BALTIMORE, MD, January 13, 2025 – A groundbreaking new study in the INFORMS journal Transportation Science reveals the severe and far-reaching consequences of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine on global food security. The research highlights an urgent need to address disruptions in the transportation of Ukrainian grains, which have caused dramatic price spikes and worsened food insecurity worldwide, particularly in vulnerable regions such as the Middle East and North Africa.
Cutting-edge chips, especially those designed to power emerging AI applications, tend to receive the most attention in the media and generate the most excitement. However, so-called “legacy” chips are just as important — if not more — to our daily lives.
January is National Blood Donor Month and, not coincidentally, a time when donations tend to ebb. Every two seconds, someone in the U.S. needs blood for serious injuries, childbirth, cancer treatments and more, according to the Department of Health and Human Services.
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The Transportation Security Administration announced that it found more firearms in carry-on bags at airport security checkpoints through the first nine months of 2021 than it had in any full year over the past two decades.
As supply chain disruptions pummel industries across the globe ahead of the holiday season, a simulation tool powered by artificial intelligence (AI) has the power to help businesses predict disruptions to their supply chains and minimize their effects, according to MIT Technology Review.
CHICAGO (Audacy) — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis recently suggested that his state’s ports be used as alternatives to jammed ports in California to help ease supply chain issues, but could that solution really work?
Los Angeles’s notorious traffic jams are a common sight, but the current logjam at its ports is something new. To alleviate the snarled supply chain issues at these ports, President Biden announced on Oct. 13 that the Los Angeles port will follow the Long Beach port to operate 24 hours per day. But there is no sign of the crisis abating. The number of ships waiting to unload hit a new record of 100 container ships on Oct. 19 with 45 more arriving the following 3 days.
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