Remember when that visionary venture capitalist said California would be better as six separate states? Site Selection’s six editors report from each of them and also offer a close look at the state’s new water policy.
Anne Maza, co-owner of salon tool company Olivia Garden and daughter of the company’s founders, describes why Antioch and the Bay Area make sense for this global leader.
Built using a public-private partnership model, Karolinska University Hospital went into operation in 2018 in Stockholm.
Photo by Felix Gerlach courtesy of imagebank.sweden.se
Life sciences is a prominent theme in “Navigating the Future of Innovation Districts,” a new conference whose inaugural edition is set to take place in Hagastaden, a district in Stockholm, Sweden, on September 26. “The City of Stockholm is a firm believer in the central role innovation districts play in fostering and sustaining innovation,” said Ylva Williams, CEO of event organizer Stockholm Science City. Speakers include leaders from JLL, the Kendall Square Association, Karolinska Institutet and Stockholm University.
Bentley University and Gallup last week released the 2024 Business in Society report. Among its findings, “when it comes to the top priorities for businesses, Americans attach the highest importance to making money in ethical ways (79%) and providing high-quality health care benefits to employees (71%),” said the organizations in a release. Other findings:
Sixty-three percent of Americans see businesses as having a somewhat positive or extremely positive impact on people’s lives.
Thirty-eight percent of Americans say businesses should take a public stance on current events.
Three out of four Americans say they believe AI will reduce the total number of jobs in the country over the next 10 years.
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Photo courtesy of National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics
June marked the 80th anniversary of the National Full-Scale Aerodynamics Complex (NFAC), comprising this six-fan, 40-by-80-ft. tunnel, completed in 1944, and a separate 80-by-120-ft. tunnel, both located at Ames Research Center at Moffett Field, California. NFAC is managed by Arnold Engineering Development Complex, headquartered near Tullahoma in middle Tennessee but with a portfolio that extends across “more than 90 aerodynamic and propulsion wind tunnels, rocket and turbine engine test cells, environmental chambers, arc heaters, ballistic ranges, sled tracks, centrifuges and other specialized units.”
