China will be passing the United States in GDP on a PPP basis and then passing the US in GDP on a exchange rate basis. Here are some low per capita income countries that overall have more GDP than a richer country. Overall GDP, per capita GDP, and military spending levels are not that great …
Daniel Nocera and his fellow researchers today claimed one of the milestones in the drive for sustainable energy — development of the first practical artificial leaf. Speaking here at the 241st National Meeting of the American Chemical Society, they described an advanced solar cell the size of a poker card that mimics the process, called …
A record 262 aftershocks of magnitude 5 or greater were registered in the seven days following the magnitude 9.0 earthquake off northeastern Japan on March 11, Kyodo News quoted the Japan Meteorological Agency as saying Friday. There were three aftershocks of magnitude 7 or greater, including one magnitude 7.5 that occurred shortly afterwards, and 49 …
The Union of Concerned Scientists analyze the economic subsidies that nuclear power gets but implies that this is somehow unique The Energy Information Administration shows that all energy gets subsidies and looks at that in comparison to the amount of energy generated. Source – subsidy and support in dollars per megawatt-hour (mills per kilowatt-hour) Subsidy …
Google demonstrated Honeycomb’s features, as well as new apps developed by partners for the new operating system, using Motorola Xoom tablets, which are set to become available through Verizon in March. The tablet’s dual-core processor is more efficient and powerful than previous mobile chips, allowing slick 3-D graphics, among other features. Aric Cheston, a creative …
Computer engineers at North Carolina State University have developed hardware that allows programs to operate more efficiently by boosting the speed at which the “cores” on a computer chip communicate with each other by six times. The technology, called HAQu, is “not hardware designed to communicate data on its own, but is hardware that expedites …
Automobilwoche heard in Qatar both from Piech (prior chariman of VW) and Winterkorn (Martin Winterkorn Chairman of the Board of Management of Volkswagen AG) that Volkswagen will actually build a small series (about 100 first) of the 261 mpg XL1 car. Piech confirmed that the car will be made available for purchase at a yet …
Ad Support : Nano Technology Netbook Technology News Computer Software Two Morgan Stanley Economists predict that China’s economy could be set to slow to 8% per year growth Wang and Ho believe China is currently at an inflection point, based on research and data gathered by British economist Angus Maddison. Therefore, they expect Chinese GDP growth …
Ad Support : Nano Technology Netbook Technology News Computer Software TED (short for Technology, Entertainment, Design) is devoted to what it calls “ideas worth spreading” In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TED has created a program called TEDx. TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. …
Ad Support : Nano Technology Netbook Technology News Computer Software The Techonomy conference has a pre-conference workshop on ‘How to Measure the impact and transformational power of technology ? They have presented a networked readiness index to rank all countries with a single metric on information, communication technology The World Economic Forum’s Networked Readiness Index (NRI) …
Ad Support : Nano Technology Netbook Technology News   Computer Software A novel stem cell therapy that arms the immune system with an intrinsic defence against HIV could be a powerful strategy to tackle the disease. In the absence of an effective vaccine, daily administration of anti-retroviral drugs is the most effective treatment for HIV. However, low …