Hurricane Helene Exposes a Rare-Earth Supply Chain Vulnerability
Quartz mining in Spruce Pine, North Carolina, highlights the problem of 'single point of failure.'
BALTIMORE, MD, January 21, 2025 – New research published in the INFORMS journal Management Science reveals that corporate chain ownership of fertility clinics not only increases access to treatment but also enhances patient outcomes. The study shows that chain-owned clinics perform 27.2% more IVF cycles, achieve a 13.6% improvement in success rates, and adopt standardized practices that reduce risky multiple births while prioritizing healthier single births.
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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Quartz mining in Spruce Pine, North Carolina, highlights the problem of 'single point of failure.'
If you’re a physician and a neighbor asks you a medical question, you’re probably happy to share your professional expertise. If you’re a heating and cooling contractor and a friend asks you about her furnace, you likely do the same. In that spirit, I think it’s time for business people to share what we know about immigration: that it powers economic growth and provides many other benefits to the country.
Seemingly every day, new polls report that Donald Trump is either ahead of Kamala Harris by 2 points or behind by 2 points.
As the United States presidential election enters its final phase, more and more voters are expressing support for their favored candidate by wearing election merchandise.
BALTIMORE, MD, October 31, 2024 – INFORMS, the largest association for decision and data sciences, announced Theresa Roeder has been named the vice president of Sections and Societies at INFORMS. A renowned expert with significant expertise in the semiconductor industry, Roeder works primarily in the field of discrete-event computer simulation. She is the department chair in the Lam Family College of Business at San Francisco State University.
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