High-tech imaging center opens at Hopkins Marine Station

Life began and diversified in the ocean, and now Stanford is providing a new, easier way for scientists to get a good look at it.The Molecular and Cellular Biodiversity Imaging Center, the brainchild of Christoper Lowe, biology professor in the Stanford School of Humanities and Sciences (H&S), is now open…

Amid DEI Rollbacks, Champion Allyship

Abandoning DEI initiatives can harm both performance and workplace culture. Research shows that inclusive workplaces are better for all of us — and for our businesses. Meg A. Warren March 05, 2025 Reading Time: 5 min  Carolyn Geason-Beissel/MIT SMR | Getty Images Many U.S. businesses are feeling pressured to retreat…

What to Watch in Nevada’s 2025 Legislative Session: Key Employment-Related Bills

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Quick Hits The Nevada state legislature commenced its latest legislative session on February 3, 2025. State lawmakers are considering multiple bills that could impact employment law in the Nevada. Employers may want to take note of these legislative developments, which, if passed and enacted, could result in significant changes to…

Tech companies can play key roles in making rural healthcare safer

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A new report on how Microsoft is helping rural communities protect critical healthcare infrastructure Last year, Microsoft launched its Cybersecurity for Rural Hospitals Program an initiative designed to help protect access to healthcare for the 46 million people living in rural America. Funded through a philanthropic investment, the program now has more than…

New study finds care-experienced young people face higher education hurdles

According to new research published today by the Rees Centre at the Department of Education, University of Oxford, four times fewer care leavers and others with experience of children’s social care enter higher education by age 22.  The report, 'Pathways into and through higher education for young people with experience…

5 Ways to Give Feedback to a Toxic Worker About Their Toxic Behavior

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If you’ve landed on this page, chances are you’re looking for answers. Maybe you’ve tried everything, or maybe you’re bracing yourself for a conversation you’d rather not have. Or you don’t know how to give feedback to a toxic worker about their behavior. Either way, we see you. Dealing with…

Climate Transition Impact Framework (C-TIF): Planning for a sustainable and inclusive future

Although there is meaningful momentum, the world is not on track to achieve greenhouse gas emission reductions in line with the Paris Agreement’s goals. Despite numerous net-zero commitments from countries and companies, and an increase in climate-related investments, global CO2 emissions are far from on track to reach net-zero by…

Neighbourhood Belt: New Architecture of Foreign Trade and Financial Ties between Russia and Central Asia

Russia's economic cooperation with Central Asian countries is gaining momentum despite expectations of a decline or even a complete rupture in trade and economic relations under the influence of anti-Russian sanctions. At the same time, the sanctions pressure has opened up new opportunities for the establishment of additional sources of…

What is a self-driving car?

A sleek, metallic car with a glass rooftop is depicted in a 3D image against a gray backdrop, giving off a futuristic vibe. Self-driving cars, or autonomous vehicles (AVs), have zoomed around our popular imaginations for decades. In recent years, films and television shows such as WALL-E and Silicon Valley…

New York 2040: Time to reinvent. Again.

Since the early 17th century, New York has been a global hub for the flow of goods, capital, people, and ideas. It has experienced constant economic transformation, dominating first in the fur trade, then in shipping, sugar refinement, machine tools, the garment trade, business services, and finance. Through its evolution,…

Has Inflation Been Tamed?‌‌

Inflation has fallen dramatically since its high point in 2022, although it has crept up in recent months. Why has progress on inflation slowed? ‌ Prior to the new administration, the Fed was projecting that the economy would stay fairly stable over the next couple of years, with output and…

The changing chorus: Study shows how movements and memories influence birdsong evolution

We were excited to find clear evidence that even at small scales—within neighbourhoods rather than whole populations—the movements and life histories of individual birds actively shape the songs they sing.Lead researcher Dr Nilo Merino Recalde, Department of Biology, University of Oxford.The researchers spent three years collecting over twenty thousand hours…

Guido W. Imbens named director of Stanford Data Science

Stanford economist and Nobel laureate Guido W. Imbens will become the next faculty director of Stanford Data Science (SDS), an initiative housed within the Office of the Vice Provost and Dean of Research that supports research and scholars through data-driven discovery and data science education opportunities across campus. Imbens will…

New research reveals mentoring improves children’s honesty years later

A new study led by the University of Oxford has found that mentoring programmes can significantly increase honesty in children, with effects lasting years after the intervention. The research, 'Malleability of Preferences for Honesty', forthcoming in The Economic Journal, shows that preferences for truth-telling are not fixed traits but can…

Feed Drop: How AI Will Change Your Job With MIT’s David Autor

Topics Artificial Intelligence and Business Strategy The Artificial Intelligence and Business Strategy initiative explores the growing use of artificial intelligence in the business landscape. The exploration looks specifically at how AI is affecting the development and execution of strategy in organizations. In collaboration with More in this series Today’s episode…

Microsoft AI powers a new energy future

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Global energy leaders from the power and utilities, oil and gas, and mining sectors are turning to the power of data and AI for streamlined workflows, more efficient operating systems, and better performing assets—the types of changes that help companies to empower their people and grow sustainable business. We’re prioritizing…

Turbulent Times Ahead: Call for a Governance Update

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The report highlights four steps directors can take to ensure that their governance approach meets these challenges. Enhance horizon scanning and risk management Our report reveals that only a minority of board members fully understand how sustainability (35 percent), GenAI (12 percent) and trade and geopolitics (22 percent) can affect a company’s value,…

Tropical forests in the Americas are struggling to keep pace with climate change

HomeNewsTropical forests in the Americas are struggling to keep pace with climate change Tropical rainforests play a vital role in global climate regulation and biodiversity conservation. However, a major new study led by Dr. Jesús Aguirre-Gutiérrez from the University of Oxford’s Environmental Change Institute (ECI), reveals that forests across the Americas…

China: is DeepSeek Chinese markets’ salvation or death knell?

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The DeepSeek phenomenon The first trend, as yet unconfirmed, is a “DeepSeek effect”. Unveiled on 20 January, this artificial intelligence, officially developed on a shoestring budget in comparison to the amount invested by the Americans in ChatGPT and Perplexity, has set share prices in the Chinese tech sector – which…

Cooperation between Central Asia and Russia: New Horizons

Modern processes in the global geopolitical and geoeconomic space indicate that multipolarity is becoming a reality and, in this context, the entire system of international relations is being transformed, Rustam Khaidarzoda writes. The new system of international relations has already affected all countries of the world community. For example, in…

Ask Sanyin: How Can We Shift the Return-to-Office Conversation

Coaching for the Future-Forward Leader A productivity focus in RTO mandates tells workers they aren’t trusted. Leaders must instead emphasize connection. Sanyin Siang March 04, 2025 Reading Time: 2 min  Topics Coaching for the Future-Forward Leader Leadership roles come with new personal and professional challenges — and Sanyin Siang, board…

Federal Lawsuit in New York Raises Questions About Remote Workers’ Rights Under State WARN Laws

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Quick Hits Employees sued Paramount Global and CBS Interactive after mass layoffs in New York in 2024. Employees claim the companies did not provide ninety days’ notice under New York’s Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) Act. But the companies argue they fulfilled their legal duty because the workers stayed…

Teachers: As March 14 approaches, design interactive Pi Day activities

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Celebrate Pi Day 2025 and support math skill building in your classroom with PiCraft, Ratio Riddles, Math Progress, and more. Pi Day, celebrated March 14 each year, is the perfect opportunity to fuel students’ love of math through hands-on and engaging math practice. By connecting abstract mathematical ideas like pi…

GSK’s Kim Branson on driving innovation with AI and machine learning

In this episode of Eureka!, a McKinsey podcast on innovation in life sciences R&D, hosts Navraj Nagra and Alex Devereson speak to Kim Branson, senior vice president and global head of AI and machine learning at GSK. They discuss how these emerging technologies are being used to potentially reshape how…

What the DOGE “Cost Efficiency Initiative” Executive Order Means for Government Contractors and Grantees

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On February 26, 2025, President Trump issued Executive Order 14222 entitled, “Implementing the President’s ‘Department of Government Efficiency’ Cost Efficiency Initiative” (hereinafter, the “E.O.”), as well as an accompanying fact sheet describing the E.O.’s goals. The E.O.’s stated purpose is to spur “transformation in Federal spending on contracts, grants, and…

Microsoft partners shaping the future of healthcare with Microsoft Dragon Copilot

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Today, Microsoft is introducing Microsoft Dragon Copilot, the first AI assistant for clinical workflow that brings together proven natural language voice dictation and ambient listening capabilities with fine-tuned generative AI and healthcare-adapted safeguards. Part of Microsoft Cloud for Healthcare, Dragon Copilot enables healthcare partners and their customers to unlock new…

Oxford and OpenAI launch collaboration to advance research and education

Through the five-year collaboration, students and faculty staff are now able to gain access to research grant funding, enterprise-level security and cutting-edge AI tools to enhance teaching, learning and research. The initiative builds on Oxford’s investment in strengthening the AI capabilities and skills of all staff and students with its AI…

Can zero-emission trucks become viable–and what will it take to boost adoption?

Trucking is a significant source of emissions. Given that transportation is the second-largest source of greenhouse gas emissions in the United States, with medium- and heavy-duty trucks accounting for about a quarter of these, transitioning fleets to zero-emission vehicles (ZEVs) has emerged as an urgent priority. McKinsey’s recent survey of…

How to Get Real About Measuring to Outcomes

Topics Column Our expert columnists offer opinion and analysis on important issues facing modern businesses and managers. More in this series subscribe-icon Subscribe Share Carolyn Geason-Beissel/MIT SMR | Getty Images What matters more at the end of the workday: actual results, or all of the sensory cues from people actively…

DHS Revises Haiti TPS Extension, Accelerates Registration Period

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Quick Hits In July 2024, TPS for Haiti was redesignated and extended until February 3, 2026. DHS Secretary Kristi Noem reconsidered and partially vacated the 2024 decision, reducing the designation and extension period from eighteen months to twelve months. The initial registration period for new applicants under the 2024 designation…

Disrupting a global cybercrime network abusing generative AI

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In an amended complaint to recent civil litigation, Microsoft is naming the primary developers of malicious tools designed to bypass the guardrails of generative AI services, including Microsoft’s Azure OpenAI Service. We are pursuing this legal action now against identified defendants to stop their conduct, to continue to dismantle their…

Can Carbon Removal Save the World?

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To quote an analogy developed by Professor John Sterman at MIT, we are adding too much water to a bathtub that is already nearly full. The tub is in danger of overflowing if we don’t find a way to remove at least as much water as we add. According to estimates, even…

Memories of the Future

This was the title of both the book and the film by the well-known fantasist and, perhaps, adventurer Erich von Däniken. With excessive cleverness, he claimed – and even claimed to prove – that aliens had visited Earth multiple times, exerting a profound influence on the development of humanity. Observing…

How women can steer toward growing industries and companies

Workplaces are full of talented, educated, and hardworking women. Many are caught off guard when, several years into their careers, they see that they are falling behind their peers, and they can’t put a finger on exactly how or why. Women, after all, are doing everything they can to prepare…

Chronic diseases misdiagnosed as psychosomatic can lead to long term damage

A study involving over 3,000 participants – both patients and clinicians – found that these misdiagnoses (sometimes termed “in your head” by patients) were often associated with long term impacts on patients’ physical health and wellbeing and damaged trust in healthcare services.The researchers are calling for greater awareness among clinicians…

An update on US consumer sentiment: Is growing uncertainty casting a chill on spending plans?

By Becca Coggins, Christina Adams, and Kari AlldredgeIn the first quarter of 2025, US consumers reported feeling nearly as optimistic as they did at the end of the previous year. This optimism was buoyed by a robust economy with low unemployment, steady job growth, and stable inflation. However, for US consumers across…

AI infrastructure: A new growth avenue for telco operators

Telecom operators have long provided the infrastructure to power communication and connect people. Now they are poised to take on a new role: building the AI infrastructure that enables enterprises, governments, and consumers to unlock AI’s full potential. But finding the sweet spot to capture meaningful revenue and renewed success…

Playing to win in B2B telecom

After a prolonged period of disruption spurred by new technologies, new competitors, rapidly evolving customer demands, and dwindling opportunities in the B2C space, the telecom industry is now in a position to catalyze rapid B2B growth. McKinsey’s latest survey of decision makers across industries and geographies found that more than…

Pushing telcos’ AI envelope on capital decisions

As telecommunications companies employ better AI and other analytics tools to increase the resolution of their view into customer satisfaction, they’re quickly reaching the point where they can be more precise about their capital allocations to efficiently expand and improve the network. By building on telcos’ recent advances in data…