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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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New Audio Available for Media Use: How is Ukraine Managing One Year After the Russian Invasion?

New Audio Available for Media Use: How is Ukraine Managing One Year After the Russian Invasion?

Audio Clip, March 17, 2023

BALTIMORE, MD, March 17, 2023 – New audio is available for media use featuring Anna Nagurney. She speaks about how Ukraine is managing one year after the Russian invasion. Nagurney herself is Ukrainian-American. Ukrainian is her first language. She is the Eugene M. Isenberg Chair in Integrative Studies in the Isenberg School of Management at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. Nagurney is an Affiliated Faculty Member of the school’s Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and the Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering.  

How Women Entrepreneurs Are Creating New Businesses in Record Numbers

How Women Entrepreneurs Are Creating New Businesses in Record Numbers

Newsweek, March 15, 2023

When Rihanna paused midway through her Super Bowl halftime performance to wipe the shine from her face with Fenty Beauty blotting powder, it was her flair for business, not her voice, that was momentarily on bold display. That three-second touch up, coupled with the bright lip she sported (Fenty's new Icon Velvet Liquid Lipstick in "MVP" red) and the outfits worn by her backup dancers (from her Savage X Fenty lingerie line, of course), garnered the Fenty brand a cool $7.8 million in the first 12 hours after the game, according to Launchmetrics, which measures the monetary value of media marketing strategies.

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