The invention of the all-too-common microwave came down to an accident involving a Raytheon engineer, an experiment with some radar equipment, and a chocolaty peanut candy bar. In 1945 ...

The future of electric car design might be about to undergo a radical transformation if the creator of the world's first-ever in-wheel motor is right about its invention. At CES 2025 ...

While the vending machine might seem like a fairly modern invention, it’s actually believed to have been around since the first century. It’s one of many historical inventions that were way ...

Instead, the world’s first skiers relied on simple wooden contraptions. The exact date or location of the invention of skiing isn’t known, but ancient skis have appeared in locales outside Russia, too ...

The list of NASA's inventions is truly vast, but if we were to pick the most remarkable, these 7 would undoubtedly steal the spotlight. The U.S. Postal Service released two new stamps on January ...

And in some ways that’s kind of what he did. There is much to admire about the three-hour The Invention of Love, and I’m glad I got a chance to see it in Blanche McIntrye’s sturdy Hampstead ...

TOKYO, Jan 24 (Reuters) - Japan's Mitsubishi Motors (7211.T), opens new tab, a junior partner of Nissan Motor (7201.T), opens new tab, is considering not joining a planned merger between Nissan ...

The invention, developed by the Japanese beer conglomerate Kirin Holdings using research from Meiji University, aims to help solve the “social issue of excessive salt intake,” according to a ...

Get Instant Summarized Text (Gist) Artificial motors have been developed to mimic muscle proteins, converting chemical energy into mechanical work. These nanoscale rotary motors, embedded in ...

Over the last 24 hours or so, the major organizations that keep track of global temperatures have released figures for 2024, and all of them agree: 2024 was the warmest year yet recorded, joining ...