Sector
research
Research is a sector focused on systematic investigation and experimentation to establish new facts, reach new conclusions, or develop new theories across various scientific and technological fields.
Why it’s in the news: It is in the news due to the death of a plague researcher in Russia and the development of experimental treatments for blindness and Alzheimer's.
Latest on research
- Harvard, Stanford among 9 US universities in fraud probe over visas for foreign researchers
- OpenAI Fires 3 Safety Researchers in Dispute Over AI Risks
- Fujitsu to set up US quantum computing research center in New Mexico
- Investment research spend flatlines despite AI advancements
- OpenAI denies firing researchers over AI safety warnings
- Opinion: 50 years ago, my colleagues and I pursued basic research science that became revolutionary
- according to research from Noma Labs
- Security teams have spent two years publishing research on Unicode obfuscation techniques — essentially handing threat actors a playbook
- Security teams have spent two years publishing research on Unicode obfuscation techniques
- The real gap isn't funding the research — it's that by the time this cohort publishes findings, the systems they're studying will already be embedded in lending decisions, hiring platforms, and healthcare triage across the region. Governance that arrives after deployment isn't governance.
- Consumer trust in generative AI has fallen below 40%, according to research discussed on The McKinsey Podcast.
- Anthropic CEO warns of AI jobs reckoning as company pledges $200 million for research
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