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Jan 26, 2018
El Sueño de Andrómeda — Bioquark Inc. — Regenerage
Posted by Ira S. Pastor in categories: aging, bioengineering, biological, cosmology, cryonics, DNA, futurism, genetics, health, life extension
Jan 26, 2018
Google’s Calico Labs announces a new discovery: “a non-aging mammal.”
Posted by Brady Hartman in categories: biotech/medical, life extension
Summary: Google’s ultra-secretive Calico Labs announces a significant discovery – the naked mole rat is the first and only non-aging mammal and shows little signs of aging as it gets older. [This article first appeared on the website LongevityFacts.com. Author: Brady Hartman. ]
With wrinkly skin and completely bald, the naked mole rat is one of the ugliest creatures around but lives an exceptionally long life for a small mammal. It rarely develops the chronic diseases of aging such as cancer and lives 10 times longer than regular rats.
The First Non-Aging Mammal
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Jan 26, 2018
European Electricity Industry Pledges to Deliver on Paris Agreement | UNFCCC
Posted by Odette Bohr Dienel in categories: business, energy, environmental, governance
“EURELETRIC, the association representing the interests of the electricity industry in Europe, has said the region’s power companies intend to be both part of a competitive European economy and reliably powered by clean, carbon-neutral energy.”
Jan 26, 2018
Digital Transformation: Interview with David Edgerton, King’s College London | Manuel Stagars
Posted by Odette Bohr Dienel in category: media & arts
“In conversations with visionaries, decision makers, technologists, leading scientists, entrepreneurs, artists, and others around the world, the film gives insight into the global digital future, its most pressing challenges, and biggest opportunities. Interviews from the project are available in long form. This conversation took place in June 2017 with David Edgerton, Hans Rausing Professor of the History of Science and Technology and Professor of Modern British History at King’s College London.”
Jan 26, 2018
500 Companies to Commit to Science-Based Climate Targets | UNFCCC
Posted by Odette Bohr Dienel in categories: business, environmental
“In an effort to spur further climate action at this year’s Global Climate Action Summit in September and at the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP24) in December, Summit co-chair and Mahindra Group Chairman, Anand Mahindra today challenged businesses around the world to join the growing number of companies committed to setting greenhouse gas reduction targets in line with climate science.”
Jan 26, 2018
World Leading Multinationals Accelerating a Clean Economy — RE100 Report | The Climate Group | CDP
Posted by Odette Bohr Dienel in categories: business, disruptive technology, environmental
“A rapidly growing group of ambitious multinational businesses are actively reshaping the energy market through their global investment decisions and accelerating a zero emissions economy, a new report released today (Tuesday January 23) shows.”
Jan 26, 2018
Uber drivers, freelancers and other independent contractors are getting a tax cut — By Andrew Khouri | Los Angeles Times
Posted by Odette Bohr Dienel in categories: business, government, law, transportation
““Every Uber driver, as far as I can see, gets a benefit,” said Edward Kleinbard, a USC professor and former chief of staff to Congress’ Joint Committee on Taxation.”
Jan 26, 2018
Chinese volunteers spend 200 days on virtual ‘moon base’
Posted by Genevieve Klien in category: space
Chinese students spent 200 continuous days in a “lunar lab” in Beijing, state media said Friday, as the country prepares for its long-term goal of putting people on the moon.
Four students crammed into a 160-square-metre (1,720-square-foot) cabin called “Yuegong-1”—Lunar Palace—on the campus of Beihang University, testing the limits of humans’ ability to live in a self-contained space, the official Xinhua news agency said.
The volunteers lived in the sealed lab to simulate a long-term space mission with no input from the outside world.
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Jan 26, 2018
Gen-next smart solar windows could produce electricity
Posted by Genevieve Klien in categories: solar power, sustainability
Washington: Scientists have discovered a new material for next-generation smart windows that not only darken automatically when the Sun is too bright but also convert solar energy into electricity.
Researchers at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) in the US found a form of perovskite that works well as a stable and photoactive semiconductor material that can reversibly switch between transparent and non-transparent state, without degrading its electronic properties.
The scientists made the discovery while investigating the phase transition of the material, an inorganic perovskite.
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