Tag: economics
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Challenge Seeks Sustainable Chicken, Fish Alternatives
A new challenge competition from XPrize is looking for alternatives to chicken and fish that look and taste like the real thing, but are friendlier to the planet.
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Infographic – Public Favors Rejoining Paris Accord
A YouGov survey taken earlier this month indicates the U.S. public largely supports rejoining the Paris climate agreement.
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Wheat Genome Study IDs Critical Genes, Traits
An international research team identified key features of the complex wheat genome, including genes affecting the grain’s yield, quality, and survival.
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$500K Challenge Seeks A.I. Covid-19 Reopening Models
A new challenge from XPrize seeks evidence-based models using artificial intelligence to help governments reopen their economies during the pandemic.
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Venture Rounds, IPOs, Mergers Vanish in Election Week
Nationwide jitters in the U.S. appear to be affecting venture capital activities in the week of the presidential and congressional elections.
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Infographic – Covid-19 Brings Down Carbon Emissions
The chart shows double-digit percentage reductions in carbon dioxide emissions through 31 August for many countries experiencing high Covid-19 infection rates.
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Q3 Venture Funds Inch Up, Early-Stage Deals Drop
Venture capital funding rose in the third quarter of 2020, driven in large part by investments in already established companies rather than newer enterprises.
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Infographic – Immigrants Boost U.S. Nobel Prizes
The U.S. dominates Nobel prizes in the sciences — physics, chemistry, medicine, and economics — and immigrants to the U.S. contribute a large chunk of those awards.
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Infographic – U.S., U.K. Top University Rankings
University of Oxford claims the top spot, followed by Stanford, Harvard, Cal Tech, MIT, Cambridge, University of California in Berkeley, and Yale.
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Phone Data Show Stay-Home, Distancing Order Effects
Anonymous data collected from millions of mobile phones last spring show stay-at-home and social distancing orders helped slow the spread of Covid-19 in the U.S.