Lead Stories

Walking the green talk
The future belongs to cities where you can get to anywhere in under 15 minutes.
Power to the people
A spectrum of energy-generating options — from nuclear to vertical wind turbines on skyscrapers — will light up the cities of 2050.
Fantastic plastic!
Researchers across the world are battling toxic plastic by developing new materials, including biodegradables, from it.
Teaching AI to reason
In the search for reliably autonomous artificial intelligence, researchers are layering AI with rationality.

An AI stitch in time...
Digital technology is the new thread in the textile and fashion industries.
The whole new yarn about sustainable fashion
Scientists and start-ups are going the whole nine yards to fashion sustainable fabrics using alternative raw materials and new technologies.