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What the GEek??!

November 13, 2014
At this year’s At Work 2014, Professor Sam Gandy gave us insight into his research on Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE), a disease commonly found in athletes or patients who regularly experience brain trauma.
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Behind the scenes at the B20: the next wave of global investment

November 12, 2014
This week, leaders from the G20 nations will meet in Brisbane. The priority theme is The Growth Challenge. During the G20 the Business 20 (B20) will outline a series of policy recommendations made by business leaders from across G20 member countries. Earlier this year, GE Vice Chairman John Rice joined a B20 panel discussion on the next wave of global investment. Read his view ahead of this week’s meeting.
GEreports: You’re based in in Hong Kong - what does that say about what GE thinks about the future of global economic growth? 
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The PetMR that GE built

November 10, 2014
What do you get when you combine Positron Emission Tomography (PET) with Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MR)? A 3D map of the human body and enhanced diagnosis and treatment for oncology and cardiology patients.
Traditionally, a PET scan would show up anomalies in the body, with an injected tracer that targets organs and identifies abnormal activity, but doesn’t pin point its exact location. An MR scan to follow would detail the body’s structure, allowing clinicians to specifically locate anomalies for treatment.
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The power of an image: Best practices for examining dense breasts

November 07, 2014
Throughout October, the annual Breast Cancer Awareness Month, plenty of excellent information was shared far and wide, with pink ribbons, pink-iced cupcakes and pink pens among the pastel products pressed into service to raise funds for breast-cancer charities, and helping to remind women of the importance of self-checks and mammograms in early detection. But for all that valuable awareness, how assured are Australian women about knowing breast-cancer symptoms and risk factors, and how to approach them?
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CTE: The degenerative brain disease shaking football to its core

November 06, 2014
Professor Sam Gandy is Director of the Mount Sinai Center for Cognitive Health in New York City, where he also holds the Mount Sinai Chair in Alzheimer’s Disease Research. He has many years of distinguished work on Alzheimer’s and is a world-renowned expert on the metabolism of amyloid, a substance that clogs the brain in patients with Alzheimer’s. In 1989, Gandy and his team discovered the first drugs that could lower the formation of amyloid.
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Horse vs. Horsepower

November 04, 2014
Whether you're a high-flying punter or just like to wear a really good hat, Melbourne Cup Day is the best Tuesday of the year. As we creep closer to the race that stops the nation, check out how the Cup’s fastest ever winner, Kingston Rule, measures up against some of GE’s coolest machines.
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Nine ways to thrive in the transformation era

October 29, 2014
How are technology, connectivity and knowledge disrupting the world as we know it?
A series of thought-provoking talks held during At Work 2014 showed us how business as usual is anything but.

Here are nine things we learned at At Work 2014:

 

1. Don’t be afraid to own the next big thing

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In conversation: Jeff Immelt and Richard Goyder

October 23, 2014
GE Chairman and CEO Jeff Immelt has used an on stage interview with Wesfarmers CEO Richard Goyder to paint an optimistic picture of steady, consistent global growth.
Immelt confessed he has been “obsessed” with transforming GE into a more truly global company in recent years, driving growth and building operations in more than 180 countries. In that context, Goyder asked him to rate the global economy during their interview at the GE At Work 2014 event in Sydney today.
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GEekery at its best: Five cool inventions from 2013-14The value of knowing: Ayesha Khanna on why and how we must inspire children to study technology

October 20, 2014
We love to bring you news about all the latest inventions. Over the past twelve months, we’ve explored some of the most interesting and exciting technological advancements from around the globe. In a world that moves fast, there isn’t the opportunity to cover all of them. So for our first birthday we thought we’d revisit some of our favourite inventions that we haven’t had a chance to share with you previously. GEek out.
 
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Taking the humble science fair to the world stage

October 02, 2014
Papier-mâché dioramas of the solar system and mouldy potato experiments have no place at this science fair. This science fair is a place for young minds to craft fresh solutions to some of the planet’s greatest challenges – an aging population, world hunger, our reliance on finite and harmful energy resources. This science fair doesn’t even take place in a physical location.
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