Sustainability

Turn your nose up at metal screw caps? Can never find your cork screw? Help is on the way!

4 | June 17, 2013 7:25am | By Mark Halper

Medical data can be a valuable resource for hackers and so the health industry has to defend itself better, says U.S. officials.

2 | June 14, 2013 3:13am | By Charlie Osborne

Virtual patients and digital lab-rats -- the future of drug testing?

June 13, 2013 6:00am | By Charlie Osborne

A Kickstarter campaign could release hundreds of thousands of synthetic biological weeds across the United States -- and so far, the government is doing nothing about it.

25 | June 13, 2013 1:43am | By Laura Shin

The finalists for the 2013 Airbus Fly Your Ideas challenge includes a luggage unloading system inspired by air hockey and a way to power laptops in-flight using body heat.

5 | June 12, 2013 9:38pm | By Janet Fang

China's growing wealth has produced a paradox of sorts: it now outsources carbon pollution within its own borders just as wealthier countries have done with China.

7 | June 11, 2013 10:52pm | By David Worthington

Next year, one billion smart connected devices will be shipped to emerging markets.

5 | June 10, 2013 7:51am | By Tyler Falk

BARCELONA -- A billion people worldwide lack clean water. One start-up looks to use plants to provide an affordable, chemical-free alternative to the current costly market.

6 | June 10, 2013 3:06am | By Jennifer Riggins

Biosafety regulations barely exist in the United States, but this might not be for long. Will seed politics ignite change?

3 | June 7, 2013 3:15am | By Rachel James

A review of Straight Flush: The True Story of Six College Friends Who Dealt Their Way to a Billion-Dollar Online Poker Empire -- and How It All Came Crashing Down, by Ben Mezrich.

June 7, 2013 3:00am | By Jenna Marotta

Do bosses really understand who's getting things done in the trenches, or do they play favorites? A new web platform shifts that decision to the employees themselves.

4 | June 6, 2013 8:38am | By Joe McKendrick

MEXICO CITY -- A public hospital adds a facade that devours smog in a city adding 600 new cars a day.

5 | June 5, 2013 3:00am | By Lauren Villagran

The co-founder of the green cleaning products company flaunts traditional consumer products design strategies and encourages every employee to be weird.

1 | June 4, 2013 3:00am | By Heather Clancy

A biodiversity scientist on how the microbial ecosystems in our offices and bathrooms can impact human health.

3 | June 3, 2013 3:00am | By Christina Hernandez Sherwood

Just when you thought you could recycle in your sleep, here come bioplastics.

3 | May 30, 2013 3:00am | By Mary Catherine O'Connor

Expanding access to electricity in the developing world with renewables is creating economic opportunities for women through assisting businesses, microfinance and longer workdays.

3 | May 29, 2013 8:45pm | By David Worthington

The trend of companies and institutions making bold architectural statements with their buildings withered with the recession. Now, starchitecture has re-emerged in the tech industry.

May 29, 2013 12:43pm | By Kirsten Korosec

MELBOURNE -- How do you build a culture of innovation? A progressive Melbourne consultancy is calling for more science (and less conjecture) in the workplace.

5 | May 29, 2013 2:30am | By Lieu Thi Pham

A financial expert has warned that China must slow its economic growth to avoid plunging in to debt.

May 28, 2013 6:53am | By Charlie Osborne

The Take's C.C. Sullivan wonders why designers, architects and artists think that recycling is automatically an aesthetic success. It takes a bit more than just reusing old stuff to create good...

3 | May 22, 2013 3:00am | By C.C. Sullivan