To be a great innovator, learn to embrace and thrive in uncertainty
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.
Sept. 15, 2020 • ~8 min
Tags: innovation business risk uncertainty invention entrepreneurship disney innovation-and-invention discovery success disruption process-of-innovation
Plants might be able to tell us about the location of dead bodies, helping families find missing people
Researchers are figuring out how plants respond to the presence of human cadavers. The findings could prove important for discovering the locations of murder victims or mass graves.
Sept. 3, 2020 • ~7 min
Tags: evolution innovation agriculture plants microbes adaptation genetically-modified-organisms forensics genetically-modified-plants decomposition
CRISPR can help combat the troubling immune response against gene therapy
The immune system is trained to destroy viruses, even when they carry therapeutic cargo as is the case in gene therapy. Now researchers have figured out how to dial down the immune response.
Sept. 3, 2020 • ~7 min
Tags: innovation health medicine crispr inflammation immune-system gene-therapy gene-editing viruses steroids
Plants might be able to tell us about the location of dead people, helping families find missing people
Researchers are figuring out how plants respond to the presence of human cadavers. The findings could prove important for discovering the locations of murder victims or mass graves.
Sept. 3, 2020 • ~7 min
Tags: evolution innovation agriculture plants microbes adaptation genetically-modified-organisms forensics genetically-modified-plants decomposition
How one community improved COVID-19 nursing home care with collaboration and communication
A new approach is making a big difference in Virginia.
Aug. 14, 2020 • ~6 min
Tags: innovation covid-19 coronavirus pandemic elderly nursing-homes hospitals healthcare-workers nurses long-term-care
Clever chemistry turns ordinary bricks into electricity storage devices
Bricks turn out to be useful for storing electricity thanks to their porousness and red pigment.
Aug. 11, 2020 • ~5 min
Tags: chemistry innovation energy nanotechnology electricity research-brief buildings energy-storage
When states pass social liberalization laws, they create regional advantages for innovation
Inventors in states with more socially liberal laws on the books end up with more diverse collaborators – and more higher-impact patents.
July 9, 2020 • ~8 min
Tags: innovation invention entrepreneurship collaboration creativity innovation-and-invention patenting corporate-social-responsibility-csr social-policy abortion-law patents same-sex-marriage entrepreneurs medical-marijuana innovate innovation-policy corporate-social-responsibility
Lasers could speed up coronavirus diagnostics
A team of physicists, virologists and computer scientists are seeking to develop a coronavirus diagnostic tool that could deliver rapid results.
May 7, 2020 • ~7 min
Tags: innovation covid-19 coronavirus lasers covid-19-testing research-brief invention medical-test
Coronavirus: medical drones could soon be helping to beat the crisis
The usefulness of drones to the medical sector has been clear for several years – and well-funded start-ups have been trialling services around the world.
Tags: innovation covid-19 coronavirus drones medical-supplies
Five ways collective intelligence can help beat coronavirus in developing countries
Many low and middle-income countries are unprepared for the COVID-19 pandemic. But innovation could help.
Tags: innovation covid-19 coronavirus collective-intelligence
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