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The US needs changes to achieve faster growth
McKinsey research pinpoints five catalysts—in energy, trade, technology, infrastructure, and talent development—that can quickly create jobs and deliver a substantial boost to GDP by 2020. The energy...
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Turning off a Fat Accumulation Gene to Reduce Obesity proven in Mice
Many who struggle with their weight will often blame a “slow” metabolism – meaning their bodies do not burn calories as quickly or as efficiently as others’.For those who do suffer this condition,...
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Off-topic - Stephen Colbert will Replace David Letterman
CBS announced today that Stephen Colbert will succeed David Letterman when he walks away from the Late Show at the end of this year. Colbert is best known for The Colbert Report, the hit Comedy Central...
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Near Term Thorium Reactors in China, India and the USA
The Chinese Academy of Sciences claims China now has “the world’s largest national effort on thorium”, employing a team of 430 scientists and engineers, a number planned to rise to 750 by 2015. This...
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Concession Offered, Taiwan Group to End Protest of China Trade Pact
The protesters in Taiwan agreed on Monday to end the sit-in, a decision that came a day after the legislature’s speaker, Wang Jin-pyng, visited the occupied chamber and offered a key concession. He...
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General Atomics Energy Multiplier Module (EM²) reactor
The U.S. Department of Energy has committed about $450 million to two Small Modular Nuclear Reactor (SMR) designs over the last year-and-half -- one by Oregon's NuScale and the other by North...
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General Fusion will start building a full size prototype fusion reactor as...
Canadian Business provides an update on General Fusion.Possibly later this year, General Fusion [website] will begin work on a full-size prototype reactor. At the center will be a sphere, three meters...
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FDA Grants “Breakthrough Therapy” Status for Gene Therapy to reduce Systolic...
Celladon Corporation (Nasdaq:CLDN), a clinical-stage biotechnology company developing novel therapies for patients with heart failure and other diseases characterized by SERCA enzyme deficiencies,...
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Thorium Tech Solutions is a japanese company working towards small thorium...
Kazuo Furukawa （inventor of the miniFuji and Fuji molten salt reactors），and Masaaki Furukawa set up “Thorium Tech Solutions" (TTS) in 2011 to make Thorium molten salt reactors. Since smaller thorium...
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Atmosphere weight, emissions, half life in the atmosphere and residence time
The earths atmosphere weight in tons is 5.8 X 10^15 US tons (5.3 x 10^15 metric tons).The atomic mass of carbon is 12, while the atomic mass of CO2 is 44. Therefore, to convert from gigatonnes carbon...
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NASA's Robonaut Legs Headed for International Space Station
NASA's built and is sending a set of high-tech legs up to the International Space Station for Robonaut 2 (R2), the station's robotic crewmember. The new legs are scheduled to launch on the next SpaceX...
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Looking at the Pinker thesis of a historical trend of reduced violent deaths...
In the 2012 Singularity Summit I covered a presentation by Steve Pinker where he talked about what he felt was a decrease in violent deaths. I will review Pinkers claims of declining violent deaths and...
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Capitalism is not working - analysis of 200 years of data shows worsening...
What are the grand dynamics that drive the accumulation and distribution of capital? Questions about the long-term evolution of inequality, the concentration of wealth, and the prospects for economic...
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Carnival of Nuclear Energy 204
The Carnival of Nuclear Energy 204 is up at ANS Nuclear CafeNEI Nuclear Notes - Why DOE Should Back SMR DevelopmentNEI Nuclear Notes - Popular Mechanics just published an expose on Joe Mangano. Are...
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Carnival of Space 349
The Carnival of Space 349 is up at Universe TodayUniverse Today - You may have heard that CERN announced the discovery of a strange particle known as Z(4430). The new particle is about 4 times more...
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Financial Impact and Opportunity of Silex Laser Enrichment and Terrestrial...
Levis Kochin writes at SeekingAlpha. Levis is an investor in Silex and Terrestrial Energy. Nextbigfuture has covered the Silex process for laser uranium enrichment and Terrestrial Energy's Integral...
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Future Capitalism would be saved if there is robust 4-5% or higher growth...
Nextbigfuture has summarized the work of Thomas Piketty on a historical analysis of income and wealth and wealth distribution. Thomas Piketty feels that Capitalism faces a big future problem where...
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Google X tried to design a Space Elevator
Rich DeVaul, head of Google X's Rapid Evaluation team, has confirmed for the first time ever that Google's research and development lab actually tried to design a space elevator."It would be a massive...
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Toyota has Atkinson cycle engines that get 78 mpg that will be in 14 car...
Toyota has launched two new small-displacement, Atkinson cycle engines that get 78 mpg.Built to power the Japanese-automaker’s Aygo commuter and the 2015 Lexus RC F, respectively, the new...
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New CRISPR/Cas9 Innovative Genomics Initiative
The University of California, Berkeley, and UC San Francisco are launching the Innovative Genomics Initiative (IGI) to lead a revolution in genetic engineering based on a new technology already...
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