Africa Positions Itself in the Global EV Battery Race
The accelerating shift toward electric mobility and renewable energy is triggering unprecedented demand for critical minerals. The International Energy Agency…
Experts Doubt Ethical AI Will Prevail by 2030
In mid-2021, a canvassing of 602 technologists, policy leaders, researchers, and activists by Pew Research Center and Elon University’s Imagining…
Robotic 3D Printing Scales Up for Housing Solutions
On the outskirts of Austin, Texas, a 100-home development is emerging not from traditional crews with hammers and saws, but…
Hybrid-Electric VTOL Aims to Redefine Sustainable Aviation
Ascendance Flight Technologies, a French aerospace start-up founded in 2018, is accelerating its mission to decarbonize aviation with a hybrid-electric…
Weather Delays SpaceX Launch of Indonesia’s N5 Satellite
For the second consecutive evening, poor weather over Florida forced SpaceX to stand down from launching Indonesia’s Nusantara Lima (N5)…
Microbial Technologies Pave the Way for Sustainable Space Habitats
Efforts to address climate change, pollution, and dwindling resources on Earth are increasingly intersecting with the challenges of sustaining human…
Comprehensive CAD Tools for Every Skill Level
Computer-Aided Design (CAD) software remains a cornerstone in industrial, mechanical, architectural, and aeronautical engineering, enabling precise creation, modification, and optimization…
Reclaiming Circularity in Plastics Engineering
In recent years, the term “circular economy” has found its way into a growing number of engineering, policy, and industry…
MIT Fellowship Reshapes Nigerian Engineering Education
Empowering the Teachers (ETT), launched at MIT in 2011, has become a catalyst for reforming engineering education in Nigerian universities….
Chemical Scissors Unlock Precision Engineering in 2D Materials
A collaborative team of researchers from Drexel University, the Chinese Academy of Sciences, and Linköping University has introduced a groundbreaking…
2023’s Longest-Range EVs Ranked by Capability
For engineers, enthusiasts, and technology-minded readers, the driving range of an electric vehicle is more than a consumer convenience—it’s a…
Engineering Circularity: Ten Brands Redefining Waste in 2020
In 2020, while global supply chains strained under the pandemic and consumer behavior shifted dramatically, several major brands advanced ambitious…
Turning Plastic Waste into High-Value Nanomaterials
Global plastic waste has surged dramatically, doubling in the past two decades, with projections from the Organization for Economic Cooperation…
Proximity to Robots Shapes Human Moral Choices
The accelerating integration of industrial robots into human workspaces under Industry 4.0 and emerging Industry 5.0 paradigms is reshaping the…
European Partnership Advances Aerospike Rocket Technology
Pangea Aerospace of Barcelona and Aenium, based in Valladolid, have entered into a strategic collaboration aimed at redefining rocket propulsion…
DARPA Targets Breakthrough in Silent Undersea Propulsion
Since the 1960s, researchers across academic, commercial, and military sectors have pursued a propulsion method that operates without moving parts—no…
Engineering Circularity with the LASER Framework
The concept of a circular economy rests on the principle that products should be designed from the outset to remain…
Institutional Pathways Driving Circular Economy in LAC
The transition to a circular economy in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) demands robust institutional frameworks capable of coordinating…