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Researchers are trying to make a cleaner concrete to cut greenhouse gas emissions and curb climate change. The industry is estimated to account for at least 7% of global carbon dioxide emissions.

This week, Microsoft will roll out the largest upgrade of its Windows software in more than a decade. And for the first time, it's marketing a tablet, called Surface. Microsoft still commands a formidable computing empire, but it's an empire under siege.

Pharmaceutical giant Merck has not had success with its own COVID-19 vaccine, but has entered a deal to produce vaccines for Johnson & Johnson, who could use the help after production shortfalls.

A North Carolina-based semiconductor company says it will build a $5 billion manufacturing plant in its home state to produce silicon carbide wafers. Wolfspeed Inc. announced on Friday that it plans to create 1,800 new jobs by the end of 2030 at a location in Chatham County.

The gas brings the bubbles to your beer. But brewers now face a carbon dioxide shortage — and the risk of production cuts and price hikes.

The disruption adds to challenges for the ruling Communist Party, which is trying to shore up sagging economic growth.

The Supreme Court heard arguments this week in a case in which the pork industry is challenging the constitutionality of a California animal welfare law.(Story aired on ATC on Oct. 11, 2022.)

The batteries in our phones and headphones only last a few years. NPR's Daniel Estrin asks The Washington Post's tech columnist Geoffrey Fowler about the life span of today's gadgets and why they die.

The U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments Tuesday in a case where the pork industry is challenging the constitutionality of a California animal welfare law.

Russia's war in Ukraine is causing a profound and permanent shift in the world's oil markets, creating new geopolitical alliances. Analysts say it's comparable to the 1970s Arab oil embargo.

The airline manufacturer delivered its last 747 jumbo jet on Tuesday after a production run of more than five decades. Current and former workers said farewell to the "Queen of the Skies" with pride.

The Chevrolet Camaro, for decades the dream car of many teenage American males, is going out of production early next year. But General Motors says another generation may be in the works.

Boeing was on the congressional hot seat as senators opened several hearings into a whistleblower's allegations and the aircraft maker's safety and production protocols.

The Justice Department and others filed a lawsuit against Apple on Thursday, accusing the company of abusing its power as a monopoly to edge out rivals and ensure customers keep using its products.

The musical icons perform new songs from their forthcoming album, Milton + esperanza, in a rare video performance.

In 2022, there were about 1.25 billion tobacco users ages 15 and older, down from 1.36 billion in 2000. But countries around the world had set a bigger goal.

The latest batch of Clinton emails includes a scattershot list of topics from a day in 2010: "Freud's Last Session," "Create co to own copyrights?" ... "Plumpy'nut?"

The president promised steel and aluminum executives that he will levy tariffs on imports of their products in coming weeks. The tariffs will be 25 percent for steel and 10 percent for aluminum.

A Whistleblower told ProPublica that Microsoft chose profit over security and left the U.S. government vulnerable to a Russian hack.

With electronic shelf labels, prices can change up to six times a minute. Grocers including Walmart, Whole Foods and Schnucks are adopting them.