Generalists Prove Valuable for Innovation
An article in Harvard Business Review has found that hiring a “jack of all trades” is becoming increasingly important for innovation. Companies gain a competitive advantage when their researchers [...]
An article in Harvard Business Review has found that hiring a “jack of all trades” is becoming increasingly important for innovation. Companies gain a competitive advantage when their researchers [...]
The Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) is a facility dedicated to the research, development, commercialization, and deployment of renewable energy and energy [...]
The National Institute of Health (NIH) is investing $248.7 million in new technologies to address challenges associated with COVID-19 testing. NIH’s Rapid Acceleration of Diagnostics (RADx) [...]
A group of undergraduate students at the University of Virginia have won the 2020 U.S. Accenture Innovation Challenge by developing an image database of plastic pollution of waterways and the use [...]
The COVID-19 crisis is highlighting how it can fuel innovation and collaboration across different sectors all over the world to address the pressing needs that we are all facing. Here are a few [...]
Medical Researchers, Life Science Companies, and COVID-19 Survivors Launch a National Campaign to Drive Blood Plasma Donation. Working together under “The Fight is in Us” campaign, this group is [...]
The U.S. Secretary of Energy, Dan Brouillette recently announced that the U.S. Department of Energy will be awarding 256 grants totalling $53 million to 211 small businesses in 35 states and the [...]
Last year, the Government launched the American Artificial Intelligence Initiative to support AI innovation that will increase prosperity, enhance national security, and improve quality of life [...]
Scientists at Lawrence Berkley National Laboratory are launching a project to apply machine learning methods to a myriad of health and environmental datasets to try and predict COVID-19 [...]
Despite the issues in the United States health system, health innovation is an area that the U.S. has excelled in the past. The U.S. intellectual property laws and drug approval processes are [...]
Maryland Patent of the Month - February 2024
In the ever-evolving landscape of medical technology, Sonavex, Inc. has been granted a patent for an ultrasound-detectable [...]
Maine Patent of the Month - February 2024
Casco Bay Molding, experts in injection molding, has been granted a patent for a new solution in feminine hygiene – the Reusable Dual Durometer Polymer [...]