How Standards and Testing Will Help Keep Self-Driving Vehicles Moving Safely on the Road The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is helping chart the path to safe, trusted self-driving cars by focusing on rigorous measurement science and shared...
AI in Manufacturing: What's Now—and What's Next? NIST engineers have introduced five new ways to connect precast concrete components that significantly enhance building resilience. Precast concrete, produced in factories and then assembled on construction...
How Do Recycling Facilities Sort Different Kinds of Plastic? Recycling facilities handle a wide variety of plastics that often look similar as they move quickly along sorting lines, making it challenging to keep material streams clean and high value. NIST’s “How Do...
On Tuesday, December 9, 2025, various manufacturers gathered at the Cooley Group’s Pawtucket headquarters for a stimulating conversation on the current state of Rhode Island manufacturing. The Pawtucket Manufacturers’ Forum, presented by Polaris MEP and the Pawtucket...
How Can Companies Improve Sustainability Efforts? Supply chain sustainability is quickly moving from “nice to have” to “must have” for manufacturers that want to stay on preferred supplier lists. In a feature for Material Handling & Logistics, Indrani de Silva...
The Toll of Tariffs In 2025, factories and manufacturers were hit with the sudden and unexpected expense of higher tariffs. For many, this threw businesses into turmoil as they struggled to find materials, which in turn caused supply chain disruptions, and increased...
AI in Manufacturing: What's Now—and What's Next? IndustryWeek’s coverage by MIT Professor Wojciech Matusik spotlights artificial intelligence as a transformative force in manufacturing, pushing adoption beyond experimentation to everyday business impact. AI-powered...
Overconfidence in Cybersecurity Strategy Puts Supply Chains at Risk New research from NCC Group [link: https://www.nccgroup.com/] highlighted in Material Handling & Logistics News reveals a troubling gap between perception and reality in supply chain...
Nuclear in Your Backyard? Tiny Reactors Could One Day Power Towns In her Manufacturing.net article, “Nuclear in Your Backyard? Tiny Reactors Could One Day Power Towns,” Aditi Verma, Assistant Professor at the University of Michigan, explores how the next wave of...