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%.
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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The University of Illinois professor whose predicted alarming COVID-19 mortality rates for college football players wound up being the inspiration for a threatened Pac-12 players' boycott now has a much brighter outlook ahead of the 2020 season. In fact, Dr. Sheldon Jacobson now considers himself optimistic about college football being played amid a global pandemic.
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After two Saint Louis Cardinals players tested positive for coronavirus, which lead to the postponement of Friday's game at Miller Park, experts weighed in on how the NBA's COVID-19 plan seems to be working better than the MLB's. NBA players are currently sheltered within the Disney World bubble and not allowed to leave the facility or interact with people outside.
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