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Findings Could Improve Fuel Cell Efficiency Findings Could Improve Fuel Cell Efficiency A new type of membrane based on tiny iron particles appears to address one of the major limitations exhibited by current power-generating fuel cell technology. While there are many types of ...
Experts call on increasing support to superconducting technology studies The Chinese government should launch a major research project on superconducting technology, as it is of significant importance for ensuring national energy security and raising energy efficiency and ...
World's smallest diamond ring detects photons BEIJING, March 18 (Xinhuanet) -- Australian scientists have created the world's smallest diamond ring, not to grace the finger of a fiancee, but to help researchers who are developing quantum information processing. The ring -- 5 ...
China sets up space observatory on South Pole's Dome Argus ABOARD XUELONG, March 20 (Xinhua) -- China's automatic space observatory at Dome Argus, the highest point of the Antarctic ice sheet, has been successfully completed. The observatory was set up by China's 24th science ...
Too fast to be copied Interview with Mr. Dr. Wiemer, CEO of PFEIFFER On the day of the opening ceremony of Pfeiffer Vacuum (Shanghai) Co., Ltd., we had an interview with Mr. Dr. Wiemer., CEO of Pfeiffer. Q Could you pls. introduce PFEIFFER and its global market? A: PFEIFFER is a ...
Mobile internet era upcoming? BEIJING, March 19 (Xinhuanet) -- The increasing of Google usage by mobile phone users in recent months may forecast the coming of the mobile Internet era is at hand. Early evidence showing sharp increases in internet usage on phones, not just ...
Google "Gadgets" provide new way to look at data BEIJING, March 20 (Xinhuanet) -- Search engine giant Google unveiled Gadgets for Spreadsheets in Google Docs on Wednesday, allowing people to create graphical representations of data in spreadsheets and publish them on Web sites. ...
Nanotubes Show Their Strengths in Polymer Fibres Researchers at Queen Mary, University of London and Nanoforce Technology Ltd. in the UK, have successfully produced single-walled nanotube reinforced polymer fibres and tapes that are as strong as theory predicts. The work shows ...
Antarctic ice slows Xuelong's journey home The Antarctic ice breaker the Snow Dragon, or Xuelong in Chinese, sails on ice-coverd waters near the Antarctic Continent on Tuesday, March 11, 2008. (Xinhua Photo)
Honda Unveils First Hydrogen Fuel Cell Car Limited mass production of FCX Clarity begins Japanese car maker Honda has begun limited mass production of a hydrogen fuel cell powered vehicle. The Honda FCX Clarity will be the world's first commercially available hydrogen fuel cell ...
TiVo to deliver YouTube videos to TV BEIJING, March 13 (Xinhuanet) -- Imagine this, you sit on couch, pick the remote and turn on the TV to watch YouTube videos. It will come true later this year as TiVo makes a deal with YouTube On Wednesday TiVo Inc. announced that it would ...
Thinner, Stronger and More Flexible Research LOS ANGELES, March 13 (Xinhua) -- Similar to Microsoft's fight to take over Yahoo, U.S. video game giant Electronic Arts' bid for a rival company has gone hostile, as it launched a tender offer directly to the company's shareholders ...
Researchers Develop Ultra Low-cost Plastic Memory Flash memory: The new technology will be based on similar power-source free principles Researchers at the Zernike Institute of Advanced Materials at the University of Groningen have developed a technology for a plastic ferro...
Windbag Researchers Develop Novel Renewable Energy Storage Super batteries and underwater bags ensure that supply meets demand Researchers are working to develop storage solutions for intermittent renewable energy sources, such as from tidal power Innovative solutions to the ...
Updates: Whatever Happened to Self-Cleaning Clothes? Self-Cleaning Clothes -- Titan's Ocean? -- Synthetic Success -- Crisis Mapping June, 2008, By Philip Yam Good-bye, Laundry Talk of clothing that keeps itself clean, or that at least does not need conventional washing, has ...
June 11, 2008 First demonstration of localized ripples of matter By JR Minkel LOCALIZED MATTER WAVE generated by a random pattern of blue laser light (in blue) played across a cloud of ultracold atoms (green shape) limited to moving in one dimension by a separate laser (red). P. ...
Ultraviolet Glow Betrays Impending Supernova Astronomers spot earliest light signifying a star's doom FIRST LIGHT from a supernova shown in a low-resolution ultraviolet image (blue) superimposed on a sharper optical view of the host galaxy taken by the Hubble Space Telescope. ...
CAS researchers discover low-cost photocatalyst for H2 production Recently, a research group headed by Prof. LI Can with the Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, CAS made a remarkable progress in the study of photocatalytic H2 production. The synthesis of photocatalysts remains ...
Nano-researchers encouraged to set up new application systems While sticking to its presented orientation, the National Center for Nanoscience and Technology (NCNT), as a State taskforce in the field, should strengthen its strategic research and further clarify its strategic ...
UQ Researchers Develop Novel Renewable Energy Materials A new chemical method guides micrometer-sized TiO 2 crystals to expose a large fraction of reactive (001) facets versus nonreactive (101) facets. Credit: Chenghua Sun/Australian Inst. Bioengineering & Nanotechnology ...
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Bill Gates talks nuclear
Bill Gates talks nuclear
Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates confirmed on Wednesday that he is ...
China offers inspirations to global dilemmas
China offers inspirations to global dilemmas
BEIJING, Jan. 22 (Xinhua) -- Policies of China's new leadership in the ...
Merck to put $1.5b in R&D
Merck to put $1.5b in R&D
Merck Sharp & Dohme (MSD), the world's second-largest drug producer by ...
IMF chief warns of risks to recovery
IMF chief warns of risks to recovery
DAVOS, Switzerland, Jan. 25 (Xinhua) -- The International Monetary ...
China's farm product pricing plan shifts to market orientation
China's farm product pricing plan shifts to market orientation
The Number One Document also proposed a new pricing plan for China's ...
Chinese investors look to overseas opportunities
Chinese investors look to overseas opportunities
SHANGHAI, Jan. 25 (Xinhua) -- China, the world's top manufacturer and ...
Retailer's Net Profit Falls 3%
Retailer's Net Profit Falls 3%
A Wal-Mart store is seen in Stratford, Connecticut, the United States. ...
Gaming Firms Find Going Tough
Gaming Firms Find Going Tough
Employees demonstrate Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications' Xperia Play ...
Boeing Wins Biggest Order of US$26b
Boeing Wins Biggest Order of US$26b
A formation of nine Royal Air Force Red Arrows Hawk aircraft fly ...
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 ...
Lucrative golf industry lures stiff competition
Lucrative golf industry lures stiff competition
Two models stand beside golf equipment and bags at a recent golf ...
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 ...