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Preparing America’s labor force: Workforce development and employment readiness

Published September 19, 2020 by Henric Johnson in Washington

With the rapid development of new technologies, automation and artificial intelligence workforce development was at the forefront already before the Covid pandemic. In addition, employers have had an increased pressure to get more people with...

Are we going to live in a quantum future?

Published September 9, 2020 by Henric Johnson in Washington

Yes, most probably! It is, therefore, so interesting to follow how the U.S aims to boost funding and workforce development for quantum tech. Sooner than we may realize, new technologies will take advantage of quantum properties to create...

Silicon Valley more relevant than ever – and the Nordics have an important role to play

Published June 22, 2020 by Henric Johnson in Coronavirus

The last couple of months we have experienced how COVID-19 accelerated the digital transformation of our daily life. We are living bigger parts of our life online. From one week to the other we find ourselves home schooling our kids and working...

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Covid-19 Digital Contact Tracing in the U.S.

Published May 28, 2020 by Henric Johnson in Coronavirus

For many countries including the U.S., it's of uttermost importance to be able to re-open the society and the economy as soon as possible. The U.S. government has therefore presented guidelines to Opening Up America Again. These contain, as we've...

Covid-19 tests could be the key to reopening a country. Here’s the U.S. approach.

Published April 20, 2020 by Henric Johnson in Coronavirus

The U.S. went from having no tests available for Covid-19 diagnostic to develop mutliple different tests within a few weeks. These tests have been important to globally fight the pandemic. With the current spread of the virus, we all hope that a...

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Covid-19 related R&D funding announcements in the U.S.

Published April 9, 2020 by Henric Johnson in Coronavirus

The ongoing pandemic is disrupting research institutes and universities across the world. The institutions are also working hard to find out how the virus can be stopped and its effects mitigated. Below is a list of several possibilities in the...

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The U.S. race to find a Covid-19 vaccine

Published April 7, 2020 by Henric Johnson in Coronavirus

Covid-19 has sparked the fastest vaccine-development process in history and several, as described below, initiatives are already underway. The race started in January when Chinese scientists published the complete 30,000-letter genetic code of...