The First Industrial Revolution took off with steam power. The Second surged forward with electricity and mass production. The Third brought us computing and automation. The Fourth, the one we are ...

Fossil fuels powered the industrial revolution. Would aliens need a similar power source to jump-start a technical revolution ...

And the next revolution is likely to be one that will transform the energy sector and have a lasting impact on industry: we like to call it Electricity 4.0. Sustainability has quickly become a key ...

The first industrial revolution moved us from muscle to mechanical power between 1760 and 1840, the second brought mass production in the late 19th and 20th centuries, and the third delivered ...

On Monday, the very last coal-powered electricity plant in Britain is closing. The coal age is over in the country that sparked the industrial revolution 200 years ago. In a matter of hours ...

Watt's steam engines helped power the Industrial Revolution and they were found in mines and factories all over Britain. The popularity of the engine made Watt a very wealthy man. An engraving ...