.

Many hospitals in developing countries can’t access the overpriced, high-tech equipment that’s standard in the U.S. Reverse innovation could finally change that.

Fecal testing can reveal a surprising amount of medical data. Israeli startup OutSense wants to do so from your home.

Physicists have created a modem for the quantum internet of the future, giving powerful quantum computers a way to share information.