Wood MacKenzei consultants forecast 1.1 million barrels per day from the...
Wood Mackenzie anticipates that oil production in the North Dakota and Montana sections of the Bakken and Three Forks formations will grow to 1.7 million barrels per day in 2020. Oil production in...
View ArticleDisney has Marvel Superhero movie roadmap out to 2028
Businessweek feature Kevin Feige who is masterminding the Marvel Superhero movies at Disney. Clearly Disney will be making Marvel superhero, Pixar animation and Star Wars on a very regular basis...
View ArticleIMF Asia Pacific Division Chief sees average of about 6% GDP growth for China...
IMF sees a moderate slowing in China’s economy. This is expected, indeed welcome, as China moves to a more inclusive, green, and sustainable growth path.Global markets are understandably interested in...
View ArticleFuture computer memory - Memristors, cheaper MRAM, and Phase change memory
Semiconductor manufacturers are developing other solid-state technologies, some of which could succeed flash and other forms of solid-state memory in the not-too-distant future.451 Research provides...
View ArticleGoogle's Modular smartphone will be like an update to the motherboard and...
Google thinks modularity may succeed now thanks to the shrinking cost and size of the underlying electronics and because innovation in conventional mobile hardware is slowing down. Also, by fostering...
View ArticleQuebec Liberals win majority over Parti Québécois as Marois steps down
Philippe Couillard’s Quebec Liberal party sailed to victory, winning a majority government in the provincial election that, five weeks ago, seemed destined to be won by the soveriegntist Parti...
View ArticleIMF World Economic Outlook forecasts global growth at 3.6% in 2014, 3.9% in...
The IMF forecasts global growth to average 3.6 percent in 2014―up from 3 percent in 2013―and to rise to 3.9 percent in 2015.The global recovery is becoming broader, but the changing external...
View ArticleDNA origami nanorobots shown in demo of drug delivery in live cockroaches...
Researchers have injected various kinds of DNA nanobots into cockroaches. Because the nanobots are labelled with fluorescent markers, the researchers can follow them and analyse how different robot...
View ArticleSTT-MRAM memory could enable super efficient computers and sensors
Most parts of present computer systems are made of volatile devices, and the power to supply them to avoid information loss causes huge energy losses. We can eliminate this meaningless energy loss by...
View ArticleSummarizing DNA nanotechnology, Synthetic Biology are on the path to...
DNA nanotechnology, synthetic biology and nanoscale metamaterials are on the path to realizing visions of nanomedicine and visible spectrum control. DNA nanorobotics and synthetic biology are the first...
View ArticleNavy Plans to Test Fire Railgun at Sea in 2016
The Navy will fire its electromagnetic railgun from a joint high speed vessel in 2016 as part of a broader effort to develop the long-range, high-energy weapon. The weapon will be placed on display...
View ArticleHybrid nanotube-graphene material that promises to simplify manufacturing
Carbon nanotubes are reinforcing bars that make two-dimensional graphene much easier to handle in a new hybrid material grown by researchers at Rice University.The Rice lab of chemist James Tour set...
View ArticleConstruction progresses on China's High Temperature Pebble Bed Nuclear Reactor
The pouring of concrete for the basemat of the first HTR-PM unit - a demonstration high-temperature gas-cooled reactor - at Shidaowan in China's Shandong province was recently completed. Another 19 of...
View ArticleQatar uses Liquified Natural Gas to build ‘extraordinary’ global clout
Success in the export of liquefied natural gas (LNG) has allowed Qatar to build an extraordinary level of global influence, improve its national security and “rise above” its neighbors on the Arabian...
View ArticleResearchers find the best nanofluid for heat transfer and it is a mixtures of...
A mixture of diamond nanoparticles and mineral oil easily outperforms other types of fluid created for heat-transfer applications, according to new research by Rice University.Rice scientists mixed...
View ArticleGlucosamine promotes longevity by mimicking a low-carb diet and extends the...
The widely used food supplement glucosamine promotes longevity in ageing mice by approximately 10% due to improved glucose metabolism. Michael Ristow, a professor at ETH Zurich, and his team find that...
View ArticleJim Rogers on the historic rise of China's Economy
Jim Rogers thinks people do not get the historical significance of what is happening in China.Jim Rogers is an American businessman, investor and author. He is currently based in Singapore. Rogers is...
View ArticleThe best DNS for your phone and carrier can change your mobile web experience...
Domain Name Service (DNS) is a critical piece of infrastructure within the Internet. To visit a website or use an application, we employ their names, such as www.facebook.com or www.northwestern.edu,...
View ArticleIndia’s path from poverty from an MGI plan - the insights are applicable to...
India has made encouraging progress by halving its official poverty rate, from 45 percent of the population in 1994 to 22 percent in 2012. McKinsey Global Institute (MGI) has created the Empowerment...
View ArticleFixing Mexico
Mexico's GDP growth has risen by only 2.3 percent a year, on average, since 1981 and Mexico lags behind countries whose GDP per capita it once surpassed, despite more than 30 years of market-opening...
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