Energy Revolution Ventures Secures $18M to Back Scalable Deeptech Solutions for Energy Transition

January 11, 2025January 10, 2025Posted by adminLeave a Comment

Energy Revolution Ventures (ERV), a venture capital firm focused on energy tech, has successfully raised $18 million for its seed and Series A fund aimed at advancing scalable climate technologies. The fund will primarily target deeptech companies working to address significant engineering and scientific challenges within the energy sector. The capital will be deployed into […]

3 ways Trump’s EPA could use the language of science to weaken pollution controls

January 11, 2025January 11, 2025Eric Nost, Associate Professor of Geography, University of GuelphLeave a Comment

Environmental issues were conspicuously absent from the 2024 U.S. presidential campaign, but moves by President-elect Donald Trump’s first administration and his leadership picks for his next administration offer clues to what may be ahead. They point to a second Trump administration likely loosening regulations on industries, particularly oil, gas and petrochemicals, giving them wider permission […]

Many ‘impact investors’ aren’t fully tracking whether their investments are good for society or the environment − new research

January 10, 2025January 10, 2025Lauren Kaufmann, Assistant Professor of Business Administration, University of VirginiaLeave a Comment

Investors can aim not only to make money but to benefit society while doing so. But few of those impact investors follow up on whether their strategy is having a positive impact, we found in a study published in the Journal of Business Ethics. Impact investing aims to generate financial returns while also creating positive […]

Trump’s push to control Greenland echoes US purchase of Alaska from Russia in 1867

January 10, 2025January 10, 2025William L. Iggiagruk Hensley, Visiting Distinguished Professor, University of Alaska AnchorageLeave a Comment

President-elect Donald Trump is again signaling his interest in Greenland through a series of provocative statements in which he’s mused about the prospect of the U.S. taking ownership – perhaps by force or economic coersion – of the world’s largest island by area. Talk of a takeover of Greenland may seem fanciful. But it wouldn’t […]

Donor-advised funds are drawing a lot of assets besides cash – taking a bigger bite out of tax revenue than other kinds of charitable giving

January 9, 2025January 9, 2025Brian Mittendorf, Professor of Accounting, The Ohio State UniversityLeave a Comment

Donor-advised funds, or DAFs, are financial accounts funded by donors to support future charitable work. This kind of giving differs greatly from charitable giving as a whole because it’s much more likely to involve donations of assets like stock, real estate or cryptocurrencies that have gained in value. That’s what my co-author, Helen Flannery and […]

Anthropic, Backed by Amazon, Eyes $2 Billion Funding Round, Valued at $60 Billion

January 9, 2025January 9, 2025Posted by adminLeave a Comment

AI startup Anthropic, known for its generative AI chatbot Claude, is in late-stage negotiations to raise up to $2 billion in funding, bringing its valuation to an impressive $60 billion, according to sources familiar with the matter, as reported by CNBC. The company, founded by former OpenAI executives and heavily backed by Amazon, is positioning […]

Workplace diversity training programs are everywhere, but their effectiveness varies widely

January 9, 2025January 9, 2025Yekaterina Bezrukova, Associate Professor Organization and Human Resources, University at BuffaloLeave a Comment

Despite recent efforts to restrict them, diversity training programs have become as ubiquitous in American offices as the water cooler. They’re everywhere. But our recent update on the state of diversity training research confirms that these programs have different levels of effectiveness and widely varying results. In our prior work, published in 2016, we found […]

Argentina’s soaring poverty levels don’t seem to be hurting president Javier Milei – but the honeymoon could be over

January 8, 2025January 8, 2025Nicolas Forsans, Professor of Management and Co-director of the Centre for Latin American & Caribbean Studies, University of EssexLeave a Comment

Argentina, a nation once ranked among the wealthiest in the world, has found itself grappling with severe economic challenges over the past 25 years. Then, one year ago, provocative libertarian economist Javier Milei was inaugurated as its new president. Known for his flamboyant persona and radical views, Milei is one of the most polarising figures […]

Brain monitoring may be the future of work – how it’s used could improve employee performance or worsen discrimination

January 8, 2025January 8, 2025Paul Brandt-Rauf, Professor and Dean of Biomedical Engineering, Drexel UniversityLeave a Comment

Despite all the attention on technologies that reduce the hands-on role of humans at work – such as self-driving vehicles, robot workers, artificial intelligence and so on – researchers in the field of neuroergonomics are using technology to improve how humans perform in their roles at work. Neuroergonomics is the study of human behavior while […]

How platform companies shortchange porn performers and ride-hailing drivers alike

January 8, 2025January 8, 2025Hannah Wohl, Associate Professor of Sociology, University of California, Santa BarbaraLeave a Comment

On a porn set in California’s San Fernando Valley, a performer we’ll call Jake explains why he joined the industry after dabbling in escorting. He says he was drawn to porn work because of the freedom he finds as an independent contractor. He works 10 to 15 hours a week on average and spends the […]

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