The world’s 7th largest economy in 2014 and expected to become the 5th largest by 2018, Southeast Asia is a focus of global economic growth and opportunity due to an expanding middle class, increasing exports and the enactment last year of two trade pacts, the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) and the ASEAN Economic Community (AEC). Of […]
A lack of sufficient inventory organization and proficient reagent tracking systems, as well as high lab costs all contribute to low efficiency levels that can plague many labs and frustrate scientists, according to a group of new companies founded to innovate purchasing and supply management methods in labs. To bring lower costs and higher efficiency […]
Since IBO’s last article on 2016 economic forecasts (see IBO 1/15/16), the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has issued an update to its October 2015 World Economic Outlook. Released earlier this month, the update outlines the factors influencing the revisions, such as China’s economy moving away from manufacturing and investment and toward services and consumption; decreased […]
Concerns over tightening US monetary policy, faltering industrial markets and China’s economic slowdown led to Wall Street’s worst January performance since 2009. The Dow Jones Industrial Average, S&P 500 and NASDAQ slumped 5.5%, 5.1% and 7.9% in January, respectively. Nonetheless, results could have been worse, as major indexes jumped more than 2.3% in the final […]
Nanotechnology and materials is a field primed for expansive growth, according to a January 2016 report by the Japan Science and Technology Agency’s Center for Research and Development Strategy (CRDS). Through comparing the technology development of Japan with that of other countries, the CRDS report aims to propose effective R&D methods that would help enhance […]
The fifth annual Society for Laboratory Automation and Screening (SLAS) conference and exhibition was held January 23–27 in San Diego, California. The event hosted a total of 6,293 participants. The exhibit consisted of 320 companies and organizations. Trends evident at the show included the automation of NGS, emphasis on sample quality and conservation, and influence […]
The annual American Society for Cell Biology meeting was held in San Diego, California from December 12 to December 16. The conference presentations and exhibit were abuzz with research results made possible by new technology developments, most notably super-resolution microscopy and single-cell analysis. Super-resolution microscopy techniques improve the spatial resolution of optical microscopy. Sunday kicked […]
US indexes ended 2015 mostly lower as the Dow Jones Industrial Average and S&P 500 slipped 2.2% and 0.7%, respectively, representing the worst performance for the two Indexes since the 2008 financial crisis. The NASDAQ advanced 5.7% for the year but endured a notable slowdown compared to double-digit gains in each of the previous three […]
On December 18, the US federal government’s $1.15 trillion budget for fiscal 2016 (October 1, 2015–September 30, 2016) was signed into law. The 2016 Consolidated Appropriations Act, also known as the Omnibus bill, increases funding for many research agencies. According to preliminary estimates from the American Association for the Advancement of Scientists (AAAS), the fiscal […]
Published this month by the European Commission (EC), the 2015 EU Industrial R&D Scoreboard tracked the spending of 2,500 publicly held companies in 44 countries across 41 industries that are the world’s largest R&D spenders. Together, these companies represented an estimated 90% of global business R&D and 55% of total R&D spending in fiscal 2014 […]
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