The world's top metals

Analysis: UN seeks business backing to meet Millennium goals  

Technology and private-sector funding will drive progress towards the UN's ambitious development goals.

Airborne turbine control  

Controlling airborne wind turbines remains the greatest challenge to the technology becoming widely accepted.

Energy management software  

Software tools have appeared that enable IT managers to better control energy usage across the IT estate.

Overturning the way we do things  

A radical approach to managing large organisations that literally turns received wisdom on its head could be what we've been looking for. E&T reads an important new book on management theory'.

Thin-film PV grapples with growth and scarcity  

Thin-film technology has propelled one supplier past silicon solar cell makers. But will the rarity of the raw materials bring an early end for the upstarts of PV?

Every little helps  

Nanotechnology could soon be making generators smaller and more efficient, reports E&T.

Software: Labview and mobile office apps  

E&T looks at National Instruments new version of Labview while we also compare mobile office apps for smartphone operating systems such as Apple, Microsoft, and Android.

Mobile data usage face global political challenge  

RIM is being pressured by governments to provide unencrypted access to its customer's data usage resulting in a conflict of interest in satisfying regulators and preserving its customer's privacy.

E-commerce growth creates IT career opportunities  

E-commerce market growth: what kinds of job-change opportunities is it creating for IT professionals?

Being mobile  

How smartphones are reshaping our lives, homes, relationships, health, transport, entertainment and more.

Re-engineering the welding process  

Welding has become a high-technology process that needs sophisticated procedures, strong technical backup and a new way of thinking, as E&T discovers.

Chipmakers plan for silicon's replacements  

Half metals and other new materials hold the key to future semiconductor scaling.

The mining bug: hunting metals with bacteria  

With shortages of essential metals predicted, E&T discovers that the mining industry is turning to bacteria in its quest to make use of lower-grade ores, and even to extract metals from century-old mining waste.

Deep sea mining exposed  

Zinc, copper, silver and gold await the deep sea miners.

Why gold scores a hit in the recession  

One of the surest signs we are in recession is that the markets are awash with investors pumping their money into things rather than concepts. Precious metals have never been a safer bet. Especially gold. E&T reports.

Analysis: Radio fans celebrate wireless double centenary  

Amateur radio enthusiasts around the world will join in a special event this month to mark a double centenary in the history of wireless communications.