By studying the natural world, scientists find blueprints for innovations that can improve human lives—in the genes of a ...

2019 was abundant in bold inventions in almost all areas of science and technology. We have selected for you 10 most important innovations, which, no doubt, will repeatedly prove themselves next year.

On Oct. 3, 1950, three scientists at Bell Labs in New Jersey received a U.S. patent for what would become one of the most important inventions of the 20th century — the transistor. John Bardeen, ...