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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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COVID-19 big picture: For many years, Pinar Keskinocak has studied how society and the nation handle pandemics.

COVID-19 big picture: For many years, Pinar Keskinocak has studied how society and the nation handle pandemics.

Newswise, March 23, 2020

For many years, Pinar Keskinocak has studied how pandemics spread through the nation, how they overburden health care systems, and how they diminish the supply of medications, thus worsening the pandemic. All this also spins off additional medical crises. She also has recommendations and detailed models on beating pandemics, which will take a massive national effort for COVID-19.

COVID-19 big picture: For many years, Pinar Keskinocak has studied how society and the nation handle pandemics.

COVID-19 big picture: For many years, Pinar Keskinocak has studied how society and the nation handle pandemics.

Alert Articles, March 23, 2020

For many years, Pinar Keskinocak has studied how pandemics spread through the nation, how they overburden health care systems, and how they diminish the supply of medications, thus worsening the pandemic. All this also spins off additional medical crises. She also has recommendations and detailed models on beating pandemics, which will take a massive national effort for COVID-19.

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