Non-college educated White men used to be ahead in the American economy. Now they’ve fallen behind. ~finance economics.socio Article 2084 words 31 votes
Paralyzed man unable to walk after maker of his powered exoskeleton tells him it's now obsolete ~health Article 609 words, published Sep 27 2024 44 votes
Cement is a big polluter. Heidelberg Materials in Norway is betting it can profit from carbon capture that will reduce the carbon dioxide. ~enviro pollution energy climate change Article 400 words 10 votes
A successful commercial icebreaker program: Le Commandant Charcot ~transport Article 1874 words 5 votes
Battery giant Northvolt to cut 25% of workforce in Sweden as part of a major cost-cutting drive – roughly 1,600 employees, including 1,000 positions at its factory in Skellefteå ~finance business Article 13 votes
Beyond the politics of nostalgia: What the fall of the steel industry can tell us about the future of America ~humanities.history Link 16 votes
Swedish battery company Northvolt has announced it would be laying off a large part of its workforce and selling or consolidating several sites as the electric vehicle market slows down ~transport Article 525 words 11 votes
Charging lithium-ion batteries at high currents just before they leave the factory is thirty times faster and increases battery lifespans by 50%, according to study ~enviro Article 1201 words 18 votes
Volvo Cars has abandoned its plan to become a fully electric car manufacturer by 2030 due to weakening consumer demand for pure electric vehicles ~transport Article 602 words 42 votes
Heidelberg Materials' cement plant in Norway will be the first of a handful around the world to capture carbon in the production of cement ~enviro pollution Article 1209 words 16 votes
What's up with solid state batteries? A conversation with Siyu Huang of Factorial Energy. ~tech Article 9082 words 12 votes
Novo Nordisk is to invest more than $4bn in US manufacturing as it battles to keep up with booming demand for its obesity and diabetes drugs Wegovy and Ozempic ~health medicine Article 543 words 9 votes
Swedish accident investigators determine country's oldest amusement park Gröna Lund didn't properly test new parts for a roller coaster that derailed last year, killing one ~engineering Article 263 words 7 votes
Mining firm Rare Earths Norway says it has discovered Europe's largest proven deposit of highly prized rare earth elements ~enviro Article 14 votes
A Colorado factory is making homes that are indistinguishable from traditionally built ones — and chipping away at the housing crisis ~design architecture Article 1656 words, published May 24 2024 28 votes
US official says Chinese seizure of TSMC in Taiwan would be 'absolutely devastating' ~tech Article 326 words 27 votes
The Federal Aviation Administration investigates after Boeing says workers in South Carolina falsified 787 inspection records ~transport Article 479 words 50 votes
US to require automatic emergency braking on new vehicles in five years ~transport Article 839 words 42 votes
Whistleblower who accused Boeing supplier of ignoring defects dies ~transport Article 398 words 47 votes
What Boeing did to all the guys who remember how to build a plane ~transport Article 2868 words 54 votes
How to escape from the Iron Age? We cannot lower carbon emissions if we keep producing steel with fossil fuels. ~humanities Article 2449 words, published Mar 18 2024 27 votes
Joe Biden administration commits $6B to cut US emissions from high-carbon industries ~enviro energy.renewable plastics climate change pollution Article 986 words 19 votes
Germany’s solar panel industry, once a leader, is getting squeezed ~enviro energy.renewable Article 1384 words 17 votes
'If anything happens, it's not suicide': Boeing whistleblower's prediction before death ~transport Article 432 words 52 votes
Boeing is withholding key details about door plug on Alaska 737 Max 9 jet, NTSB says ~transport Article 660 words 29 votes
What Boeing’s door-plug debacle says about the future of aviation safety ~transport Article 1993 words, published Feb 28 2024 13 votes
Harbor Freight cannot easily develop their own flesh detection table saw ~life.home_improvement Article 1463 words 28 votes
New report from US Federal Aviation Administration: Boeing lacks key elements of safety culture ~transport Link 19 votes
Reduce, reuse, redirect outrage: How plastic makers used recycling as a fig leaf ~enviro plastics recycling climate change Article 1101 words 45 votes
Opinion: Tesla investors should think twice about Elon Musk’s plan to reincorporate in Texas ~finance business Article 904 words 14 votes
A cycle of misery: The business of building commercial aircraft ~transport Article 3876 words 6 votes
Boeing whistleblower: production line has “enormous volume of defects” bolts on MAX 9 weren’t installed ~transport Article 1145 words 74 votes