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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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Society's Problems Need Our Best Business Minds

Society's Problems Need Our Best Business Minds

Fortune, July 27, 2020

Good morning. It has been nearly a year since the Business Roundtable released its statement of corporate purpose, putting the interests of employees, customers, communities and the environment on equal footing with shareholders.The change found widespread acceptance among leaders of Fortune 500 companies, and even among investors. Most of the criticism came not from people who disagree with the goals, but rather those who wonder how the words will be translated into action, and what metrics will be used to measure progress and hold companies accountable.

Sheldon H. Jacobson: Women's Intercollegiate Sports Should Get a Green Light This Fall

Sheldon H. Jacobson: Women's Intercollegiate Sports Should Get a Green Light This Fall

Wisconsin State Journal, July 26, 2020

Universities around the nation are preparing not only for students to return to campus in August, but also for their student athletes to start competition. With an abrupt end to spring sports in March brought about by COVID-19, highlighted with the cancellation of March Madness for men’s and women’s basketball, students athletes are hungry to step back onto the court.

MLB Already Has a Coronavirus Outbreak. What Happens Now?

MLB Already Has a Coronavirus Outbreak. What Happens Now?

The Ringer, July 27, 2020

The 2020 MLB season, all four days and 46 games of it, was fun while it lasted. Now the grim reality of the real world is back—not that it ever left, or stopped interfering with the league’s plans—and bringing a coronavirus outbreak with it. An already shortened season might be far shorter than the 60-game format suggests.

Company News: Ampalayanar Nanthakumar Earns Chancellor's Award at SUNY Oswego

Company News: Ampalayanar Nanthakumar Earns Chancellor's Award at SUNY Oswego

Syracuse.com, July 27, 2020

Ampalavanar Nanthakumar earns chancellor’s award for excellence in teaching at State University of New York at Oswego. He is a mathematics professor. Nanthakumar has authored or co-authored more than forty peer-reviewed papers in such journals as the International Journal of Statistics and Probability, Mathematical BioSciences, Journal of Applied Statistical Science, Frontiers in Sociology and American Journal of Mathematical and Management Science.

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