Dan Jackson: Why Is the Offshore Industry Happy to Accept Mediocrity?
Market changes are forcing the offshore industry to become smarter, leaner and more modern — and that’s a good thing.
Offshore oil and gas is one is one of the world’s most important industries. Its success powered much of the global development that took place in the latter 20th century, and the industry remains a key provider of energy to the world.
Atomic Bonding from a Bottle? These Scientists Use Supersonic Spray to Repair Turbines
David Sandalow: Is the Paris Climate Conference Already a Success?
From President Obama to the Pope, there are growing signs of consensus for tackling climate change at a global scale.
This has been a big summer for climate diplomacy. So big, the 21st annual Conference of Parties to the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change, which will open with enormous media attention in Paris in late November, is already in part a success. Key developments include:
- the world’s largest greenhouse gas emitter — China — released a climate action plan, building on its climate agreement with the U.S. last fall,
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Can Big Data Prevent Epidemics? — Interview with Carlo Ratti of the MIT Senseable City Laboratory
Big Data holds the potential to revolutionize healthcare — improving care, reducing costs, even alerting us to the threat of epidemics before they occur.
What if we could predict disease? That long sought-after goal — and the major implications it would have for the quality and cost of healthcare — was the genesis of a recent study by MIT researchers.
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Nigel Perry: Translating Ideas into Industries in the UK
Innovation hubs show how private- and public-sector collaboration can help enable entrepreneurs compete in an increasingly competitive global economy.
As any innovator with a great idea will tell you, getting that idea into the marketplace can be a tortuous task. Without serious support (financial or otherwise) many great inventions are doomed to progress no further than the drawing board.
Gary Hufbauer: Globalization Policy Can Earn a B+ in 2015 — If It Delivers 3 Things
Trade expert Gary Hufbauer grades the global trade agenda “incomplete,” but bright prospects for the Trans-Pacific Partnership and progress at the WTO still bode well for trade liberalization.
Goodbye, Microscope? New Digital Network Links Pathologists Across Europe
Tour de Force: Watch the World’s Largest Gas Turbine Wheel Across France
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Getting Gas-Fired Power Right — Q&A with Johannes Trueby of the IEA
Natural gas can play an important role in reducing emissions from power generation, but it’s necessary to get the economics right.
In the global effort to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from the power sector, one fossil fuel is playing a key role: natural gas.