Will future college degrees be based more on experience than classroom time?
Increasing signs of a movement toward granting degrees without ever setting foot in a classroom.
Conventional nuclear giant Areva strikes thorium deal
Agrees to research and development with $17 billion Belgian chemicals stalwart Solvay.
By Mark Halper
Tesla wants to build the world's largest battery factory
Imagine all the lithium-ion battery production in the world — in one factory. That's Tesla's goal.
By Tyler Falk
In China, low-cost smartphone rivals chase Samsung
Samsung is already the largest smartphone vendor in China. But its position has been under threat from low-cost Chinese competitors.