It’s always fascinating to read about new routes to the sustainable production of iron. Two sustainability stories by Prachi Patel in C&EN make the case for two prospective iron-making advancements ...

Legacy giant Toyota is propelling toward circularity via a multi-pathway strategy, targeting zero emissions across the vehicle life cycle by 2050.

Mobility decarbonization is often discussed in terms of reducing operational emissions through electrification, alternative fuels, and modal shifts.

The University of Colorado Boulder’s College of Engineering & Applied Science is building on its leadership in sustainability research and education with the launch of a new Master of Science in ...

Products, processes, and systems should be designed for performance in a commercial “afterlife". Embedded entropy and complexity must be viewed as an investment when making design choices on recycle, ...

Systems Thinking is a way of looking at the way things are made in the world and understanding how processes influence one another in a larger system. Linear thinking is a narrow way of looking at the ...

The future of our planet depends on how we design the systems that power, build and sustain our world. Engineers are urgently needed to help lead the transition to resilient energy and water systems, ...

Imagine the Roman engineer—let’s call him Marcellus—admiring the high walls of the amphitheatre. Eight years of hard work and tough decisions and tons of materials. The best concrete that was ever ...