Energy and materials were developed together in early civilizations, beyond the use of fire for cooling and heating. In the courtyard of the stepped pyramid at Sakahra, built near Cairo, Egypt, in about 2600 B.C.E., there are a series of carved relief...

Materials are physical substances used as inputs to production or manufacturing. Materials range from man made synthetics such as many plastics to natural materials such as copper or wood. In the industry of manufacturing, sometimes Materials represent...

Religious materials are being returned to prison chapel libraries, the U.S. Bureau of Prisons said Thursday, confirming plans to modify a program designed to remove religious books and videos that could incite violence.The change follows objections by members of Congress and religious groups.Removal of religious...

The latest figures suggest the manufacturing sector and the economy are rebounding.Demand for nondurables, such as food and chemicals, rose 1.6% in May vs. a flat reading in April, reported the U.S. Census Bureau Tuesday. Export orders posted the 55th consecutive month of growth, the...

The Energy Department has not done enough in Russia and in developing countries to secure radioactive material that could be used to make a so-called dirty bomb, congressional investigators said Tuesday.A report by the Government Accountability Office said that over the past four years security...

Chinese authorities destroyed 42 million pieces of pirated digital videodiscs, compact discs, computer software and illegal publications in the government's latest campaign to curtail rampant theft of intellectual property, state media reported.The Saturday campaign follows a pair of complaints filed Tuesday by the U.S. against...