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...Simply comparing the GDP of china with that of the U.S. does not give a complete picture of the two economies. The cost of living is much lower in China. Venkataraman V. Subramanian Trichy, India...
...working with your laptop computer actually on your lap for a few hours.) "When you go to the next-generation semiconductor, you're running something not too different from a toaster oven," Sadoway says. Because it doesn't retain heat, diamond can run processors of supercomputing power at lower temperatures compared with processors using silicon, the industry standard today. The molecular structure of diamond makes it ideal for handling high voltages like those found in switches for big municipal power grids. Physically, diamond's toughness allows it to withstand the searing heat of more sophisticated lasers and even the brutal...
...between HUSEC and departments: The Faculty wants HUSEC to remain an advisory committee and allow existing departments to retain their autonomy. This concern was first voiced when UPCSE released its preliminary report in July, and the final report “emphasizes that [HUSEC] should not be directive at lower levels of academic structure,” according to Biewener. He explained that, although it has autonomy over its own funds, HUSEC’s role is meant to be advisory. It will develop and coordinate programs in which existing departments can choose to partake but will not micromanage...
...incoming membership of Brazil's upper and lower legislative bodies, the Senate and the House of Deputies, take their oaths of office this week. How well Lula deals with them will be vital in deciding not only how he shapes his second and final four-year term but also his political legacy. Although he has reduced poverty through a far-reaching project that gives money to the poor to keep their kids in school, he has failed to pass the structural reforms he promised during his first run for office...
...months after winning the election, the PT is still negotiating who gets what lucrative posts in the cabinet and the PT and the Communist Party of Brazil have spent the last two months in a very public battle over who should get the key position of president of the lower house. Lawmakers have no incentive to change their ways. The job is just too comfortable. They might lack, as the head of the Chamber's Ethics Council said last year, "ethics, morality, conduct" but each gets an annual wage and benefits package that exceeds half a million dollars. Every member...