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Trade surplus triples for China (and more…) 
January 13, 2006 Trade surplus triples for China - by Nerys Avery, Bloomberg News (read this story) US envoy in China as rumours on N.Korea’s Kim swirl - by Chris Buckley and Jon Herskovitz (read this story) CHALLENGES 2005-2006: Nuclear Clouds Gather Over Asia - Analysis by Praful Bidwai With comment by Michael C. Ruppert (read this story)

Chip material shortage spooks Silicon Valley / Rare substance vital to 2 booming sectors, making prices rise 
Clarification: A story Monday about a shortage of highly purified silicon used in computer chips and solar cells noted that the material was 99.99999 percent pure, a level referred to as “seven-nines.” But an analogy that used tennis balls to illustrate the “…

Silicon scarcity cools solar industry 
The shortage of silicon is a big topic among advocates for solar power these days. Silicon is the key raw material used to manufacture the photovoltaic panels that most existing solar systems use to convert sunlight into electricity.

MRIs Made Safe For People With Modern Defibrillators And Pacemakers 
Researchers at Johns Hopkins have painstakingly figured out how to safely perform magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scans on men and women who have any one of 24 modern types of implanted defibrillators and pacemakers.

Sun worship dries up global silicon supplies 
Californias Silicon Valley is suffering acute shortages of the very material that gave it its name.

Scientists take first steps to high yield, purity cryptoxanthin 
9/11/2006 - A team of researchers from Mexico have reported a process to produce the carotenoid beta-cryptoxanthin at high yields and purity for use in dietary supplements.