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Laboratory technicians work on samples to be tested for the COVID-19 coronavirus at a testing facility in Wuhan, China on August 4, 2021. (Getty Images)
Innovation
Innovation
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A C-130J-30 Super Hercules aircraft is being built by Lockheed Martin Corp. for the US Navy’s E-130J program in Marietta, Georgia, on September 12, 2024. (DVIDS)
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A conceptual close-up of a circuit board scene with the American flag. (Getty Images)
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The lettering “Fresenius” is emblazoned on a building in Bad Homburg, Germany, on February 20, 2024. (Getty Images)
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A sailor prepares to launch an F/A-18C Hornet off the flight deck of the USS Kitty Hawk in the Philippine Sea on May 6, 2008. (US Navy)
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A Ukrainian serviceman prepares an UAV for a patrol flight along the Ukraine-Belarus border on June 1, 2026. (Getty Images)
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A visitor interacts with a mechanical hand at the Robot Mall on August 4, 2025, in Beijing. (Getty Images)
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Circuit boards and conductors on the mainboard of a computer on May 12, 2026, in Berlin, Germany. (Getty Images)
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A processor embedded with a NVIDA chip is seen during the artificial intelligence exhibition AI EXPO 2026 in Taipei, Taiwan, on March 25, 2026. (Getty Images)
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A sign is displayed at the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) headquarters on June 1, 2025, in Washington, DC. (Getty Images)
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The Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company’s Fab 20, which specializes in the production of 2-nanometer advanced chips, in Hsinchu, Taiwan, on March 28, 2026. (Getty Images)
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A wall of screens displaying surveillance camera footage at the Counter Terrorism Operations Centre in London on February 27, 2023. (Getty Images)
Experts
Devlin Hartline
Senior Fellow
Brigham A. McCown
Senior Fellow and Director, Initiative on American Energy Security
Robert M. McDowell
Senior Fellow
Adam Mossoff
Chair, Forum for Intellectual Property and Senior Fellow
