These strokes of genius are known as 'eureka!' moments. Here are five of them. Archimedes was an Ancient Greek inventor and mathematician born in Syracuse, on the eastern coast of Sicily ...

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As the story goes, the original Eureka moment happens and Archimedes discovers buoyancy! However, it is unlikely that Archimedes solved the problem exactly like that. Instead, it is more likely ...

engineers Li Linfeng and Bui Xuan Hien from Eureka Robotics, with their new Archimedes robot. Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of news releases posted to ...

eureka!" DICK:In Greek, that means "I've got it, I've got it!" DOM:But what exactly had he got? DICK:If only Fran, our genius scientist, was here to tell us more. FRAN:So Archimedes was working on ...

shouting "Eureka!" (Greek for "I have found it!"). When the Romans invaded Syracuse in 214 B.C., Archimedes invented "engines of war" to defend the city, including cranes to drop rocks ...

NTU spinoff company Eureka Robotics developed Archimedes, which has the precision and dexterity of a human hand. Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of news ...

Conor McKeon: Has ‘boring’ Rory McIlroy had his eureka moment and discovered key to winning Masters? Call him Archimedes ...