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Steady gaze. KDUST would sit above Dome A's thin layer of turbulent air. (CREDIT: COURTESY OF NANJING INSTITUTE OF ASTRONOMICAL OPTICS AND TECHNOLOGY) XI AN, CHINA No place on Earth rivals the Antarctic Plateau for stargazing. The air is thin and bone-dry; dust is minimal. As ...
IHB researchers performed routine physical examination on a captured Yangtze finless porpoise. (Photo/IHB) Since the ecological environment of Yangtze Basin can hardly have any distinct improvement in a relatively short period of time, ex-situ conservation is still one of the ...
Cold, remote and threatened by global warming: the description applies not only to the North and South Poles, but also to a region of more than five million square kilometres, centred on the Tibetan plateau and the Himalayas, that researchers call the third pole (see Nature 454, ...
"Nanorattles" consisting of a mesoporous shell and gold nanoparticle core can now be synthesized through a simple, efficient and controllable process. Transmission electron microscopy image of a mesoporous silica nanorattle (mesoporous shell and solid silica core) containing a ...
Tandem mass spectrometry can present numerous challenges to the analysis of biologically active substances, according to a team at the Chinese Academy of Sciences. Analysing biologically active substances can be faster using tandem mass spectrometry to focus on longest common ...
In many regions, climate change has advanced the timing of spring events, such as flowering or the unfolding of leaves. But the meadows and steppes of the Tibetan Plateau are bucking that trend plants are starting to bloom later in spring, making the growing season shorter. This ...
Image of the Sinus Iridum taken by Chang'e II.(Photo by Xinhua) The complete map of the Moon taken by Chang'e I.(Photo by Xinhua) The third phase of the Chang'e Project, China's circumlunar exploration project, and the manned moon landing will be launched in Wenchang Launching ...
Gravitational lensing occurs when light from a distant object is distorted by a massive object that is in the foreground. Astronomers have started to apply this concept in a new way to determine the number of very distant galaxies and to measure dark matter in the universe. ...
Two Chinese scientists, material expert Shi Changxu and hematologist Wang Zhenyi, won China's top science award Friday for their outstanding contributions to scientific and technological innovation. The two scientists, both from the Chinese Academy of Engineering, were each ...
Dr. WANG Xiaolin, Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, and his research team, described two new long-tailed pterosaurs, Kunpengopterus sinensis gen. et sp. nov. and Darwinopterus linglongtaensis sp. nov., from the Jehol Biota ...
Swiss and Chinese scientists have developed a new way of making the porous TiO2 electrode for solid state dye-sensitized solar cells (ss-DSSCs). The method could be more compatible with large scale manufacturing processes. The team from the Federal Polytechnic School in Lausanne ...
Fig.1: Fossilized pigment organelles reveal the true colors of Sinosauropteryx (Courtesy of Dr. ZHANG Fucheng) One research discovery from Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology (IVPP), Chinese Academy of Science, "Fossilized melanosomes and the colour of ...
Drs QIAO Tuo and ZHU Min, from Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, recently described cranial morphology features of the stem-group sarcopterygian Guiyu oneiros including the dermal bone pattern and anatomical details of the ...
The Institute of High Energy Physics (IHEP) and the Foreign Economic Cooperation Office (FECO), Ministry of Environmental Protection The two parties signed the agreement (Image by IHEP) of China are ready to launch cooperation on mercury technology in view of the (international) ...
A new species of dinosaur the size of a parrot and with only one finger has been unearthed in Inner Mongolia, China. Scientists named the new dinosaur Linhenykus monodactylus, after Linhe, a nearby city in Inner Mongolia, People's Republic of China. The work is published online ...
Chemotherapeutics generally show a delicate balance between maintaining a high enough dose to kill cancer cells while avoiding a dose so high that it causes severe toxic effects. One of the many promises of nanomedicine is a class of nanoscale drug delivery vehicles that can ...
China's Top Ten Science Achievements of 2010, conducted by The Supervising Center of Basic Research, Ministry of Science and Technology of China, released on Jan 18, 2011. One research discovery from Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology (IVPP), Chinese ...
Birds are the most diverse clade on the planet, and the skull of the living bird is one of the most highly modified and morphologically variable regions of their skeleton. The large diversity of enantiornithine birds (a group closely related to the lineage that includes living ...
Very little was known about Mesozoic birds until nearly complete skeletons began to be discovered in the now famous Jehol Group deposits of northeastern China. The first few specimens to be found were partial skeletons, most preserving only the voids of the bones. Over the past ...
Prof. BAI Chunli, a well-known chemist and leading scientist in nano-science, has recently taken the presidency of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS). Prof. BAI succeeded Prof. LU Yongxiang as the new leader of China s major think-tank and research institution. Prof. LU ...
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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
Financial reform in the China (Shanghai) Pilot Free Trade Zone will ...
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
Chinese NBA player Yao Ming teaches a boy with special needs how to ...
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 ...