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Strong Confirmation that Cherokee Investment Partners is Working with Rossi and his Super-Controversial Energy Catalyzer and they are meeting with Chinese officials

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An article on a Chinese site called Icebank.cn, (apparently a refrigeration company) provides more information about Cherokee Investment Partners CEO Thomas Darden’s recent visit to China in connection with his involvement with the newly formed company Industrial Heat LLC. Cherokee is a leading private equity firm investing capital and expertise in brownfield redevelopment. For more …

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Ellison Medical Foundation moving beyond aging medical research

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Fightaging reports that the Ellison Medical Foundation will no longer fund aging research. For the past fifteen years or so the Ellison Medical Foundation has acted much like an extension of the National Institute on Aging, channeling philanthropic funding from Larry Ellison into investigations of the biology of aging. This has been mainstream work with …

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US ends 2013 at 8.11 million barrels per day of crude oil production for two years of over 1.1 million barrels per day production increase

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US crude oil production is at a level last reached in 1988. The US had end of year crude oil production of 2011 5.851 million barrels per day 2012 6.985 million barrels per day 2013 8.111 million barrels per day The latest weekly oil report is Crude oil and natural gas liquids is 10.8 million …

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Spermidine induces autophagy in multiple species and mimics calorie restriction and increases longevity in mice by 10%

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Spermidine induced autophagy was presented at SENS6. Spermidine is a natural occurring polyamine that declines continuously during aging of organisms. They found that external administration of spermidine triggers autophagy across species and prolongs lifespan of yeasts, flies and worms in a autophagy dependent manner. Moreover, spermidine extends healthsspan of mice. They propose that the anti-aging …

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Trade Data Suggests China, US and Europe economies could be leveling off

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This is a follow up to a Nextbigfuture article where a Goldman analyst posited that the world economic shocks might be over for a while. WSJ – China’s economy is showing signs of stabilizing after a six-month slowdown, adding to better global economic prospects as the U.S. steadily improves and Europe edges out of recession. …

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Digital Movie Theaters converted to 4K starting in 2012 and Affordable 4K home televisions are only 1 year behind

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Digital movies in movie theaters project at 2K (2048×1080 or 2.2 megapixels) or 4K (4096×2160 or 8.8 megapixels). DCI-compliant DLP projectors were available in 2K only, but from early 2012, when TI’s 4K DLP chip went into full production, DLP projectors have been available in both 2K and 4K versions. The initial costs for converting …

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Chris Hadfield Videos from the ISS

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Chris Hadfield is a Canadian astronaut who was the first Canadian to walk in space. Hadfield has flown two space shuttle missions, STS-74 in 1995 and STS-100 in 2001, and served as capsule communicator for both Space Shuttle and International Space Station (ISS) expeditions. On 19 December 2012, Hadfield launched in the Soyuz TMA-07M flight …

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Carnival of Nuclear Energy 151

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1. At Entreprenuclear, the time scale for an investment in Nuclear Power Generation to pay off is compared to the planting of apples trees. While neither will provide immediate benefits, both are likely to be greatly appreciated by future generations. 2. ANS Nuclear Cafe – Ted Rockwell, Atomic Pioneer and Tireless Campaigner for Facts On …

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Smartphone Screens Will be Made out of Sapphire

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Manufactured sapphire—a material that’s used as transparent armor on military vehicles—could become cheap enough to replace the glass display covers on mobile phones. That could mean smartphone screens that don’t crack when you drop them and can’t be scratched with keys, or even by a concrete sidewalk. Sapphire, a crystalline form of aluminum oxide, probably …

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Non-smartphone mobile phones should be non-existent by about 2015

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The total mobile phone market, at 438.1 million units, was flat year-on-year, while the worldwide smart phone market grew 37%. Android smart phones accounted for 34% of all phone shipments and iOS phones 11%. Smart phones now represent almost 50% of all the phones that shipped in Q4 2012. Non-smartphone mobile phones should be virtually …

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Planetary Resources Updates the Arkyd-100 space telescope

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Planetary Resources has an interesting update, video and press release. Below are the details. In the accompanying video, you can see one of our full scale Arkyd-100 mechanical prototypes. The Arkyd-100 is our space telescope and technology demonstrator for our Arkyd Series prospecting missions. One of the earliest decisions we made was to design and …

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