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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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Ethics, not greed, boost profits, and analytics can help

Ethics, not greed, boost profits, and analytics can help

The Conversation, June 27, 2017

Michael Armstrong, INFORMS member and professor at Brock University shares the negative impact of greed and unethical behavior on industry, from banking to property development, and how analytics can be used to help, not harm customers. 

Moral hazard encourages consumers to choose more expensive treatment options

Moral hazard encourages consumers to choose more expensive treatment options

MedicalResearch.com, June 24, 2017

INFORMS member and University of Toronto professor, Nitin Mehta, discusses a new study he coauthored in the INFORMS journal Marketing Science that investigates the increase in health care costs associated with chronic disease in the context of consumers enrolled in employer sponsored insurance plans. 

Be careful with your goals

Be careful with your goals

A Week's Worth, June 19, 2017

Business literature is full of leaders preaching about stretch goals. These uncomfortable, seemingly out-of-reach results are supposed to motivate people to do things they never thought they could do. But do they work? The answer is complicated. A new study published in the INFORMS journal Organization Science found that stretch goals motivate a small number of participants.

Students tackle hunger in their community with Pro Bono Analytics

Students tackle hunger in their community with Pro Bono Analytics

UBNow, June 19, 2017

Members of the INFORMS student chapter at the University at Buffalo with the State University of New York have taken inspiration from the INFORMS Pro Bono Analytics program and launched their own efforts to positively impact their community.

CEOs who appear on CNBC can see their pay rise over $200,000 per year

CEOs who appear on CNBC can see their pay rise over $200,000 per year

POST Online Media, June 19, 2017

New research in the INFORMS journal Organization Science that examined 4,452 CEOs from 2,666 U.S. firms, as well as 104,129 news articles and 6,567 CNBC interviews, found that CEOs who appeared in CNBC interviews could expect their compensation to increase by $210,239 on average, notwithstanding firm performance and other mitigating factors.

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