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Aimee Guidera and Cindy Cisneros: How Data Can Drive the Road to Better...
We have robust information on education in the United States. Now we need an educational culture that values the data. The business community has a long history of partnering with schools and...
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And The UAV Goes To: The Making Of The Trophy Drone At The New York City...
The footage captured by drones used to be the stuff of stunt pilots or computer-generated effects: a bird’s-eye view of a scientist standing disconcertingly close to a lake of bubbling lava; an...
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A Winning Idea: How The Cloud Helps Olympic Athletes Avoid Injury
For most Olympic athletes, the biggest fear is not failing to win a gold medal but falling victim to a last-minute injury that destroys years of hard work and endless hours of practice. But doctors...
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Grayson Brulte: 4 Ways Virtual Reality Is Shaping the Future of Work
We are just scratching the surface of virtual reality. From doctors to auto technicians to astronauts, here are some ways VR technology is helping to reimagine the future of work. Over time, ideas...
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This Scientist Has Turned The Tables On Greenhouse Gas, Using CO2 To Generate...
Solar power is a great source of renewable energy, but as with many things in life, timing is everything. The sun doesn’t shine on long winter nights when people turn on their lights. On the other...
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Remembering Nancy Reagan: Former First Lady Appeared On “General Electric...
Last fall, the National Geographic Channel launched a new television series called “Breakthrough,” focusing on scientific discovery. The series was developed by the channel and GE, and produced by...
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A Billion Sunsets Later: This LED Will Help Humans Spring Forward, Sleep At...
All living things — from animals and plants down to cells — carry inside them a clock set to the most basic cycle on Earth: night and day. Scientists believe that this clock, called circadian rhythm,...
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Kati Suominen: 3 Ways to Navigate the Ambiguity of Growth
Amid global economic uncertainty, here are three levers for topline growth. Not a day goes by without news about a slowdown in the world economy. Yet paradoxically, a recent Pricewaterhouse survey...
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Mix And Match: These Engineers Make Renewables Play Nice With Other Sources...
New solar and wind energy farms added a whopping 68 percent of new power generation capacity in the United States last year, according to a report from Bloomberg New Energy Finance. When combined with...
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This Scientist Has Turned The Tables On Greenhouse Gas, Using CO2 To Generate...
Solar power is a great source of renewable energy, but as with many things in life, timing is everything. The sun doesn’t shine on long winter nights when people turn on their lights. On the other...
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5 Coolest Things On Earth In Science This week
This week brought a plethora of news from the bleeding edge of research. Monkeys learned to drive wheelchairs with their thoughts, scientists used stem cells to regenerate the lens of the eye and...
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Karim Wassef: Why Collaborating Outside Your Bubble Fosters Innovation
Asking the right question — and expanding the circle of collaboration — can often lead to real innovation. Think how the 20th century would have been different if Thomas Edison had set out to brighten...
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Here’s How Digital Electricity Will Change The Power Industry All The Way To...
When the large Pakistani textile maker Sapphire Group wanted to secure a reliable supply of electricity for its mills recently, it didn’t just build a new power plant. The company used a technology...
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Ali Bongo Ondimba: Africa’s Role in the 4th Industrial Revolution
Africa faces a “bold revolution,” in which some of our biggest challenges can become unique opportunities. As global leaders met at the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting, the focus was on how the...
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Comeback Kid: The Next Sound-Barrier-Busting Passenger Jet Could Be Quietly...
The Concorde was the first and last supersonic jet in passenger service. But that claim comes with a caveat.The plane could accelerate above the speed of sound only over the ocean. The prospect of...
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This Machine Can Cut Titanium Like A Hot Knife Slicing Through Butter
Metal-cutting technology hasn’t changed a great deal in the last 60 years. Operators still clamp metal parts to the support bench and use drill bits or some other tools to achieve the desired shape....
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The Many Faces Of π: This Artist Has Painted Pi To See The Language Of The...
Artist Stewart Kenneth Moore is best known for his surreal canvases, etchings and comic strips depicting everyone from James Joyce and Vaclav Havel to Macbeth caught in a nightmare of the everyday. But...
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Jared Weiner: How the Industrial App Economy Will Drive the 4th Industrial...
The Industrial Internet is leading to the development of an industrial app economy that has the potential to have a bigger impact than consumer apps. Here’s how. Thanks to disruptive technology, the...
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This Scientist’s Got The Power (Plant) In His Hands
A picture may be worth 1,000 words. But this one is also worth 10,000 kilowatts.Though small in stature, the turbine in the photos could contribute to solving some of the world’s biggest energy...
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Translating the Paris Climate Deal into Action — Q&A with Christina Hood of...
Following the climate breakthrough in Paris, there’s reason to be more optimistic about curbing emissions. Renewables can play a key role in that effort. The Paris climate talks were widely hailed as a...
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