Nuclear power is considered a clean energy source because it has zero carbon dioxide emissions; yet, at the same time, it produces massive amounts of hazardous, radioactive waste that pile up as more and more reactors are built around the world.

Experts have proposed different solutions for this issue in order to take better care of the environment and people’s health. With insufficient safe storage space for nuclear waste disposal, the focal point of these ideas is the reutilization of the materials.

Image: A prototype of Arkenlight's carbon-14 diamond betavoltaic battery. (CREDIT: University of Bristol)

By using artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML), brands can analyze data objectively, improving insights and generating actionable reports that can be used to make data-driven decisions. With AI and ML, these insights are more sophisticated and valuable to brands, allowing them to enhance and improve the customer journey.

With the end of the year looming, companies across all industries will begin scheduling end-of-year performance reviews with their employees. But rather than stick to what was always done, even if it wasn’t very effective, leaders can strive to generate more meaning from these reviews and give their team members more actionable, personal feedback they can take with them into the new year.

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Most entrepreneurs who start their own venture have a grand vision of what their company will become. That dream drives entrepreneurship and prompts the founders to give up everything and make enormous sacrifices to start their own companies.

However, most companies that start off with a big vision rarely deliver on it. The most outstanding companies in the world are often “accidental companies” that started by simply doing something better than was presently available and often not knowing their own potential. The companies that focused on modest improvements in their customer experience became enormous, and those that tried to deliver on a grand vision fizzled away.

As companies begin to return to an office setting, many founders of remote-based businesses are wondering if they need to follow suit. Remote setups were vital to keeping businesses going during the worst days of the pandemic, but is it incumbent on leaders to get their employees back in person to get to a next stage of growth? Not necessarily so, says Terry Rice, a business development consultant and contributor at Entrepreneur. "Being remote brings all kinds of benefits, from recruiting talent to low overhead," he says. "The key is being open and honest with employees about good and bad news, and keeping people connected on a human level — just because there is no water cooler doesn't mean people shouldn't be talking about fun things like TV shows they're watching."

When recent studies revealed that a yearly flu shot can cut your risk of Alzheimer's disease (AD) by 40 percent, the news made headlines. Any advances in prevention or management of cognitive decline are deserving of attention, since the condition is so devastating, and has no cure.

How effective is ‘digital agriculture’? What, for example, are the benefits of sending weather forecasts to smallholder farmers’ phones? Does the digital approach improve nutrition or make agriculture more sustainable? Does it help farmers adapt to climate change, a priority for the negotiations taking place this week at the 27th United Nations Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP27) in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt?

For an invention fresh out of the research lab, the technology transfer office (TTO) is the gatekeeper to the market. You hold the key for that technology to enter the market and generate a benefit for the organisation, the community and the general public.

Despite having such an integral role, many TTOs struggle to demonstrate the value of their function and why solid IP management is so important for their organisation. However, implementing some essential practices may help to change that position.

Founders who raise venture capital tend to focus on optimizing around four things:

Getting to the next round of funding as quickly as possible

Increasing valuation

Maintaining their reality distortion field

Attracting and retaining employees who are motivated by potential future value rather than the current mission

Notice that there isn't anything on that list focused on what it takes to build a great business. Focusing on short-term outcomes and motivations can lead your startup down a dangerous path. Here's how to avoid these pitfalls.

Would students be more engaged in class if Sacagawea was the one teaching them about the Lewis and Clark Expedition? Would they retain more information if Aristotle explained the art of storytelling during their writing seminar? Would an English lecture delivered by Jane Austen, and complete with slides and pop quizzes, play well with Gen-Z?

Image: Aristotle's avatar presents a slideshow about Greece. Prof Jim customers will be able to request avatars for whomever they’d like, be it a long dead celebrity or a specific classroom teacher.COURTESY OF PROF JIM

There are those who describe the current, faster-and-faster-moving marketplace as a fourth industrial revolution. And the best entrepreneurship programs are those that help students appropriately speed up and, when necessary, scale-up their ideas. Students who enroll at these schools will find themselves at the forefront of innovation and development, often with an interdisciplinary focus that acknowledges the interconnectedness of today's economy. And perhaps more importantly, they will also get opportunities to enrich themselves and their communities, adding economic and social value through innovation, team building, and leadership.

The upcoming holiday season is not only an important time for consumers, but for small businesses, it’s a time to showcase their best marketing efforts to help them stand out among their direct competitors.

During this time of the year, the marketplace tends to become increasingly crowded, as every business seeks to get in one last bang before the end of the year. For smaller retailers, this time can either be one of the major opportunities or a loss if their marketing strategies are not properly executed.

Brainstorming big ideas can be tough, especially when you're trying to figure out how to launch a product that customers will respond to. To stand out, your product needs to innovate in some way. It has to be marketed properly, so you can create a real sense of community around it and the brand as a whole.

As the global economic situation deteriorates amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine and soaring energy costs, many aspiring entrepreneurs might be tempted to give up and wait for better days. But don’t give up!

It is true that founding a startup in times of crisis may look more challenging. Investors can also be skittish, and winning new customers is not easy. However, a crisis can also be a golden opportunity to launch a new product or service, as long as the startup at the origin applies specific methods. One of them is called frugal innovation.

A Paris-based startup has created a genetically engineered houseplant that can literally clean the air within your home. The plant builds off the natural purifying properties that houseplants already offer. So, while it adds some color to whatever room you put it in, it’s also actively keeping the air cleaner than 30 air purifiers.

Robot vacuums have certainly changed how we clean our floors, but wouldn't it be nice if they could clean the rest of our houses too? Introducing the AlfaBot X6, the glass cleaning robot that can literally clean any surface hands-free and while it might sound too good to be true, this smart machine has a 4-star rating from over 400 Amazon shoppers.

Image: Hands-free cleaning at its best! This robot cleaner makes it super easy to clean out-of-reach windows and mirrors. Photo: Facebook

If you go to Ikea in Hamburg, Germany, and buy a bookcase or a rug, the store will loan you an electric cargo trailer so you can easily take your purchase home without using a car. (The service, free for three hours, is also available at Ikea stores in five other German cities.) The trailer, designed by a company called Nüwiel, attaches to any bike or can be guided by hand down the sidewalk, carrying all of the weight by itself.

Image: courtesy Nüwiel

Like there is to most things in life, there’s a pattern with millionaires. The world’s richest entrepreneurs, businesspeople, founders and CEOs have several things in common (and no, we don’t mean the money). Sure, there’s acumen; the ability to take the right risks and good decisions (with some wrong turns, of course). They are also always curious, trying to find out more so they can know more and then, in turn, do more. And then, there’s managing time like a boss (literally). They can structure their day to maximise it, and almost invariably function best with a routine they can adhere to on most days.

Image: Elon Musk. (2022, November 13). In Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elon_Musk

The University of Maryland Strategic Partnership: MPowering the State (MPower) has announced that it is establishing an Institute for Health Computing that will focus on artificial intelligence and advanced computing to further develop the field of precision medicine and improve health care for patients across the state.

The new institute will be located in North Bethesda under the combined leadership of the University of Maryland, Baltimore (UMB) and the University of Maryland, College Park (UMCP), in collaboration with the University of Maryland Medical System and Montgomery County, Maryland.

In Heinz’s squeezable upside-down ketchup bottle, the plastic cap is designed to dispense a standard blob of sauce without spilling. It works. But it can’t easily be recycled, so the Kraft Heinz Company decided to design an alternative. Nine years later—after 185,000 hours of product development, $1.2 million in investment, and 45 different iterations—a new design will be rolling out in the U.K. within the next couple of months.