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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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Supply Chain Expert Anna Nagurney on Food Shortages, the Holiday Season and the Nation’s Supply Chain Crisis

Supply Chain Expert Anna Nagurney on Food Shortages, the Holiday Season and the Nation’s Supply Chain Crisis

Audio Clip, November 23, 2021

New audio is available for media use featuring supply chain expert Anna Nagurney on food shortages, the holiday season and the nation’s current supply chain crisis. This content is made available by INFORMS, the largest association for the decision and data sciences. All sound should be attributed to Anna Nagurney. She is the Eugene M. Isenberg Chair in Integrative Studies and is PhD Coordinator in Management Science as well as the Director, Virtual Center for Supernetworks Operations & Information Management at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. There are four questions and responses. These responses were provided on November 18, 2021.

Supply Chain Expert Robert Handfield on the Nation’s Current Supply Chain Crisis and How It Should be Addressed

Supply Chain Expert Robert Handfield on the Nation’s Current Supply Chain Crisis and How It Should be Addressed

Audio Clip, November 17, 2021

New audio is available for media use featuring supply chain expert Robert Handfield on the nation’s current supply chain crisis and the actions that need to be taken to address it. This content is made available by INFORMS, the largest association for the decision and data sciences. All sound should be attributed to Robert Handfield. He is the executive director of supply chain resource cooperative, and he’s the Bank of America University Distinguished Professor of operations and supply chain management at North Carolina State University. There are four questions and responses. 

Got $1.2T to invest in roads and other infrastructure? Here’s how to figure out how to spend it wisely

Got $1.2T to invest in roads and other infrastructure? Here’s how to figure out how to spend it wisely

The Conversation, November 15, 2021

The American economy is underpinned by networks. Road networks carry traffic and freight; the internet and telecommunications networks carry our voices and digital information; the electricity grid is a network carrying energy; financial networks transfer money from bank accounts to merchants. These networks are vast, often global systems – but a local disruption can really block them up.

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