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6-May-2025

Federally funded research explores how AI tools can improve manufacturing worker safety, product quality

University of Notre Dame
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Recent artificial intelligence advances have largely focused on text, but AI increasingly shows promise in other contexts, including manufacturing and the service industry. In these sectors, targeted AI improvements can improve product quality and worker safety, according to a new study co-authored by an interdisciplinary team of experts from the University of Notre Dame.

Journal: Information Fusion
Funder: U.S. National Science Foundation

6-May-2025

BMW Group and ESMT Berlin enter fourth year of Change Maker Fellowship to shape leadership for a digital future

ESMT Berlin
Grant and Award Announcement

Now in its fourth year, the successful partnership between BMW Group and ESMT Berlin continues to evolve. The BMW Group Change Maker Fellowships, launched in 2022, are being extended in 2025 to include ESMT’s full-time MBA and MSc programs alongside the global online MBA and will focus on shaping leadership for a digital future.

6-May-2025

Environmental awareness trumps cost in electric car purchase decisions

University of Córdoba
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A consumer behavior model developed by the UCO includes willingness to pay as a variable when studying people’s intention to purchase electric vehicles in Spain

Journal: Technology in Society

6-May-2025

Consortium of leading Finnish businesses launches initiative to advance 6G

University of Oulu, Finland
Business Announcement

A consortium of major Finnish industrial and academic stakeholders launched a new project that aims to accelerate the development of technologies and radio frequency (RF) design related to 5G to 6G networks. RF ECO3 is the lead ecosystem project for the Business Finland Veturi programme. Partners of this industrial co-creation project funded by Business Finland include seven companies and four research organisations: Nokia, Bittium, CoreHW, SAAB, Optenni, Verkotan, Senfit, University of Oulu, Aalto University, University of Tampere and VTT. The project will last until the end of 2027.

5-May-2025

New financial model promises to steady the ship for Australia’s naval fleet

University of South Australia
Reports and Proceedings

A new planning formula to optimise the lifecycle value of Australia’s warships in an era of geopolitical instability has been proposed by researchers at the University of South Australia.

5-May-2025

Pharmacies excluded from preferred networks face much higher risk of closure

University of Southern California
Peer-Reviewed Publication

The study is the first to examine how substantial growth of preferred pharmacy networks maintained by PBMs may have contributed to the struggles of retail pharmacies.

Journal: Health Affairs
Funder: NIH/National Institute on Aging

5-May-2025

Even the best sales pitch can fail in the wrong setting

Washington State University
Peer-Reviewed Publication

When it comes to closing a deal, salespeople may be losing customers before they ever say a word. New research from Washington State University suggests the location of sales interactions may be just as important as the sales pitch.

Journal: Journal of Personal Selling and Sales Management