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With $100 Million, Entrepreneur Sees Path to Disrupt Medical Imaging
2014-11-03 09:34:14| Biotech - Topix.net
A scanner the size of an iPhone that you could hold up to a person's chest and see a vivid, moving, 3-D image of what's inside is being developed by entrepreneur Jonathan Rothberg. Rothberg says he has raised $100 million to create a medical imaging device that's nearly "as cheap as a stethoscope" and will "make doctors 100 times as effective."
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Europe has 421 million fewer birds than 30 years ago
2014-11-03 01:44:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Agence France-Presse: Europe has an estimated 421 million fewer birds than three decades ago, and current treatment of the environment is unsustainable for many common species, a study released on Monday said. The population crash is related to modern farming methods and the loss and damage of habitats, according to the study published in science journal Ecology Letters. "This is a warning from birds throughout Europe. It is clear that the way we are managing the environment is unsustainable for many of our most...
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Monsanto and Dow raise $8 million to strip away Hawaiian locals' right to ban destructive GMO farming
2014-11-02 21:09:50| Biotech - Topix.net
A pair of agri-giants has raised millions of dollars in a bid to prevent Hawaiian farmers and residents from eliminating the growth of genetically modified crops in the state. According to a local news website, Honolulu Civil Beat , Monsanto and Dow -- two of the world's largest biotech and agricultural conglomerates, have amassed an $8 million war chest to beat back a Maui County voter initiative that would ban temporarily all GMO farming, according to documents filed with the Hawaii Campaign Spending Commission.
Jury says Texas maker of highway guardrails should pay $175 million in damages over design
2014-11-02 13:17:16| Railroads - Topix.net
A jury has decided that a Texas company should pay $175 million in a case involving the safety of thousands of guardrails on highways around the country. A whistleblower charged that the company changed the design of caps at each end of the guardrails a decade ago that made them more dangerous, then failed to properly test the units or tell government transportation officials about the change for years.
Monsanto and Dow raise $8 million to strip away Hawaiian locals' right to ban destructive GMO farming
2014-11-02 08:56:01| Airlines - Topix.net
A pair of agri-giants has raised millions of dollars in a bid to prevent Hawaiian farmers and residents from eliminating the growth of genetically modified crops in the state. According to a local news website, Honolulu Civil Beat , Monsanto and Dow -- two of the world's largest biotech and agricultural conglomerates, have amassed an $8 million war chest to beat back a Maui County voter initiative that would ban temporarily all GMO farming, according to documents filed with the Hawaii Campaign Spending Commission.
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