Manufacturing

Fitness Fads and Their Environmental Price Tag

Tamzin Preece: The ‘home gym’ didn’t feature in many UK homes before the pandemic, but it’s now much more commonplace to own various bits of kit for home workouts. Within the first three months of lockdown alone, exercise bike sales rose…

The computer chip industry has a dirty climate secret

The Guardian: The semiconductor industry has a problem. Demand is booming for silicon chips, which are embedded in everything from smartphones and televisions to wind turbines, but it comes at a big cost: a huge carbon footprint. The industry presents a…

Electrocatalysis improved for green urea production

The Engineer: Scientists have developed a less energy-intensive way of making a key compound in fertiliser, an advance that could lead to more sustainable agriculture. The breakthrough has been made by a team of international scientists led by Nanyang Technological University…

Survey identifies the future manufacturing engineer

The Engineer: A flair for creativity and design aligned with skills in automation, robotics and mechatronics are key attributes for new and emerging roles in manufacturing. This is the claim of Future Manufacturing Engineer, a new study conducted jointly by the…