PLUG-IN HYBRID ELECTRIC VEHICLES: ARGONNE
January 2, 2007 at 1:23 pm | Posted in Globalization, Oil & Gas, Research, Science & Technology, USA | Leave a comment
What’s New at Argonne —
January 2007
January 2007 issue of
What’s New at Argonne
Argonne to lead DOE’s effort to evaluate plug-in hybrid technology
Argonne National Laboratory has been designated by the U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of FreedomCAR and Vehicle Technologies as the lead national laboratory for the simulation, validation and laboratory evaluation of plug-in hybrid electric vehicles and the advanced technologies required for these vehicles.
See
http://www.anl.gov/Media_Center/News/2006/ES061201.html
New magnetic polymers may advance spintronics technologies
Researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Argonne National Laboratory have pioneered a new approach for making magnetic polymers that are held together with very strong hydrogen bonds. The development may help lead to new techniques for faster and more versatile computer chips, among other applications. See http://www.anl.gov/Media_Center/News/2006/MSD061215.html
Argonne, Fermilab leaders appear on ‘Extension 720’ Argonne Director Robert Rosner, Chief Scientist Mike Turner, Fermilab Director Pier Oddone and Tom Rosenbaum, Vice President for Research and Argonne National Laboratory at the University of Chicago, were guests today on the WGN-AM radio station’s “Extension 720” program. See http://www.anl.gov/Media_Center/News/2006/Extension_720_061220.html
Argonne releases new version of award-winning vehicle simulation modeling software
Argonne National Laboratory’s Powertrain System Analysis Toolkit (PSAT) enables designers to overcome time and cost constraints for advanced vehicle design, such as hybrid and fuel cell vehicles. See http://www.anl.gov/Media_Center/News/2006/news061219.html
Nalco, Argonne team up to improve water management for coal-based power plants
Nalco Company, the global leader in industrial water treatment, and Argonne National Laboratory today announced a joint research partnership to develop advanced technologies to reduce, reuse and recover power plant cooling water. See http://www.anl.gov/Media_Center/News/2006/news061214.html
Lusk named director of Mathematics and Computer Science Division at Argonne
Ewing (“Rusty”) Lusk has been named director of the Mathematics and Computer Science Division at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Argonne National Laboratory. See http://www.anl.gov/Media_Center/News/2006/news061204.html
Argonne’s William Gropp recognized by the Association for Computing Machinery
William Gropp has been named a fellow of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM). Gropp joined Argonne National Laboratory in 1990 and is a senior computer scientist in the Mathematics and Computer Science Division. See http://www.anl.gov/Media_Center/News/2006/news061211.html
What’s New at Argonne is emailed on the first working day of each month.
Argonne National Laboratory’s WWW home page is at http://www.anl.gov
What’s New at Argonne Dec 22, 2006
January 2007 issue
Baurac, David M. Baurac@anl.gov
12/22/06
MIDDLE EAST PROJECTS
January 2, 2007 at 7:39 am | Posted in Arabs, Economics, Financial, Globalization, History, Middle East, Oil & Gas, Research | Leave a comment
MIDDLE EAST MEED
Your Monthly Regional Projects Update
MEED projects
MEED projects
e70-188-188-bf0-25753-meed@ionmx.com
Tel: +971 (4) 367 1302
Fax: +971 (4) 368 8023
Email: helpdesk@meed-dubai.com
Tuesday, January 2, 2007
| Welcome to your MEED projects monthly update for January 2007.This update provides you with a list of the most recent projects announced across the Middle East this month. Our aim is to keep you on top of the booming projects market, ensuring you are always aware of new announcements and market developments.MEED projects is a subscriber-only service that empowers you with knowledge and intelligence about this dynamic market on a daily basis. Now tracking over $1 trillion worth of Middle East projects, this product is the most sophisticated online business information source and opportunity tracker in the market today. For more information on how MEED projects can help your business stay one step ahead of your competitors click here |
| Just some of the new projects announced this month: |
Your Monthly Regional Projects UpdateMEED projects meed@ionmx.com
MEED projects e70-188-188-bf0-25753-meed@ionmx.comTuesday, January 2, 2007
SAN FRANCISCO FED WORKING PAPERS: GLOBAL PRICE DISPERSION
January 2, 2007 at 3:46 am | Posted in Economics, Financial, Globalization, History, Research | Leave a comment
Working Papers Series at the
Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco
Recent Working Paper from FRBSF Economic Research
Global Price Dispersion:
Are Prices Converging or Diverging?
(WP 2006-50) Researchpubs.sf@sf.frb.org
The paper listed below was recently added to the Working Papers Series at the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco.
You can access an index of working papers at the Bank’s website
http://www.frbsf.org/publications/economics/papers/index.html
or access the pdf file of this paper using the link following its abstract.
Global Price Dispersion:
Are Prices Converging or Diverging?
by Paul Bergin and Reuven Glick (WP 2006-50)
This paper documents significant time-variation in the degree of global price convergence over the last two decades. In particular, there appears to be a general U-shaped pattern with price dispersion first falling and then rising in recent years, a pattern which is remarkably robust across country groupings and commodity groups. This time-variation is difficult to explain in terms of the standard gravity equation variables common in the literature, as these tend not to vary much over time or have not risen in recent years. However, regression analysis indicates that this time-varying pattern coincides well with oil price fluctuations, which are clearly time-varying and have risen substantially since the late 1990s. As a result, this paper offers new evidence on the role of transportation costs in driving international price dispersion.
JEL classification: F4.
http://www.frbsf.org/publications/economics/papers/2006/wp06-50bk.pdf
***For a searchable index of Federal Reserve System Economic Research publications, check out Fed In Print at
http://www.frbsf.org/publications/fedinprint/index.html
If you experience any difficulties, please email your details and request to
Recent Working Paper from FRBSF Economic Research
Fri, 29 Dec 2006
CFG BlOG
EDITOR-IN-CHIEF: RICHARD MELSON
ANALYZING GLOBALIZATION
THE MIDDLE EAST AND THE WORLD-SYSTEM
Cambridge Forecast Group Blog 