Medical supply shortages during the pandemic revealed that US industries are unable to provide essential goods in a crisis. A return to domestic production would boost incomes and prepare us for the next crisis.
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Melbourne's Innovation Districts were launched a few years ago, but the impacts of COVID-19 have added urgency to having places to trial new ways of urban living.
Researchers are figuring out how plants respond to the presence of human cadavers. The findings could prove important for discovering the locations of murder victims or mass graves.
The immune system is trained to destroy viruses, even when they carry therapeutic cargo as is the case in gene therapy. Now researchers have figured out how to dial down the immune response.
While providing access to digital technology is important, it won’t even the digital playing field. If teachers can embrace all students' digital interests as opportunities for learning, it would help.
Many countries recruit overseas talent in science and technology, but China's approach to gaining intellectual property is particularly aggressive.
The innovative educator studied engineering and practiced medicine before devoting her life to spreading a new educational philosophy.
A new approach is making a big difference in Virginia.
For starters, why not have Hollywood team up with teachers to make education more entertaining?
Bricks turn out to be useful for storing electricity thanks to their porousness and red pigment.
Coronavirus is causing religious communities to rethink ways of expressing their faith. In the spirit of finding innovative ways to continue rituals, the pilgrimage to Lourdes was conducted online.
DIY labs have disrupted industries from alcohol to pharmaceuticals. During the coronavirus pandemic, curious people have more opportunities to innovate from home.
COVID-19 has stretched South Africa's public health services to capacity. In response, the services have increased their capacity through innovation.
South African businesses have typically invested in innovation activities that help them prepare for technological and organisational change.
Inventors in states with more socially liberal laws on the books end up with more diverse collaborators – and more higher-impact patents.
Treatment nationalism is a threat to us all.
During a pandemic, what would MacGyver do? He'd cobble together masks and ventilators from the things around him. Now health-care workers are doing the same. But there are risks.
If fewer students from other countries enroll in US colleges and universities this fall due to COVID-19, the effects would be felt well beyond the campus, an expert warns.
COVID-19 is forcing us to look at business differently.
A team of physicists, virologists and computer scientists are seeking to develop a coronavirus diagnostic tool that could deliver rapid results.
Top contributors
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Emeritus Professor & UTS innovation adviser, University of Technology Sydney
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Director, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology
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Senior Researcher in Innovation Management, University of Brighton
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Associate Dean, College of Global Futures, Arizona State University
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Professor of Innovation Studies, The University of Queensland
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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
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Professor of the Practice of International Development, Harvard Kennedy School
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Winthrop Professor, Entrepreneurship, Innovation, Marketing and Strategy, University of Western Australia
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Productivity Growth Program Director, Grattan Institute
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Secretary for Science Policy at the Australian Academy of Science, and Senior Deputy Vice-Chancellor, UNSW
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Professor of Natural Philosophy in the Department of Physics, University of York
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Visiting Professor, University of Technology Sydney
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Associate Professor of Public Policy and Women's Studies, University of Michigan
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Researcher in Entrepreneurial Creativity, University of Nottingham
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Full Professor of Political Economy, University of Pretoria
