Using research to solve societal problems starts with building connections and making space for young people
Use-inspired research goes beyond translational research to build lasting connections between researchers and communities.
Use-inspired research goes beyond translational research to build lasting connections between researchers and communities.
Many great innovators have personality traits in common. Comfort with uncertainty is critical, but passion, curiosity and a number of other learnable skills can prime you for an innovate idea.
Researchers surveyed college students to find out what was influencing student motivation. They found good relationships with faculty make a big difference, but not good grades.
Inventors in states with more socially liberal laws on the books end up with more diverse collaborators – and more higher-impact patents.
Taking a page from the innovators’ handbook could provide a different and better way to think about the risks that come along with – and sometimes stem from – new technologies.
Society has never faced more pressing challenges. Researchers are investigating how monetary prizes can help focus innovators’ attention, creativity and investment on finding solutions.
Despite the hyper-partisanship in Washington, there appears to be agreement that the government should do more to invest in science and technology innovation.
New research shows recruiting high-skilled immigrants leads to a ‘meaningful’ increase in innovation – and even more than spending money on research and development.
Food systems are increasingly disrupted by climate disasters, while also being a major contributor to climate change. World leaders at COP28 vowed to do something about it.
Too many patents and too little information about them makes it hard for the system to weed out patents that unfairly block inventors.