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A rising number of extreme storms and droughts are expected to hit the Yangtze River Basin in the coming decades, the result of rising temperatures globally. The basin, home to 400 million people, is an economic powerhouse and the site of the country's largest port and city, ...
Xi'an Institute of Optics and Precision Mechanics (XIOPM), Chinese Academy of Sciences recently developed a laser optical tweezers micro-operation instrument for University of Toronto, Canada. Laser optical tweezers is a new type of optical micro-manipulation and micro-machining ...
A group of biologists at the Institute of Biochemistry and Cell Biology (SIBCB) under the CAS Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences (SIBS) lately report on Oct. 19, 2009 in Nature Immunology that a microRNA plays critical roles in multiple sclerosis (MS), a severe ...
Prof. XIAO Guoqing, the director of IMP (Institute of Modern Physics), CAS, visited the United States with CAS Delegation from Nov. 11 to 20, 2009. The CAS delegation visited Argonne National Lab, Oak Ridge National Lab, Lawrence Berkeley National Lab, SLAC Michigan State ...
An over 20-member official delegation from the German State of North Rhine-Westphalia visited Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences (SIBS) on Nov. 21st. The delegation was led by Dr. Andreas Pinkwart, Deputy Prime Minister of North Rhine-Westphalia and Minister of ...
"Biogeochemical Processes of Biogenic Elements in the China Marginal Seas" edited by Professor SONG Jinming from the Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, has been published by Springer-Verlag GmbH & Zhejiang University Press. The monograph, which is the first ...
On November 19-20, a strategic review team composed of 11 international botanic garden professionals convened in Guangzhou, China to assess the recent progress of the South China Botanical Garden (SCBG) and to evaluate a draft ten-year strategic plan for the institution. The ...
AMS02 (the second stage project of the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer experiment) would take the American space shuttle STS-134 of "Endeavour" and lift off on 7:30 a. m. EDT, July 29th, 2010 in Kennedy Space Center, USA, announced Prof. Samuel Chao Chung Ting from the Massachusetts ...
Lu Yongxiang, president of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), attended the fourth World Science Forum (WSF) held in Budapest on 5 7 November 2009 and delivered a speech on scientific innovation towards 2050. CAS President LU Yongxiang Meets L szl Mandur, deputy speaker of the ...
Recently, leaders of Shanghai Institute of Microsystem and Information Technology (SIMIT) and scientists from SIMIT and Research Center Juelich, Germany, celebrated their encouraging results of cooperation. The cooperation is on SQUID (Superconducting QUantum Interference Device) ...
The selection for the 2009 Gansu Science and Technology Award winners has been accomplished recently. Two Institute of Modern Physics, CAS (IMP) projects win the first prize in natural science and the first prize for S&T Advancement respectively. Prof. ZUO Wei at work ----Photo ...
A team of Chinese astronomers have discovered a giant planet close to the exotic binary star system QS Virginis. Although dormant now, in the future the two stars will one day erupt in a violent nova outburst. Professor Shengbang Qian of Yunnan Observatory leads the team of ...
A genetically manipulated carp (top) and the normal carp World s first somatic cell cloned fish and transgenic fish, produced by Institute of Hydrobiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences (IHB) were listed among Hubei Top 60 recognizable events with Hubei Daily Media Group on Dec.16, ...
Prof. LU Yongxiang, president of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), made a special inspection of South China Botanical Garden (SCBG) and gave an important speech on December 19, 2009. Dr. HUANG Hongwen, director of SCBG presented a progress report on SCBG for the year 2009 in ...
Location of the five ice core drilling sites for black carbon study on the Tibetan Plateau (Picture provided by ITP) Prof. XU Baiqing of the Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research (ITP) has recently published the paper, "Black soot and the survival of Tibetan glaciers", on the ...
The Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer (AMS) left CERN February 12, 2010 on the first leg of its journey to the AMS being prepared for transport (Picture/IHEP) International Space Station (ISS). A special convoy carrying the experiment is due to arrive at the European Space Agency's ...
The presence of the basal avialan Archaeopteryx in the latest Late Jurassic (Tithonian) and the poor fossil representation of more basal maniraptoran taxa in contemporaneous or slightly older deposits indicate either a gap in the stratigraphic record or, more controversially, ...
China has unearthed the fossil of a two-legged carnivorous dinosaur that lived 160 million years ago and which researchers have identified as the earliest known member of a long lineage that includes birds. The "Haplocheirus sollers" had a long, narrow skull, many small teeth and ...
Professor DENG Wei, director of Chengdu Institute of Mountain Hazard and Environment (IMHE), CAS and Professor HUANG Zongming, vice-chancellor of Chongqing University represent IMHE and Chongqing University signed a Science and Technology Strategic Cooperation Agreement on ...
Prof. WANG Yifang introduces the prototypes of the CSNS components to Prof. ZHAN Wenlong (Picture provided by IHEP) Prof. ZHAN Wenlong, Vice President of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), made an inspection on China Spallation Neutron Source (CSNS) Project in Dongguan and ...
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Chicago unveils Chinese New Year celebrations
Chicago unveils Chinese New Year celebrations
CHICAGO -- Chicago held a ceremony Friday at the landmark Daley Civic ...
UN chief, Syrian FM in verbal clash at conference
UN chief, Syrian FM in verbal clash at conference
The first day of the peace conference in Montreux, was marked by ...
Chaos on streets after three reported killed in Kiev
Chaos on streets after three reported killed in Kiev
Three people have reportedly been killed in Ukraine's capital Kiev ...
Panel to push financial reform in FTZ
Panel to push financial reform in FTZ
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Economist sees world economy strengthening in 2014
Economist sees world economy strengthening in 2014
NEW YORK, Jan. 24 (Xinhua) -- Global economy is likely to gain ...
China economic reform in focus at World Economic Forum
China economic reform in focus at World Economic Forum
There’s been much talk of China at the World Economic Forum-and a ...
China's banks must evolve or perish
China's banks must evolve or perish
As China's traditional banks raise interest rates to claw back lost ...
Court rejects Apple lawsuit over iPad name
Court rejects Apple lawsuit over iPad name
Shenzhen Municipal Intermediate People's Court has rejected a lawsuit ...
Chinese steelmakers see profits plunge
Chinese steelmakers see profits plunge
China's 77 major steel companies reported an average profit margin of ...
Injured star short-track skater Wang Meng left out of China's squad for Sochi
Injured star short-track skater Wang Meng left out of China's squad for Sochi Winter Games
Injured Olympic champion Wang Meng has been ruled out of the 139...
Yao's gift of sport for all
Yao's gift of sport for all
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Li Na wins French Open women's singles title
Li Na wins French Open women's singles title
History-making tennis legend Li Na notched the first-ever grand slam ...