Discoveries such as the artificial leaf provides global society its most direct path to a sustainable energy future A detailed description of development of the first practical artificial le... Read more
Your phone came from China, but that’s just the broad strokes. Pieces of it came from all over the world. With this new mapping tool, you can see the supply chain for all of your things. If... Read more
The reversals have gripped Japan with a sense of national angst over its future A few years ago, the densely built-up coastal region around this port was called Panel Bay because of its conc... Read more
Can Radical Efficiency Revive U.S. Manufacturing? Both traditional and new U.S. industries will have to increase energy efficiency if the nation is to retain its global position as a leading... Read more
We are at a turning point in history, says Ferguson Quick. Grab a pencil. I’ll say a word and you write down the first three things that come to mind. Ready? Manufacturing. I’m bettin... Read more
The magic words are “plug and work.” The time it takes for new products to come to market is getting ever shorter. As a consequence, goods are being produced using manufac... Read more
Exponential growth is a funny thing. The technologies that contribute to automation are likely to follow an exponential pattern, which means that more industries will start to lose jobs at a... Read more
“I probably built the first recumbent bike ever made,” Bob Boyer has always had trouble sleeping. He wakes up at 4 a.m., he says, and he starts thinking about things. Perhaps it’s that restl... Read more
The cost of making silicon-based wafers for solar energy applications could be cut in half,according to a company that’s just won a $150-million loan guarantee from the US Department of Ener... Read more
Engineers from the Bristol wing of the European Aeronautic Defence and Space Company (EADS) have announced the development of the first bicycle using Additive Layer Manufacturing (ALM) techn... Read more
Working within the Holst Centre program on Micropower Generation and Storage, researchers have developed a small piezoelectric device capable of harvesting 85 microwatts of electricity from... Read more