BCG has surveyed global innovation executives since 2005 to reveal the 50 companies they most admire. Explore the changing rankings and then read this year’s Most Innovative Companies report. Read more in BCG The Most Innovative Companies Ranking over Time By…
A new study from researchers at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, which looked at pollution data from more than 3,000 counties in the U.S. and COVID-19 death counts through April 4, found that even relatively small differences…
The whole idea is that we can use photons from the sun and transform it into hydrogen. To put it simply, we are saving the energy from sunlight and storing it into chemical bonds so it can be used at…
For centuries, builders have been making concrete roughly the same way: by mixing hard materials like sand with various binders, and hoping it stays fixed and rigid for a long time to come.Now, an interdisciplinary team of researchers at the…
Researchers found 44 per cent of the population have purchased toys they enjoyed as kids because they bring back happy childhood memories.Colouring books, cuddly toys and board games top the list, with jigsaws and Lego completing the top five most…
In 1999, the US Food and Drug Administration approved rapamycin as an immunosuppressant to prevent the rejection of transplanted organs. Scientists later found it affected all sorts of biological processes; Experiments also showed that rapamycin extended the life span of…
Beginning in the 1980s, studies confirmed, perhaps unsurprisingly, that animals are capable of what’s called procedural memory—a type of long-term memory that aids in performing motor skills such as running or climbing. Read more in fast company What we’re learning…
Healthcare budgets in countries around the world are, in aggregate, expected to increase by 10 percent by 2030, according to a survey of more than 120 executives at the world’s top biopharmaceutical companies, conducted by Strategy&, PwC’s strategy consulting business.…
Why do some well-run technology companies maintain merely stable growth, while others surge? Between 2005 and 2017, Amazon’s revenue increased 28.85 percent, compounded annually, while Google’s grew at a 27.27 percent annual rate. Meanwhile, most of their peers among large…
If you ask any computer scientist what the fastest growing field of the industry is, chances are they’ll reply with artificial intelligence. It is part of our lives in ways unimaginable, and most of us carry on with our lives,…
