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From Taps to Toilets, How Clean Water in Developing Countries Affects Women

In developed countries, women can take for granted that clean water flows freely from the tap, toilets empty with a simple flush, and established infrastructure handles sanitation. But in other parts...

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Lessons Learned: Titan Gilroy’s Plan to Reclaim American Manufacturing

Titan Gilroy is a machinist, businessman, reality-TV star, and now an educator. With accolades like that, it might be surprising to learn that his personal history has more stripes and bars than...

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Are Today’s Grads Properly Prepared for Careers in Sustainable Engineering?

The caps have been tossed. The diplomas are framed. The résumés are ready. Graduation season is over, and newly minted engineers and designers are entering a professional world in need of those with...

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No Grown-Ups Allowed: woom’s Lightweight Bikes Are Just for Kids

When a couple finds out they’re expecting a child, it’s not unusual for them to rush out and fill their home with little shoes, little clothes, little toys. When woom Bikes cofounder Christian Bezdeka...

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4 Ways Energy-Analysis Tools Work for Architecture Firms—and the Planet

It’s no longer enough to build walls with recycled wood pulp or roof buildings with energy-absorbing tiles and call your work “green.” Companies want energy efficiency from top to bottom, roof to slab,...

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One Man, His Machine, and a Mission to Take Kenya’s Manufacturing Jobs to the...

In Kenyan towns large and small, an informal network of craftspeople, autoworkers, and small-scale manufacturers keeps the country’s economy quietly humming. These fixers and makers create and build...

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C40’s Women4Climate Sheds Feminine Light on Major Cities’ Climate Strategies

Modern cities are built atop the designs of decades—or even centuries—past, long before the current dilemmas of rapid population growth, chronic traffic congestion, and climate change had ever been...

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Could a Mosquito-Filled Drone Be the Key to Battling Deadly Viruses Like Zika?

Mosquitoes are not just annoying summertime pests. Each year, the buzzing insects are responsible for millions of deaths worldwide, according to the World Health Organization (WHO)—making them the...

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6 Startup Success Tips from HoloBuilder, Construction’s “It” App

The dream of all developers is that their product, after months or years of work, sees the light of day and becomes an indispensable tool. Few developers experience that, but even fewer achieve the...

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Shape-Memory Alloys Bid Adieu to Old-School Orthodontics

Today’s dental braces date back to the early 1900s, a dark time in dentistry marked by lack of anesthesia and machines resembling medieval torture devices. Practitioner Eugene S. Talbot even proposed...

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3 Ways Low-Carbon Products Can Help Any Homeowner Realize a Greener Future

As global temperatures reach record highs and polar ice caps dwindle, people increasingly understand that climate change not only endangers their health and well-being but also threatens their future...

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This Visionary VR Surgical Simulation Could Reduce Doctors’ Radiation Risk

Training to be a surgeon is hard—no surprise there. But should medical training also come with a significant risk of physical harm? Urologists, for instance, are exposed to high levels of radiation...

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How 5 Big Moves Kept a Small Manufacturing Business Alive

Phil VanderKraats is an artist, first and foremost. His milieu is crafting intricate, custom signs for businesses. For many years after starting Signs by Van in Prunedale, CA, Phil experienced success...

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In Rwanda, a Battery-Powered Motorcycle Spares the Air and Helps Drivers Thrive

More than 3 million motorbike taxis, or mototaxis, cruise the roads in East Africa. In Kigali, the capital of Rwanda, these petrol-fueled slim bikes make up more than half of all vehicles and are just...

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5 Ways to Stop Worrying and Love the Digital Transformation in Manufacturing

Many college graduates jump right into the workforce with an entry-level position that lets them cut their teeth. Some land internships; others work in apprenticeships to learn specific trades. Then...

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From Fighting Fashion-Industry Waste to Making PPE: Detroit Sewing to the Rescue

When Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer signed a shelter-in-place order on March 23, 2020, the Industrial Sewing and Innovation Center (ISAIC) nonprofit organization in Detroit was tackling the problem...

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4 Business Growth Insights for Industry Leaders in Uncertain Times

Businesses have been moving toward digital transformation for years, but that trend shifted nearly overnight in early 2020 when the COVID-19 pandemic placed a new sense of urgency on entire industries....

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Technology Is Enabling Vaccine Delivery and Management in Emerging Markets

Emerging markets haven’t had equal access to COVID-19 vaccines—and many countries need improved infrastructure for distribution. Tech start-up Nexleaf is monitoring cold-chain storage to maintain...

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Employee Education: Why Training Is Important and How to Make Programs Work

Cultivating employee skills leads to better retention, better performance, and better products. Learn why training is important and how to build a program.

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8 Steps for Changing Organizational Culture in Companies of All Sizes

All companies, big and small, need to set values and behaviors that position them for success. Here are 8 steps for changing organizational culture.

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