Technology
Mar 31st, 2009 |
By Patrick Cox |
Category: Featured, Technology
There's been so much stem cell news recently, I haven't written a lot about the other major breakthrough area in medicine. That is, of course, RNA interference. So I'd like to rectify that.
For those of you who are not familiar with RNA interference, here’s what it is and how it ...
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Tags: RNAi, stem cells
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Mar 19th, 2009 |
By Patrick Cox |
Category: Featured, Technology
I've been thinking about H.L. Mencken lately. The reason is all the attention given to stem cells since the lifting of the funding ban.
Mencken had a genius for stating overlooked truths. One, which I'll paraphrase, is that we all know that the media get it wrong when they're covering our ...
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Tags: biotech, RNAi, stem cells
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Mar 11th, 2009 |
By Patrick Cox |
Category: Featured, Penny stocks, Technology
As you know, SC stock prices have gone up even in this period of deep market pessimism. Weekly, new and seemingly miraculous stem cell-related cures are coming to light. The message is getting across even in important nonscientific publications like The Economist.
A recent article was subtitled, "American attitudes to stem-cell ...
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Tags: stem cells, Technology
Posted in Featured, Penny stocks, Technology |
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Mar 4th, 2009 |
By Patrick Cox |
Category: Featured, Technology
As I predicted, the Obama administration is moving forward with policies that will directly benefit stem cell and thorium nuclear power stocks.
The administration's health care summit takes place this week. It is widely expected that the president will make official his pledge to lift the limitations on embryonic stem cell ...
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Tags: Nuclear Power, Obama, stem cells, Thorium
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Feb 2nd, 2009 |
By Greg Guenthner |
Category: Featured, Technology
American Idol -- the talent show turned cultural icon -- is more than just entertainment. The show is also a crash course in mobile media. In the 2008 season, the show generated 78 million text messages from viewers voting for their favorite singer. Even more startling: 22% of voters claim ...
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Tags: iPhone, mobile marketing, text messaging
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Jan 23rd, 2009 |
By Greg Guenthner |
Category: Featured, Technology
Imagine sitting at your boring day job knowing that tens of thousands of dollars were pouring into your checking account during the day. That’s exactly what happened to Steve Demeter when his iPhone game Trism hit big in August.
The game, which he created in his spare time, made Demeter $250,000 ...
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Tags: Apple, iPhone, mobile phone
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Jan 20th, 2009 |
By Greg Guenthner |
Category: Featured, Penny stocks, Technology
Oil is all over the place. It’ll get crushed one day and then bounce right back into the $40s the next. And while the volatility in the oil market probably won’t change anytime soon, thanks to an uncertain economy, there is something distinctly different about the way we’re reacting to ...
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Tags: algae oil, ethanol, OTCBB, Penny stocks, pink sheets
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Jan 19th, 2009 |
By Patrick Cox |
Category: Featured, Technology
The new year has arrived, and I'd like to take a little of your time to talk about the big picture. Then I'd like to talk a bit about nuclear energy technologies that are set to break through because of the new administration.
It is important that we understand that the ...
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Tags: alternative energy, nuclear energy, Obama
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Jan 14th, 2009 |
By Jim Nelson |
Category: Featured, Investing Strategies, Penny stocks, Technology
On Monday morning, the sun was shining extra bright for one Southern Californian firm. The small specialized health care business of Advanced Medical Optics (NYSE: EYE) experienced a truly perfect day. At least, its investors did.
You see, Abbott Laboratories announced that it intends to acquire AMO for $22 per share ...
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Tags: acquisitions, buyout candidates, Penny stocks
Posted in Featured, Investing Strategies, Penny stocks, Technology |
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Dec 26th, 2008 |
By Greg Guenthner |
Category: Energy, Featured, Technology
Outside of science and trade magazines, you probably won’t read too much about the prospects of algae energy. But the potential is certainly there. Just look at how algae stack up against our government-sponsored ethanol:
One acre of corn can yield about 28 gallons of oil in one year. In more ...
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Tags: algae, alternative fuels, oil
Posted in Energy, Featured, Technology |
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