The three major economic mega-urban zones are the pearl river delta in the south (merging into one 42 million person city) and Yangtze River delta around Shanghai and the Bohai economic rim The area around Beijing and Tianjin, two of China’s most important cities, is being ringed with a network of high-speed railways that will …
Gordon Orr, a director in McKinsey’s Shanghai office, peers into 2011 and finds ways China may once again surprise the world 1. Inflation in food prices will take longer than expected to control. Chinese consumption patterns are shifting as people become wealthier—more meat eating requires more cereals to feed the animals. The food supply chain, …
Mice studies show that as long as the transplanted stem cells are matched to the mother, it does not seem to matter if they are matched to the fetus. If the same is true in humans, the stem cell therapy could work on sickle cell anaemia and diseases of the immune system. “Now that we …
The World Bank PPP numbers will be updated in 2013. The International Comparison Program (ICP) is being implemented as a true global initiative for the second time, with the reference year 2011. The ICP survey framework for household consumption prices will be reviewed to enhance the quality and consistency of household survey data, better delineate …
Researchers at the University of Surrey have discovered a way to grow high-quality carbon nanotubes over large areas at substrate temperatures below 350ºC, according to findings published this month in Carbon journal. This breakthrough by experts in the University’s Advanced Technology Institute means that lowering the substrate temperature below 400ºC would make this technology compatible …
University of Pennsylvania has a micron precision cell manipulation system using micromagnets For biomedical applications, such as single cell manipulation, it is important to fabricate microstructures that can be powered and controlled wirelessly in fluidic environments. In this letter, we describe the construction and operation of truly micron-sized, biocompatible ferromagnetic microtransporters driven by external magnetic …
Joule Unlimited is a US biotech company that claims to have a genetically engineered cyanobacterium that produces liquid hydrocarbons: diesel fuel, jet fuel and gasoline. This breakthrough technology, the company says, will deliver renewable supplies of liquid fossil fuel almost anywhere on Earth, in essentially unlimited quantity and at an energy-cost equivalent of $30 (U.S.) …
IEA Monthly oil market report covering up to December, 2010 has been published as of Jan 18, 2011 • Global oil product demand for 2010 and 2011 is revised up by an average of 320 kb/d on higher‐than‐expected submissions, reflecting buoyant global economic growth and cold northern hemisphere weather. Global oil demand, assessed at 87.7 …
ACS Nano – Fabrication of Stable and RNase-Resistant RNA Nanoparticles Active in Gearing the Nanomotors for Viral DNA Packaging The chemical instability of RNA and its tendency to breakdown in the presence of enzymes have slowed progress in the field. Researchers have developed a highly stable RNA nanoparticle. They tested its ability to power the …
The New Energy Times has been covering low energy nuclear reactions (LENR – what was called cold fusion) from the beginning. There is an article which discuses the Rossi 10 KW demonstration. * The original nickel-hydrogen LENR research was developed by Francesco Piantelli, of Siena, Italy. Piantelli was not involved in the recent Rossi demonstration …
Joe Romm had 1 full wedge for nuclear and 700 GW for nuclear in his 2008 decarbonize energy plan. It shifted to half a wedge 350 GW in 2009 and then had half a wedge for advanced nuclear 350 GW. It is now back to 700 GW and one wedge for his 2010 plan. Joe …