Manufacturing

Green Impact Scientists create low-cost green carbon fiber using microwave energy

A new microwave-based process reduces carbon fiber production costs by 70%, making the material more sustainable and widely accessible.

Discoveries Scientists develop an environmentally-friendly method for making steel using electricity

Discoveries Game-changing earthquake-proof homes built from plastic bottles

Discoveries New glass cuts carbon by 50% and is 10x more damage resistant

Discoveries Rooftop solar panels could power the needs of 35% of US manufacturers

Discoveries Scientists use ultrasound waves to move objects hands-free

Discoveries Groundbreaking technology could put an end to camera ‘notches’ on smartphones

Innovations Building real buildings on the blockchain

Discoveries New technology can make manual labor 60 percent easier

Green Impact Auto sector shifts gear towards recycling parts and batteries

Discoveries Recycled concrete and CO₂ from the air made into a new building material

Discoveries This Cape Town ‘jack of all trades’ creates trendy sunglasses from old skateboards

Innovations Cosmic concrete developed from space dust and astronaut blood

Innovations New LED innovation will enable refrigerators to identify food that is spoiling

Global Good Could devices that never wear out ever become a reality?

Discoveries Two experiments to help humans “go farther / stay longer” in space

Innovations World’s first fossil-free steel manufactured in Sweden