It’s an issue every parent has had to deal with, more times than they can remember – taking care of a beautiful, very young bundle of joy that just won’t settle down to sleep. For said parents, who are most likely functioning on just under ninety minutes of downtime themselves,…...

We’ve all watched and wondered, “will that guy/girl stop playing Candy Crush to even check if the road is clear before they step out into traffic?” or seen people so engrossed in their tiny little screens that they’ve walked right into a glass door. They’ve been described as smartphone zombies…...

A team of researchers from Universidad Politécnica de Madrid has devised a new interior panel board using textile waste that has shown to improve both the thermal and acoustic properties of new constructions, as well as reducing the overall environmental impact and quantity of greenhouse gas emissions normally connected with…...

Slated to be one of the greenest buildings of its kind in the world, 3.0 University Place, built in partnership with global icon Saint-Gobain, is soon to be developed in West Philadelphia, and will be a 190,000-square-foot, Class A commercial office building at 41st and Market Street. The project is…...

A group of researchers have found a new and simpler way to convert carbon dioxide into more usable fuels and other chemicals. The team, led by Professor Ted Sargent of the University of Toronto's Faculty of Applied Science & Engineering, have discovered a more efficient way to harvest and convert…...

Aside from trying to transform the world’s perceived view of electric cars, Tesla CEO Elon Musk is now looking to change the way the world's electricity systems operate. As chairman of power-generating company SolarCity, he’s looking to soon be rolling out a new product: a roof complete with built-in solar…...

The New Museum was a daring attempt to create a radical center for contemporary art in New York City, that would distinguishing itself from existing galleries with a focus on new and emerging artists. It succeeded. And, over the decades following its foundation in 1977, that success, along with its…...

According to the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration – or NOAA – there’s an island of plastic waste floating in the middle of the Pacific Ocean about the size of Texas. Now, while most of it is not visible to the naked eye, as the plastic is mostly broken…...

Large scale public transportation infrastructure construction projects are notorious for wildly exceeding their budgets and completion schedules. Look at the ‘Big Dig’ in Boston, MA. This project, to reroute the city’s central arterial road via various tunnels and bridges, should have been finished in 1998 and cost $2.8 billion. It…...