Market for superconductors is expected to soar by 2020

Article Abstract:

Japanese, American and European industrialists participating in the 2nd International Superconductivity Industry Summit in Hakone, Japan, predict that the market for superconductors could reach $150-$200 billion by 2020 provided the industry is given adequate government support. The projections were made based on corporate information from eachh region, which were then converted to worldwide forecasts based on gross national product. Participants hope the projections will encourage governemnts to raise the support they give to superconducter reasearch beyond the hundred-million-dollar mark.

Conferences, meetings and seminars, Forecasts and trends, Electronics industry, Superconductivity, Superconductors

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Japan tackles downturn in science funding

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The annual report on research in Japan, presented by the Science and Technology Agency, shows that investment in research and development is decreasing. The expenditure on research shows an exponential rise from 1950 to 1993 but a drop since then. The fall is due to reduced expenditure by the private sector and lack of interest of youth in science. Also, a majority of the public has lost faith in science and technology after the Kobe earthquake and nerve gas attacks in Tokyo. The paper suggests some ways to improve the situation.

Reports, Japan. Science and Technology Agency

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Blood scandal and E. coli raise questions in Japan

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Public faith in Japanese scientists has been severely strained by the scandal over the contamination of blood products used by haemophiliacs and the food poisoning by thousands of school children by a highly toxic strain of the bacterium Escherichia coli. Exposure of the ways in which decisions over matters affecting public health and safety and science-related risks has led to an increase in the public's distrust of science. However, Japanese still look to science for answers, guidance and solutions.

Japan

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