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April 28, 2010
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Good Morning,
A car show in Beijing shows the world the future of 'green'
automotive technology. Find out all the details on this
important car show and what various car companies are plan-
ning on doing to compete in this future market in the second
article.
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Scientists near bionic breakthrough
OAK RIDGE, Tenn. - U.S. government scientists say they have
created a new way of processing carbon nanotubes that might
lead the way toward futuristic bionic applications. Oak Ridge
National Laboratory researchers say while nanotubes have
electrical and other properties that make them attractive
for use as artificial neural bundles in prosthetic devices,
the challenge has been to make bundles with enough fibers to
match that of a real neuron bundle. With current technology,
the weight alone of wires required to match the density of
receptors at even the fingertips would make it impossible
to accommodate, the researchers said. Now, by adapting con-
ventional glass fiber drawing technology to process carbon
nanotubes into multichannel assemblies, researchers say they
believe they are on a path that could lead to a breakthrough.
"Our goal is to use our discovery to mimic nature's design
using artificial sensors to effectively restore a person's
ability to sense objects and temperatures," said Ilia Ivanov,
one of the researchers. The study that included scientists
John Simpson, Troy Hendricks, Daniel Schaeffer and Paul
Menchhofer appeared in the February issue of the journal
Nanotechnology.
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Green highlights Beijing auto show
BEIJING - Nearly 100 of the 990 models on display at Beijing's
"Imagining the Green Future" auto show opening Tuesday are
alternative-energy autos. There's a lot of green vehicle
potential in China, which has surpassed the United States
as the world's biggest auto market and is also the world's
biggest emitter of carbon dioxide. A survey by consulting
firm Ernst & Young released in advance of the exposition
indicates that 60 percent of Chinese asked said they would
consider purchasing plug-in hybrid and electric cars in the
near future. That's almost five times more than responses
from similar surveys conducted in the United States and
Japan. China is a "promising market" for electric vehicles,
Daimler AG Chief Executive Officer Dieter Zetsche told
journalists during the show's press opening. Zetsche's
company and BYD, its partner in China, plan to launch an
electric car for the Chinese market in 2013, Zetsche said.
"It's not just a question of carbon dioxide but energy
safety," Henry Li, general manager of BYD Automobile Co.'s
auto export trade division told The Detroit News. "That's
why we need electric vehicles." Volkswagen announced its
electric vehicle strategy specifically targeted to the Chinese
market, saying that local production of electric vehicles in
China would begin in 2013-14. Volkswagen CEO Martin Winterkorn
said China is becoming the company's "most important market
around the world," noting that "the success of the electric
vehicle segment in the country is key to the success of our
global electric vehicle strategic vision." General Motors Co.
is also eyeing China's green car market. Its Chevrolet Volt
plug-in hybrid is expected to be available in China next
year, The Wall Street Journal reports. For the Japanese auto-
mobile sector: Mitsubishi Motors Corp. is expected to launch
its i-MiEV car in China by 2012. Nissan Motor Co said that
it would start selling its Leaf electric compact car in China
early next year and is considering manufacturing it in the
country as well. And Honda Motor announced it would introduce
three hybrid models in China by 2013. Domestically, Xu
Liuping, president of Chinese automaker Changan Automobile
Group, said the company's focus for the future is on "G-Living:
green, growth and global." It is showcasing four hybrid and
six electric vehicles at the auto show. By 2015, sales of
passenger vehicles -- cars, sport utility vehicles and minivans
-- in China are expected to increase by 55 percent over 2009
sales, states J.D. Power and Associates' "China Automotive
2015" report launched last week. That's equal to 13.55 million
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Brain gene plays big role in intelligence
SALT LAKE CITY - U.S. brain researchers say they've found
the brain gene STX1A plays a significant role in the level
of intelligence displayed by Williams Syndrome patients. A
multi-institution team led by University of Utah Professor
Julie Korenberg says its findings could have implications
for the understanding of intelligence and treatment of
neurological disease in the general population. Researchers
at UCLA, the Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, the Salk Institute
and the University of Utah found variations in the expression
of STX1A could account for 15.6 percent of cognitive vari-
ation in a group of 65 Williams Syndrome patients. STX1A is
involved in the electrochemical processes that occur at the
brain's synapses. Williams Syndrome is a neurodevelopmental
disorder caused by the deletion of two dozen genes from
chromosome 7 -- a tiny fraction of the nearly 30,000 genes
found in humans, the scientists said. But such patients have
one less copy each of the genes in question than the general
population and typically exhibit an IQ of 60, compared to an
average of 100 for the general population. "This study shows
in part how nature's hand shapes intelligence at the
synapse," Korenberg said. "Monitoring gene expression may
provide unique insights into the neurobiology and genetics
of intelligence in Williams Syndrome subjects and possibly
the general population," Korenberg said. The research appears
in the online journal PLoS One.
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