Nanomaterials are incredibly small particles that offer extremely large benefits for many different consumers, products and industries. They also have negative characteristics that are yet not fully understood. Jon Herbert reports. Nanomaterials are by definition small. Often, they are no larger than a single atom or molecule. Even so, they perform astonishing tasks: nanomaterials are   Read More …

As the world becomes increasingly urban, data and technology may allow us to add “artificial” natural capital to the planet’s “natural” capital in self-sufficient cities that “farm” zero-transport-miles sustainable food taking the light and heat they need from renewables and emitting no toxic waste. Meanwhile, traditional farming threatens the UK’s carbon reduction targets. Jon Herbert   Read More …

Technology and the internet are making the workplace more complex but they are helping to create safer working environments, too. Jon Herbert looks at how the increasing availability of data is making its intelligent mark. Workplaces that until quite recently were essentially manual are now becoming data-rich environments. The pressures to put vast amounts of   Read More …