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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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Delivering Financial ethics in the Age of AI

Delivering Financial ethics in the Age of AI

Digital Bulletin, October 14, 2020

The AI gold rush has been underway in the financial services industry for the past few years. According to the UK Financial Conduct Authority and the Bank of England, two-thirds of Britain’s financial services firms use some form of machine learning. Just over half have an R&D strategy to add even more to their AI capabilities. That strategy needs a well-developed ethical component.

Asthma Interventions Keep Kids Out of the Hospital

Asthma Interventions Keep Kids Out of the Hospital

Futurity, October 13, 2020

“This work shows that you can improve the quality of life for children with asthma and you can reduce government spending by implementing these proactive interventions,” says lead author Julie Swann, department head and professor in the industrial and systems engineering department at North Carolina State University.

The COVID-19 Vaccine Supply Chain, Explained

The COVID-19 Vaccine Supply Chain, Explained

Brink, October 12, 2020

BRINK spoke to Julie Swann, a senior advisor to the CDC on the last national vaccine distribution in 2009 for the H1N1 flu vaccine. She is a professor at North Carolina State University and co-founder of the Center for Health and Humanitarian Systems at Georgia Tech.

Nevada Stops COVID Exposure Reports for Workplaces, Hotel-Casinos

Nevada Stops COVID Exposure Reports for Workplaces, Hotel-Casinos

Las Vegas Review-Journal, October 11, 2020

This summer, nearly a third of a local manufacturing company’s workforce caught COVID-19. Spacecraft Components Corp. voluntarily shut down its North Las Vegas operation for two weeks in June after a handful of its 140 employees reported having the disease. Within weeks, approximately 40 employees tested positive for the coronavirus, the company’s controller said.

Kutztown University Grapples with Pandemic Exodus of 1,000 Students, $3.5 Million Budget Hit

Kutztown University Grapples with Pandemic Exodus of 1,000 Students, $3.5 Million Budget Hit

The Morning Call, October 12, 2020

When fall semester rolled around, Kutztown University was one of several schools that opened its doors to students, welcoming about 3,300 back to campus. But within a few weeks, about 1,000 of them were gone, choosing online learning amid rising cases of COVID-19 on campus and taking with them $3.5 million in room and board fees the university otherwise would have collected.

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