Category: Engineering

Lithium battery waste is piling up, and a Hong Kong-based startup is showing the world how to clean it up smartly.

Achelous Pure Metals has developed a portable, eco-friendly recycling system designed to process used lithium-ion batteries…

Humanoid robots powered by AI are beginning to make their way into everyday public spaces—and people are starting to form first impressions.

At a recent innovation festival, researchers from the University of Canberra introduced attendees…

When Coldplay took the stage at Stanford Stadium last weekend, the light show wasn’t the only electricity on display. Behind the scenes, 5,920 ft² (550m²) of paper-thin “printed solar” from Australian start-up Kardinia Energy was quietly…

A Florida-based energy firm has planned to deploy small modular reactors (SMRs) at the Palisades nuclear plant site in Michigan by 2030. Holtec International, in collaboration with Hyundai Engineering & Construction, also plans to build a…

Researchers at Japan’s RIKEN Pioneering Research Institute (PRI) and Center for Sustainable Resource Science (CSRS) have transformed insects into living chemical reactors.

Led by Kenichiro Itami, the team developed a technique called…

The uneasy partnership between U.S. President Donald Trump and Tesla chief executive Elon Musk fractured in dramatic fashion on Thursday, as the two billionaires hurled insults across the social-media platforms they each own. 

Musk, after…

A newly developed catalyst built by precisely replacing cerium atoms at specific locations on a cerium oxide surface is nine times better than control catalysts used to oxidize carbon monoxide. Built by researchers at the Lawrence Berkeley…