The energy that will power the booming data-center industry could end up increasing emissions, at least in the short term.

And the next revolution is likely to be one that will transform the energy sector and have a lasting impact on industry: we like to call it Electricity 4.0. Sustainability has quickly become a key ...

The first industrial revolution moved us from muscle to mechanical power between 1760 and 1840, the second brought mass production in the late 19th and 20th centuries, and the third delivered ...

Watt's steam engines helped power the Industrial Revolution and they were found in mines and factories all over Britain. The popularity of the engine made Watt a very wealthy man. An engraving ...

The journey of automation in manufacturing began with the first industrial revolution, marked by mechanization through water and steam power. Subsequent advancements brought about mass production and ...

It was the year 1816, and a young woman named Mary Shelly began writing the first science fiction novel, Frankenstein. It can be read as an allegory to the impact of the First Industrial ...

A second technological jump came through harnessing electricity, while computers and digital innovation enabled a third. The fourth industrial revolution is now underway with the combination of ...

Now, we stand on the cusp of another great change: the clean industrial revolution ... discovered how to heat a cement kiln using electricity and capture the CO 2 emissions from limestone.