Here is a pdf of a paper “Route to Room-Temperature Superconductivity from a Practical Point of View” by A. Mourachkine of the University of Cambridge This chapter presents analysis of experimental data which allow one to draw a conclusion about components and the structure of a potential room-temperature superconductor. The two essential components of a …
Wesupportlee.blogspot.com has follow up details on the local politics in Ontario to stop coal energy usage and replace it with natural gas or nuclear I had an article about Ontario’s attempts and plans to phase out coal or clean it up a lot Brian WangBrian Wang is a Futurist Thought Leader and a popular Science …
The wealth of the world’s richest people is likely to have increased 11% to $37 trillion (€27 trillion) last year on the back of a sharp rise in asset values, according to calculations by Financial News. Financial News has calculated that the steep climb in asset values last year will have produced an increase of …
The new hybrid will offer better riding quality due to its larger size and engine displacement of 2 to 3 liters. The Prius uses a 1.5-liter engine. If launched in 2009, the new model will likely follow the introduction of a third-generation Prius, which is expected in later 2008 or early 2009. The Nikkei adds …
Wired has an article on accurate athletic anticipation which can be called field sense or perceptual ability or what Wayne Gretzky can see on the hockey ice Comparing experts to amateurs in tennis, experts knew what would happen with the direction of a tennis serve roughly a third of a second earlier. What separated the …
Over half of the 630 GW of power China will be adding by 2020 is planned to not be coal.china will go from generating 600 GW in 2006 and planning 1230 GW by 2020 155GW of hydro power to be added from 2007-2020.Gas fired power plants to have risen to 85 GW, or 6.9 per …
Chinese migrate to the cities for higher-paying work, they are steadily climbing the income ladder. By 2011, McKinsey research suggests, China should have a lower middle class of 290 million people; by 2025, the upper middle class will be 520 million strong By 2015 the exchange rate is likely to be in the range of …
Tax incentives for renewables are not dead A forbes article believes a $15 billion tax package will make its way into law to go along side the 10mpg icrease in car fuel standards by 2020. A boost in production of biofuels to 36 billion gallons annually in 2022 from the current production level of 6.3 …
Pratt & Whitney has a more efficient jet engine under development that would be 50% quieter and 50% less polluting and use nearly 15% less fuel, in part because the engine would be made of lighter materials than today’s engines. Maintenance costs also would be 40% lower because of a simplified design using about 30% …
From Business week, as South Korea’s growth has cooled to 5% annually over the past decade, from an average rate of nearly 8% during the prior 30 years, some experts are griping that Koreas educational system no longer makes the grade. The country of 48 million now ranks 11th among the worlds economies and is …
Computational chemistry which is needed for theoretical molecular nanotechnology research will be greatly boosted with new hardware coming out this year and in following years. By the end of the year a double precision Nvidia Telsa could boost speeds of computational chemistry applications by 300 times. The speeds could increase by 3 times or more …