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Innovation
These are the world’s most innovative companies
Apple, Alphabet and Amazon earned top spots on this year’s list of the world's most innovative companies.
COVID-19
6 ways businesses can turn COVID-19 uncertainty to their advantage
How companies can navigate the uncertainty of a post-COVID-19 world and turn unpredictability into resourceful innovation, opportunity and “smart luck”.
Better Business
10 types of Innovation: The art of discovering a breakthrough product
After examining over 2,000 innovations throughout history, Doblin discovered most breakthroughs don’t stem from engineering inventions or rare discoveries.
Artificial Intelligence and Robotics
Here’s what the first coronavirus “swab robot” can teach us about fast innovation
Researchers in Denmark have developed a robot that can help with mass testing for coronavirus. Here's what they learned about innovating under pressure.
United Arab Emirates
These divers in the UAE are growing a giant artificial coral reef
A team of divers is building artificial coral reefs off the east coast of the United Arab Emirates.
COVID-19
Discovering the real impact of COVID-19 on entrepreneurship
A large number of start-ups have suffered during the pandemic but COVID-19 has also led to an increase in entrepreneurial activity to tackle the crisis.
COVID-19
COVID-19: 3 ways businesses can find growth opportunities during the crisis
Wharton professors George Day and Gregory Shea explain why investing in forward-thinking talent pools can help prepare businesses for uncertainties.
Future of Health and Healthcare
4 ways science should transform after COVID-19
From research funding to publishing and communication, the COVID-19 pandemic has shown how fast science can adapt and deliver what the world needs.
Emerging Technologies
These are the World Economic Forum's Technology Pioneers of 2020
This year’s Technology Pioneers includes leaders in everything from alternative meat to circular economies.
The Ocean
3 innovations which are leading the fight to save our ocean
Our ocean faces an unprecedented set of interconnected challenges. These innovators, the winners of our Ocean Solutions Sprint, think they can help turn things around.
The Ocean
These floating homes could protect people from flooding as sea levels rise
Global warming and melting glaciers are leading sea levels to rise, putting millions at risk of flooding. Could floating homes be a solution?
COVID-19
5 curve-flattening technologies being developed by young people
Young people around the world are developing new and innovative technologies to help in the fight against COVID-19. Here are five of them.
COVID-19
COVID-19: Collaboration is the engine of global science – especially for developing countries
The coronavirus pandemic has shown how vital collaboration is in making the benefits of research available to all – and open-source knowledge-sharing is key to its future.
COVID-19
From me to we: COVID-19 heralds a new model of entrepreneurship
Collaborative entrepreneurship is proving to be key in the fight against COVID-19 - and that's a lesson we should learn as we begin to rebuild
COVID-19
How coronavirus sparked a wave of innovation in India
Across India, entrepreneurs and innovators have quickly devised new apps, robots and ventilators to help overcome the pandemic.