Here's some recommended reading that just showed up:
2007-32-0080
Study of Eco-Friendly Four-Cycle Motorcycle Engine Oils
2007-01-4134
Improved Friction Modifiers to Aid in Future Fuel Economy Targets
It's good to keep up to date on changes that will be coming soon to lubricants to understand how it will impact our older engines.
1999-01-3464
Development of a Wear Test Procedure to Evaluate Automotive Lubricating Oils
Understanding methods to test for wear will hopefully allow us to come up with new ways to evalate an oil's performance on a small scale... hopefully.
2007-32-0079
Development of new engine oil technology designed to bring more benefits to the boat owner than passenger car motor oils can provide
This last one is interesting as marine engines are also experiencing the effect of the poor performance on new passenger car motor oils in these engines.