Laos is just one of the emerging markets where China’s green-tech revolution is installing more than cheap energy. Wind turbines from the Monsoon Wind Power Project in Dak Cheung, Laos, transmit power ...

Some trends are ephemeral and correspond to a zeitgeist. Pokémon Go, for example, took the world by storm in the summer of 2016, sending hordes of admirers roaming the streets of their cities to ...

For centuries, small-scale gold miners have used highly toxic mercury to extract tiny particles of gold from crushed ore. If not carefully managed, the resulting slurry can be devastating to the ...

How innovations in visibility, usability, and smart sensing are changing who uses tools—and how. For centuries, measurement tools have been essential to architecture, engineering, construction, real ...

At this year’s climate summit, the United States is out and Europe is struggling. But emerging countries are embracing renewable energy thanks to a glut of cheap equipment. By Somini Sengupta and Brad ...