Disasters can act as brutal audits of organizations to which even venerable institutions like Boeing are subject. In the wake of two fatal crashes, as well as a midflight door blowout, Boeing has shaken up its C-suite and pledged to prioritize safety over profit.

Women make up nearly half of the working population in the United States. But they are underrepresented in the manufacturing industry.

(MIT: Cambridge, MA) -- On April 9, a trailer with the words “Born by Fire” emblazoned on the back was pulled down MIT’s North Corridor (a.k.a. the Outfinite).

(Detection Technology: Espoo, Finland) -- Detection Technology, a global leader in X-ray detector solutions, announces the global availability of a comprehensive range of TFT (thin-film transistor) flat panel detectors.

(NIST: Gaithersburg, MD) -- It’s easy to learn the metric system with the SI Units Card Deck (

(ORNL: Oak Ridge, TN) -- Researchers simulated a key quantum state at one of the largest scales reported, with support from the Quantum Computing User Program, or QCUP, at the U.S.

As leaders, we like being decisive and making quick decisions. We know our businesses well and are willing to act. Doing so without true contrarian input can be dangerous, though.

Additive manufacturing of oversized plastic components offers enormous advantages for mold-free small- and medium-size production runs. The key to this is Q.BIG 3D’s VFGF (variable fused granulate fabrication) process.

Preventive maintenance (PM) is a proactive maintenance strategy built on calendar-based maintenance tasks, regular inspection, and preemptive repair of

(NIST: Gaithersburg, MD) -- The U.S.