The Next Decade in Global Wealth Among Millionaire Households

According to a Deloitte Center for Financial Services sponsored study, wealth among millionaire households could more than double over the next decade in 25 major economies, growing from an estimated $92 trillion this year to $202 trillion in 2020. The study provides estimates of the number of households with net wealth in three distinct cohorts …

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Absence of Mitochondrial Translation Control Proteins Extends Life Span by Activating Sirtuin-Dependent Silencing

A SOV1 Deletion Extends Life Span without Affecting Steady-State Levels of ROS or Oxidative Damage Mitochondria are the body’s energy producers, the power stations inside our cells. Researchers at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden, have now identified a group of mitochondrial proteins, the absence of which allows other protein groups to stabilise the genome. This …

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Beijing Genomics Institute working to determine the genetic basis for High IQ

The Beijing Genomics Institute has the world’s largest genome-mapping facility which has 128 Illumina HiSeq 2000 gene sequencing machines. Satellite research centers have been set up or are underway in the U.S., Europe, Hong Kong, and four other locations in China, and the number of researchers at the main headquarters in Shenzhen has more than …

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Navy Research Lab Achieve High Temperature Milestone in Silicon Spintronics

Measurement geometry. In the three-terminal device measurement geometry, a current is applied to contacts 1 and 2, and a voltage is measured across contacts 2 and 3. Electrical spin injection produces spin accumulation in the transport channel under the magnetic contact 2 and a corresponding output voltage. When a magnetic field Bz is applied, the …

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3 Billion Asians Could Become Affluent By 2050 – Asia Development Bank 2050 Draft Report

By the middle of this century, an additional 3 billion Asians could enjoy higher living standards, but only if Asia sustains its present growth momentum and addresses daunting multigenerational challenges and risks, says a new report commissioned by the Asian Development Bank (ADB). ASIA 2050 Realizing the Asian Century (145 page report) Asia’s rise will …

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Even when we can program matter, this capability will be used only when truly needed

Most matter will stay dumb, because it will always be inefficient (for energy and economics) to make it programmable and able to move. Electrostatic robots can be programmed to self assemble now Claytronics is progressing to millimeter and micron sizes and will have some impact However, it will take a while to make them technically …

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China High Speed rail impact on China Aviation and China versus US Transportation Spending

China spending over $250 billion per year on transportation China plans to spend at least $1.3 trillion over the next five years to ease transport and freight bottlenecks, creating a windfall for companies such as Daqin Railway Co and Anhui Expressway Co. China has spent $569 billion on fixed-asset investment in railways and roads over …

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Canada election results show Conservatives will have a majority government

Most pre-election projections were for Canada to elect another Conservative minority government. However, a Conservative Majority was elected. UPDATE: The Bloc Quebecois is no longer an official political party in Canada’s parliament. The younger people in Quebec are less interested in separation. This could mean the passing of Quebec separatism as a significant risk. The …

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Ny Teknik tested the energy catalyzer

Ny Teknik recently participated in two new tests of the Italian ‘energy catalyzer’, providing more accurate measurements to reduce possible error sources. The new tests with the energy catalyzer, which seems to generate heat by an unknown nuclear reaction, took place in Bologna on 19 and 28 April, 2011. As in previous tests the objective …

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New ORNL solar cell technology cranks up efficiency by 80%

Nanocone-based solar cell consisting of n-type nanocones, p-type matrix, transparent conductive oxide (TCO) and glass substrate. With the creation of a 3-D nanocone-based solar cell platform, a team led by Oak Ridge National Laboratory’s Jun Xu has boosted the light-to-power conversion efficiency of photovoltaics by nearly 80 percent. Xu and colleagues were able to obtain …

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