How Dot-Com Start-Ups Have Changed 10 Years Later
March 10, 2010 | San Jose Mercury News
As we mark the 10th anniversary since the Nasdaq reached its peak on March 10, 2000, it's clear that the next generation of dot-coms has emerged from the rubble of the bust with a saner, healthier philosophy, more focused on running a tight ship and more careful about raising and spending investors' money.
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The Lithium Chase
March 10, 2010 | New York Times
For many years, few metals drew bigger yawns from mining executives than lithium, a lightweight element long associated mostly with mood-stabilizing drugs. Suddenly, the yawns are being replaced by eurekas. As awareness spreads that lithium is a crucial ingredient for hybrid and electric cars, a global hunt is under way for new supplies of the metal.
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$62M UC Davis Center Puts Sacramento at Hub of Stem Cell Research
March 10, 2010 | Sacfamento Bee
A hub for regenerative medical research opens today in Sacramento, putting the University of California, Davis, in the forefront of stem cell research. UC Davis already is testing dozens of therapies in the laboratory, such as HIV treatments and organ regeneration, and is even using stem cells to repair injuries in horses.
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Stop Saying 'Innovation' Here's Why
March 10, 2010 | The Economist (blog)
The abuse of words like innovation, disruption, game changing and breakthrough is killing us. We're tripping over our own egos, lost in the ignorance of romance for the vagaries of pseudo-thinking associated with these words.
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Missouri Biotechs Need More Capital, Summit Attendees Are Told
March 9, 2010 | Kansas City Star
The marketplace should be drooling. One expert after another talked about laboratory wonders and the promise they hold at Monday’s Missouri Regional Life Sciences Summit Yet there was frustration, too, at the University of Missouri-Kansas City conference about finding investors to bridge the gap between technological breakthrough and ready-for-market development.
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