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‘In The Wild’ Shows How Far GE Wind Blades Can Be Pushed Without Breaking A...
Wind is already a powerful player in renewable energy. The Global Wind Energy Council estimates the total generating capacity of the world’s wind farms is now greater than all nuclear power plants...
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Bioprosthetic ovaries produced healthy offspring in mice, scientists are putting cigarette butts to good use, and a new study offers hope for faster Lyme disease diagnosis. Who says there is no cure...
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Tracing The Links Between Basic Research And Real-World Applications
A new study connects the dots between published science and patented innovations, mapping just how society benefits from basic scientific research. What does hailing a ride with Uber have to do with...
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Internet Of Volcanoes: Take A Dip Inside The World’s First Digital Lava Lake
Last summer, a small team of volcano experts supported by the Nicaraguan government and equipped with GE’s digital technology climbed down the gaping maw of Nicaragua’s Masaya volcano. They created the...
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Curiosity And Discipline Helped Jeff Immelt Reinvent GE
Harvard Business Review today published Jeff Immelt’s personal account of his 16 years as GE chairman and CEO. “As I was becoming CEO, the world was changing,” writes Immelt, who stepped down as CEO in...
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GE Is Helping Med Students Fight The Opioid Crisis In Its New Hometown
Kelli Gills knew she wanted to be a doctor from the time she was a little girl. She remembers demanding that her mother let her “check her heart” and ultimately convincing her mom to buy her the game...
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A Wary Futurist’s Take On Robots And The Future of Work
GE Reports Perspectives welcomes experts to analyze the impact of technology on the future of work. Here, Martin Ford, author of the New York Times bestseller, Rise of the Robots: Technology and the...
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A Massive Wind Investment Restores Spain’s Standing As A Leader In Renewable...
The dry “cierzo” that blows through Aragón, Spain, is so strong that one ancient Roman scholar warned that the wind — which regularly reaches more than 100 miles per hour — could upend armies. Now...
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How The US And Other Nations Stack Up When It Comes To Innovation
The digital economy in the U.S. is already on the verge of stalling. Failing to foster innovation and technological growth would further erode the nation’s competitiveness across technologies, from...
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Sleeping Giant: GE’s ‘In The Wild’ Explores The Power Of The World’s Largest...
For the past six years, GE has been putting its newest jet engine, the GE9X, through its paces. Engineers have bombarded the engine with dust, ice and debris to simulate 3,000 takeoffs and landings....
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Researchers at Clemson University are studying ways to make plastic from urine, while another team in China is developing a battery that could one day run on blood. And in Italy, a group has developed...
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Mystery Science Theater: Researchers Used Medical Tech To Unwrap Ancient Mummies
In Ancient Egypt, mummification was about more than just burying the dead. People commonly purchased mummified animals to present as offerings to various gods. As so often happens in the marketplace,...
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5 Ways Companies Can Weave Sustainability Into Their DNA
Back in 2005, wind power, solar energy and electric vehicles were subscale technologies when GE launched Ecomagination, which strives to improve business and environmental performance, all while...
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Automatic For The People: Plant Supervisor Teaches Workers To Embrace The...
Dustin Castor recently announced to a factory full of longtime workers that their jobs were about to be replaced by robots.At least, that’s what they thought they were hearing.Castor was only two years...
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Mental Capital: Ex-Accountant Teaches Colleagues To Unchain The Brain
Six weeks into her new finance job at GE Healthcare’s global headquarters in Amersham, U.K., Debbie Jeremiah began moonlighting. During her lunch hour, she held quasi-clandestine meetings with her...
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Don’t Fear Automation Technology — Embrace It
What you’ve heard is true: The robots are coming to take our jobs, writes technologist and entrepreneur Aidan Cunniffe. But instead of fearing our machine counterparts, should we be thanking them? In...
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Heroines Of Health: 3 Women And Their Journeys To Bring Better Healthcare To...
Monday through Friday, Mercy Owuor lives and works in the remote settlement of Lwala, Kenya, where she’s teaching women prenatal care and how to handle childhood illnesses. “My dream had always been to...
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Privacy Is Not An Option For Surviving In The Digital Age
“The issue of security and privacy is the defining issue of our age,” said Art Coviello, former executive chairman of leading digital security firm RSA, adding, in ominous tones. “Whether we can solve...
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A team in California is using carbon microfibers to protect brains, while researchers at Northeastern University are using carbon nanotubes to filter water. And in China, researchers have found a way...
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Nowhere To Go But Up: GE’s ‘In The Wild’ Visits The Greatest Air Show On Earth
For the past 40 summers, pilots have gathered in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, to attend the EAA AirVenture Oshkosh, arguably the world’s greatest flying festival. In late July, 10,000 planes — ranging from huge...
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