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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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Flatten Coronavirus and Flu Outbreaks With Dedicated Clinics

Flatten Coronavirus and Flu Outbreaks With Dedicated Clinics

Precision Vaccinations, August 12, 2020

A new study concludes that opening clinics explicitly dedicated to treating influenza can limit the number of people infected and help to “flatten the curve,” or reduce the peak prevalence rate. While this study focused on influenza, the findings are relevant for policymakers seeking ways to reduce the impacts of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. “Dedicated clinics would have less of an impact than interventions such as vaccination, but at the statewide level, we’re talking about cutting the overall number of infections by six figures,” says Julie Swann, Ph.D., the corresponding author of a paper on the work, published on August 6, 2020. 

Rob Oller: We're Looking at a Long, Cold Winter Without Football to Sustain US

Rob Oller: We're Looking at a Long, Cold Winter Without Football to Sustain US

The Columbus Dispatch, August 11, 2020

Get ready for an especially cold autumn with subdued fall foliage, rotting pumpkins and wormy apples. Halloween just turned hollow and Thanksgiving turkey with gravy might taste especially bland, too. That’s what happens when a way of life disintegrates in the time it takes to say “aye” or whatever method the 14 presidents of Big Ten schools used on Tuesday in voting to cancel fall sports. (The Pac-12 followed suit soon after.)

TSA Finds 3 Times Usual Rate Of Guns At Checkpoints, Despite Drop In Air Traffic

TSA Finds 3 Times Usual Rate Of Guns At Checkpoints, Despite Drop In Air Traffic

NPR, August 11, 2020

The number of people flying on commercial jetliners is down 75% from last summer, but the rate of those getting caught either inadvertently or deliberately trying to bring a gun on board is soaring. Transportation Security Administration officers are finding guns in carry on bags at security checkpoints at a rate three times higher than they did last summer. And 80% of those guns are loaded.

Specialized Clinics Could 'Flatten Curve' of Pandemics, Influenza Outbreaks, NCSU Study Finds

Specialized Clinics Could 'Flatten Curve' of Pandemics, Influenza Outbreaks, NCSU Study Finds

WRAL Tech Wire, August 10, 2020

A new study concludes that opening clinics dedicated specifically to treating influenza can limit the number of people infected and help to “flatten the curve,” or reduce the peak prevalence rate. While the work focused on influenza, the findings are relevant for policymakers seeking ways to reduce impacts of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.

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