A smartphone contains a range of rare earths. They make it vibrate and produce the color in the display. Increasing quantities of rare earths are required to satisfy the growing demand - but reserves are finite.

Pioneers tread new ground. They can bring about disease, war and misery, but also wealth and progress. MADE looks at the impact that pioneers can have on the world around them.

Bechstein's bat is a protected species. A court has ruled that a windpark in Germany has to shut down at night so as not to endanger a colony of the bats. DW discusses the issues with Wilhelm Wilberts, who runs a company that operates such facilities.

It's a small, cheap component – and it's essential for industry: the resistor. Electrical resistance is essential in devices from light bulbs to power lines. A simple relationship describing resistance was discovered by physicist Georg Simon Ohm.

Germany has many thriving mid-sized companies - and often several firms are based in the same place. The German town of Tuttlingen, for example, is home to several endoscope manufacturers. What’s it like when your business rival is your neighbor?

Employees who refuse to speak to each other, undermining bosses, toxic workplaces - sometimes only mediation will help. Conflicts on the job can cost companies time, energy and money. Sometimes only a professional mediator can help.

The British population is at loggerheads over Brexit. So is the UK business community. DW reporter Louise Osborne goes to Surrey in southeastern England to get people's views there. She talks about her impressions in our studio interview.

They're relatives, but competitors. Example 1. The Dassler brothers Adi and Rudolf: the feud between Adidas and Puma. Example 2. Ferdinand Piech and Wolfgang Porsche: VW's dynastic battle. MADE in Germany looks at clan conflict in the business world.

Children’s toys are often designed to be gender-specific. Girls get pink; boys, blue. Girls get dolls; boys, robots. Gender-neutral toys contribute to breaking down damaging stereotypes. Cristina Cubas says we still have a long way to go.

Marketing products means seducing consumers. Colors are deployed strategically with the aim of luring target groups. A psychologist and a product designer reveal something about what they consider to be the unconscious processes at play.