“Data mining from the biopharma supply chain, which is known to be incredibly complex, and digitizing crucial raw material information continues to be a target in biopharma 4.0,” she tells GEN.

Local processing of agricultural raw materials involves converting raw produce into finished or semi-finished goods within the country of origin. This approach can add significant economic value.

The basic materials sector is made up of companies involved in the discovery, development, and processing of raw materials, from gold and oil to timber. The raw materials they finish are sold for ...

Giant stashes of data are valuable assets to corporations in industries from fossil fuels to finance. Artist Refik Anadol sees pools of data as something else—material for what he calls a new ...

Manufacturing is the process of turning raw materials or parts into finished goods using tools, human labor, machinery, and chemical processing.

Perhaps the biggest lesson here, though, is that the specifics of data, information, the whole world of processing the one into the other – sure, they’re new. But they are examples of known ...