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Did the genesis of life occur just after the Big Bang, almost 14 billion years ago?
2014-02-05 15:07:05| Extremetech
After last night's Bill Nye vs. Ken Ham (evolution vs. creationism) debate, it seems fitting to start the day with new research from a Harvard astrophysicist that suggests the first life in the universe may have emerged just 10-20 million years after the Big Bang. This is a few billion years before most scientists believe that the universe had suitable conditions for the genesis of life. If life really did emerge way back then, and then continued to travel through space on the back of asteroids and other interplanetary debris, it would seem almost certain that a) Earth was not the home of the universe's first life, and b) life on Earth arrived on the back of an asteroid.
Thermo Fisher Scientific Completes Acquisition Of Life Technologies Corporation
2014-02-05 07:43:01| drugdiscoveryonline Home Page
Thermo Fisher Scientific, the world leader in serving science, recently announced that it has completed its acquisition of Life Technologies Corporation for $76.13 ($76.1311786) in cash per fully diluted common share, or approximately $13.6 billion, plus the assumption of $1.5 billion in net debt
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Perfotec system helps extend shelf life of raspberries and strawberries: UK study
2014-02-05 01:00:00| Food Processing Technology
A recent study carried out in the UK showned that PerfoTecs Respiration Control System increased the shelf life of raspberries and strawberries from five to ten days and from four to eight days, respectively.
CRE Loan Originations Expected to Rise 7 Percent in 2014, Conduit Lenders and Life Insurers Likely to Drive the Growth
2014-02-03 20:29:00| National Real Estate Investor
Commercial mortgage lenders expect another steady year in 2014, with a healthy appetite for risk and an emphasis on multifamily and industrial properties. Researchers with the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) have just released projections for $300 billion in commercial and multifamily mortgage originations for 2014 at the organizations annual convention and expo in Orlando, Fla. The figure would represent a 7 percent increase from origination volumes reported in 2013. read more
Life Cycle Engineering Offers ISO 55000 Asset Management Training Sessions | Chemical Processing
2014-02-03 20:22:00| Chemical Processing
Workshops have been designed to enable executives and managers to lead asset management activities through hands-on ISO 55000 planning activities.
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