Tag: economics
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Institutional Investors Factoring in Climate Change
A survey of institutional investors shows these money managers for financial institutions are starting to take climate change impacts into their investment decisions.
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Research Labs Get More Patents, Start-Ups Level Off
A survey of U.S. universities and research institutes shows more patents were awarded to their labs in 2018, while new start-ups stayed the same from 2017.
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Infographic – China Closes R&D Funding Gap
A new report from National Science Foundation shows China now ranks a close second to the U.S. in total research and development investments.
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Microsoft Launches $1 Billion Climate Fund
Microsoft Corp. plans to invest $1 billion over the next four years to create technologies for removing carbon from the atmosphere.
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Infographic – Australia’s Wildfires Eclipse Others
Statista put together a chart this week comparing Australia’s fires in size to other recent wildfire outbreaks, our infographic for this weekend.
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High Innovation in Rural Regions, Not Just Cities
An analysis of supply-chain interactions by businesses in the U.S. shows many more areas of the country create better products and processes than previously believed.
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Infographic – Biotech Index Zooms to New High
Since October, the Nasdaq Biotechnology Index rose steadily to a new high for the year, as shown in this weekend’s infographic.
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Climate Action Cost Accounting Standard Proposed
A new paper proposes an accounting standard that would require private companies to spell out their costs of meeting net-zero greenhouse gas emissions.
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Infographic – China Top Country for Science Journal Papers
China now leads all other countries in the sheer output of papers in peer-reviewed scientific journals, according to data from National Science Foundation.
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Report – U.S. Needs Regional Technology Centers
Growth patterns in the U.S. show a concentration of technology development in a few cities, with new policies and investments needed to encourage innovation elsewhere.