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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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Marketing Researchers Identify the Three Most Powerful Drivers of Effective Crowdfunding

Marketing Researchers Identify the Three Most Powerful Drivers of Effective Crowdfunding

News Release, April 7, 2020

CATONSVILLE, MD, April 6, 2020 – While the concept of crowdfunding is still in its early phases of development, a group of marketing researchers have conducted a study that reveals the most powerful drivers behind effective crowdfunding campaigns. According to the researchers, there are three primary mechanisms that serve as the major drivers of crowdfunding campaigns that yield results. 

New Research May Help Prevent Panic Buying in the Future

New Research May Help Prevent Panic Buying in the Future

Supply & Demand Chain Executive, April 2, 2020

Two marketing researchers produced a study that reveals that a consumer’s decision on how much to buy in each shopping trip depends on their current inventory and what they expect prices to look like in the near future.

Supply chain outlook: The timing of the slowdown

Supply chain outlook: The timing of the slowdown

Phys.org, March 26, 2020

The rapid spread of the Covid-19 virus is already having a huge impact on the global economy, which is rippling around the world via the long supply chains of major industries.

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