Year Carbon Fiber (CF) Market2007 35,000 tons2008 40,000 tons2009 46,000 tons 2010 52,000 tons2011 60,000 tons2012 69,000 tons2015 88,000 tons 70-80% of the CF market is for industrial purposes (10-15% growth in industrial), but the market for aircraft parts is growing the fastest (15-24% growth). The overall market is projected to grow at 10-15% per …
Progress on South Africa’s Pebble Bed ReactorCanada’s SNC Lavalin has gotten a C$253 million contract to help build the second phase of a demonstration Pebble Bed Modular Reactor (PBMR) for completion by 2014 in Koeberg, South Africa. The small advanced reactor, a South African national project, would produce 165 MWe and could be built in …
U.S. life expectancy has been steadily rising, usually by about two to three months from year to year. This year’s jump of fourth months to 78.1 years is“an unusually rapid improvement,” Preston said. The preliminary number of deaths in the United States in 2006 was 2,425,900, a 22,117 decrease from the 2005 total. With a …
Researchers at Boston College and MIT have used nanotechnology to achieve a major increase in thermoelectric efficiency, a milestone that paves the way for a new generation of products – from semiconductors and air conditioners to car exhaust systems and solar power technology – that run cleaner. UPDATE:Info from the Technology Review on how this …
The Chinese yuan is 7.10 to the US dollar The Chinese yuan is 10.85 to the Euro I have previously predicted that China’s economy will be larger than the US economy on an exchange rate basis before 2020. and think it is most likely to happen in the 2017-2019 range The German economy ended 2007 …
A set of 15 proteins found in urine can distinguish healthy individuals from those who have coronary artery disease (CAD), a new study has found. Coronary artery disease is the most common type of cardiovascular disease, occurring in about 5 to 9% (depending on sex and race) of people aged 20 and older. In 2001, …
This is what the 28 qubit adiabatic quantum computer chip looks like The chip used D-Wave compound Josephson junction couplers. Note: The picture is from the Dwave Systems CTO blog. It is a shiny chip. I do not believe it to be in any way a fake photo. Brian WangBrian Wang is a Futurist Thought …