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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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Vaccine Roll-Out a Long Haul for Alamance County

Vaccine Roll-Out a Long Haul for Alamance County

The Times News, January 12, 2021

“It’s a marathon not a sprint,” said Alamance County Health Director Tony Lo Giudice talking about the COVID-19 vaccine rollout. Lo Giudice was candid about the obstacles the Health Department faces in getting close to 170,000 Alamance County residents inoculated against the coronavirus – inoculating the public from unrealistic expectations. Right now the biggest one is the meager 975 doses per week the state is allocating to Alamance County. “There is still a trickle of vaccine,” said Julie Swann, head of the Industrial Systems Engineering Department at N.C. State and an expert in how health systems operate, “and high expectations.”

Last Mile Limits U.S. Vaccine Rollout: Media

Last Mile Limits U.S. Vaccine Rollout: Media

Ecns.cn, January 12, 2021

The sluggish rollout of COVID-19 vaccines across the United States highlights the challenges of a decentralized distribution plan that relies on states and localities to handle the complicated last-mile logistics of getting shots into people's arms, reported The Wall Street Journal on Monday. More than 22 million doses had been distributed to states and other jurisdictions as of Friday, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), while 6.7 million people had received their first shot by that point. The figures were short of the U.S. goal of 20 million vaccinations by the end of 2020, and communities and states were still reporting bottlenecks this month as they managed their inoculation programs, said the Journal.

COVID-19 Vaccine Supply Chain Can Be Fixed

COVID-19 Vaccine Supply Chain Can Be Fixed

The Hill, January 11, 2021

The output from Operation Warp Speed is struggling to get its footing. The billions of dollars invested focused primarily on developing a safe and effective vaccine as quickly as possible. Equally needed was how to effectively traverse all the links in the supply chain, particularly the last mile, to transform those vaccines into vaccinations. As a result, millions of doses of vaccines sit on shelves while willing recipients anxiously await their turn to be immunized. What went wrong and what can be done today to make this right?  

There's Something to Gain in the Space Between Home and Work

There's Something to Gain in the Space Between Home and Work

Business Daily Media, January 11, 2021

For many of us, one of the upsides of 2020 was being freed from the grind of the daily commute. For the 40% of the workforce able to “telecommute”, COVID-19 social distancing measures saved us an average of about an hour a day – and much more for those of us living in the outer suburbs of cities. Studies show the morning commute is the least favourite part of the day, and the commute home the third-least favourite (working is the second-least favourite). Congestion, crowding and unpredictability increase stress and dissatisfaction. The longer it takes, and the more we have to do in the company of others, the more we dislike it.

When AI is Used to Set Prices, Can Inadvertent Collusion be a Result?

When AI is Used to Set Prices, Can Inadvertent Collusion be a Result?

News Release, January 12, 2021

CATONSVILLE, MD, January 12, 2021 – Machine learning and artificial intelligence (AI) are perfectly suited to help companies and marketers monitor and set prices based on real-time dynamic pricing. But new research has identified some possible unintended consequences of AI in this area.

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