{
  "id": 15018605,
  "title": "What makes a place ready for radical innovation? Researchers say resident openness matters",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/16/what-makes-a-place-ready-for-radical-innovation-researchers-say",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-10-16T18:20:11.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Phys.org",
    "slug": "phys-org",
    "url": "https://phys.org/news/2026-10-ready-radical-resident.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Why do some cities embrace new technologies and business models while others are slower to take them up? Economic conditions, infrastructure and access to technology clearly matter. But a new study from the University of Amsterdam and the University of St Gallen suggests there is another factor that has received much less attention: the psychological openness of the local population. Regions…",
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  "coverage": {
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}