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Emerging Technology
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Policy Memo
Meeting Biology’s “Sputnik Moment”

…is perceived as both fascinating and engineerable—requires a pedagogical change beyond the NGSS. Simply updating standards is not enough. The challenge is to use existing, free, and/or low-cost resources to…

04.28.21 | 11 min read
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Emerging Technology
Article
A Focused Research Organization for Superconducting Optoelectronic Intelligence

…now? You can learn more about superconducting optoelectronic networks in this slide deck. What is a Focused Research Organization? Focused Research Organizations (FROs) are time-limited mission-focused research teams organized like…

04.02.21 | 3 min read
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Emerging Technology
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Policy Memo
Banning Noncompete Agreements to Create Competitive Job Markets

…When employees sign noncompetes with established firms, start-up companies have difficulty recruiting talent. Indeed, a ban on noncompetes in California generated greater and faster innovation because employees with good ideas…

01.22.21 | 13 min read
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Environment
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Policy Memo
Preventing the Next Pandemics: An Upstream Approach to Novel National Security Threats

…UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE), UNDP, UNEP, and the World Health Organization, to develop a systematic approach for early detection and…

11.18.20 | 16 min read
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Clean Energy
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Policy Memo
Zero Emission Fueling Stations for Trucks and Buses

…metropolitan planning organizations, port authorities, labor organizations, truck-stop owners, and owners of large freight-generating facilities (like hospitals, universities, airports, and convention centers). Opportunities may include the following: partnerships with local…

11.02.20 | 9 min read
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