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AI-Powered Tech Supercharges Ocean Cleanup, Boosting Plastic Collection by 60%
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BALTIMORE, MD, April 23, 2025 – As plastic pollution in the world’s oceans reaches critical levels, groundbreaking new research reveals how artificial intelligence-driven algorithms can dramatically accelerate plastic waste removal – boosting efficiency by more than 60%.

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China’s rare earth minerals power the modern world. Banning their export could destroy it
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Beijing has a virtual monopoly on rare earth minerals—the materials that power everything from military planes to your electric toothbrush.

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Trump’s tech tariff confusion
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The Trump administration’s back-and-forth moves on tariffs for technology products are stirring confusion in a sector heavily reliant on global supply chains.  
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This is what we need to invent to fight climate change

This is what we need to invent to fight climate change

MSN, May 6, 2022

The world now has many of the tools needed to keep climate change in check, the United Nations’ climate research team reported last month. But humanity will still need to invent newer and better ones too.

Decision Science Digest: May 9, 2022

Decision Science Digest: May 9, 2022

Journal Paper, May 9, 2022
  • The Impact of Peer-to-Peer Marketplaces on Abortion Rates, the Role of Social Implications (INFORMS journal Information Systems Research)
  • New Research Looks at Inequality as a Factor in Identifying Misinformation (INFORMS journal Management Science)
  • New Research Helps Answer the Question, Standardize or Customize? Predictions Inform Business on Which One to Choose (INFORMS journal Manufacturing & Service Operations Management)
  • New Research Finds Lessons in COVID-19 Vaccine Distribution and Waste Data (INFORMS journal Transportation Science)
AR Devices In The Workplace Boost Short-Term Productivity

AR Devices In The Workplace Boost Short-Term Productivity

Pioneering Minds, May 3, 2022

According to recent research published in the INFORMS journal Manufacturing & Service Operations Management, companies that use augmented reality (AR) glasses as a new training and workforce tool to boost worker productivity risk stunting workforce innovation and ingenuity.

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