Warren Buffet predicts US jobs will return in a few years

Warren Buffet is predicting that unemployment in the USA will fall to about 6 percent within a few years, and the 2.5 million jobs lost in the recession will be replaced. The June unemployment rate rose to 9.2 percent. Buffet thinks people will be surprised how quickly employment improves once the excess houses are bought …

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Gene found that can double yeast lifespan when turned on late in life

A whole yeast (Saccharomyces cerevisiae) cell viewed by X-ray microscopy. Inside, the nucleus and a large vacuole (red) are visible. Image: NIH Human cells have a finite lifespan: They can only divide a certain number of times before they die. However, that lifespan is reset when reproductive cells are formed, which is why the children …

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Sharpening the Nanofocus – Nanoantenna as a bridge between plasmonics and biochemistry

Scanning electron microscopy image showing a palladium nanoparticle with a gold antenna to enhance plasmonic sensing. (Image courtesy of Alivisatos group) Such highly coveted technical capabilities as the observation of single catalytic processes in nanoreactors, or the optical detection of low concentrations of biochemical agents and gases are an important step closer to fruition. Researchers …

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