EVANSTON, Ill. --- We’ve all heard the best approach to solve a problem is to “sleep on it.” It turns out there may be more truth to this adage than previously thought. While stories abound of eureka ...

You finish a drink at the bar, friends arrive and a table opens. You grab your glass, head to the dining room and ask a simple question: "Can you transfer my tab?" For bartenders, that routine request ...

Japan-based materials experts have made impressive progress in the search for a better biodegradable plastic. The breakthrough starts with an abundant material: cellulose from wood pulp. Takuzo Aida, ...

Amateur mathematicians are using artificial intelligence chatbots to solve long-standing problems, in a move that has taken professionals by surprise. While the problems in question aren’t the most ...

Decades of flat wages for lower- and middle-income Americans followed by years of quickly rising costs have brought the nation’s affordability crisis to a head. Consumers are no longer dealing with ...

Artificial intelligence is transforming how we cure disease, defend nations, and deliver goods. But the same technology driving this surge of innovation is also testing the limits of the system that ...

As the holidays arrive, Illinois families gather to celebrate tradition, warmth, and safety. But for more than 18,000 professional firefighters and paramedics across our state, the holidays look a bit ...

When Nvidia announced its Rubin series of GPUs in March, it also dropped a bomb: Racks built with the Ultra version of the chip, which is expected to be released in 2027, could draw up to 600 ...

A homicide investigation is underway and authorities are seeking the public’s help to solve the murder of a San Pedro man reported missing last year. Damon Eugene Bluthenthal, 50, was reported missing ...

Looking at challenges outside of your own company can lead to powerful change. Rosabeth Moss Kanter, professor at Harvard Business School, believes the world demands a new kind of business leader. She ...

The acronym SLICE-RS represented a revolutionary advancement in firefighting tactics, not only in its effectiveness but also in the process of leveraging a data-driven, scientific approach. The ...