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Social Sciences Mar 4, 2024

The power of persistence: Bridging the gender gap in patent applications

The gender gap in patent applications is a well-documented phenomenon. While women make up nearly half of the workforce in the United States, they account for only a fraction of patent applications and patents granted.

Other Aug 15, 2023

Institutions with strong engineering operations are more efficient in producing patents, researchers find

When it comes to translational medicine, Robert Gourdie is among the 2% of "super-producers," National Institutes of Health-funded scientists at U.S. biomedical institutions who hold 10 or more issued patents.

Social Sciences Mar 20, 2023

A new look at immigrants' outsize contribution to innovation in the US

The United States has long touted itself as a nation built by immigrants. Yet there has never been a precise measure of immigrants' contribution to the country's economic and technological progress. Around the time that President ...

Other Sep 27, 2022

We studied 309,544 patent applications—and found inventing is still a man's world

Are women as successful as men in securing a patent for their invention?

Earth Sciences Dec 1, 2021

New aerostat realizes stable measurement of multiple atmospheric parameters

Atmospheric parameter sounding is a necessary input parameter and a reference for atmosphere and environmental protection departments to master the atmospheric conditions, conduct atmosphere and air quality forecasting and ...

Economics & Business Sep 7, 2021

Scientists develop AI to predict the success of startup companies

A study in which machine-learning models were trained to assess over 1 million companies has shown that artificial intelligence (AI) can accurately determine whether a startup firm will fail or become successful. The outcome ...

Biotechnology Apr 21, 2020

New fluorescent biosensor detects glyphosate herbicide in soil, water samples

A researcher at Indiana University South Bend and his undergraduate students have developed a biosensor that could potentially be incorporated into devices that continuously monitor for a popular herbicide during food screening ...

Business Nov 12, 2018

Amazon HQ locations: Similar basics but different vibes

The two communities that learned Tuesday they are about to become homes to a pair of big, new East Coast bases for Amazon are both riverfront stretches of major metropolitan areas with ample transportation and space for workers.

Other Jan 24, 2018

State of US science enterprise report shows US leads in S&E as China rapidly advances

According to the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Science and Engineering Indicators2018 report released today, the United States is the global leader in science and technology (S&T). However, the U.S. global share of ...

Internet Sep 7, 2017

The evolving laws and rules around privacy, data security, and robots

Every day, we use digital devices and web services to shop, track our fitness, chat with friends, play games, check-in at stores and restaurants, you name it. While these activities are becoming increasingly essential in ...

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