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Source: Xinhua Published: May 19, 2013 20:11
Maximin Gaillard, a French student obsessed with traditional Chinese medicine, used to feel completely lost in class. But improvements in teaching methods by professors of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) aiming to make concrete abstract theories and empirical practices have helped Galliard unders...
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Source: Xinhua Published: May 17, 2013 16:08
Seven oceanauts with China's manned submersible Jiaolong, which proved capable of diving 7,000-m-plus deep, have each been given the title of "Manned Submersible Hero."
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Source: Xinhua Published: May 16, 2013 09:19
Four US students have developed shoes that extract energy with ever step to power portable electronics and, perhaps someday, life-preserving medical devices, US media reported Wednesday.
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Source: Xinhua Published: May 15, 2013 19:49
China, together with five other states, has been granted observer status in the Arctic Council on Wednesday.
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Source: Xinhua Published: May 15, 2013 09:52
Earth’s inner core actually spins at speed which can fluctuate over time, according to foundings in the journal Nature Geoscience online Tuesday.
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Source: Xinhua Published: May 15, 2013 09:35
Visitors are seen during the 8th Beijing International Printing Technology Exhibition in Beijing, capital of China, May 14, 2013. The five-day exhibition opened at New China International Center in Beijing Tuesday.
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Source: Global Times Published: May 14, 2013 19:18
Under what circumstance are you willing to tolerate inserting a tube into your anus? Some people would actively avoid this.
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Source: Xinhua Published: May 14, 2013 18:18
Russia is expecting more young Chinese to study in its universities, said a Russian education official in Beijing on Tuesday.
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Source: Global Times Published: May 14, 2013 18:03
Shanghai’s education commission last week issued a new set of guidelines to tighten regulations governing international sections in local public schools.
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Source: Xinhua Published: May 14, 2013 17:37
Chinese scientists on Monday conducted an experiment in the high-altitude atmosphere and near-Earth space with the launch of a sounding rocket, it was confirmed on Tuesday.
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Source: Xinhua Published: May 14, 2013 16:34
The cost of saving Australia's birds from climate change is estimated at $18.7 million a year, according to a report released Tuesday.
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Source: Xinhua Published: May 13, 2013 10:48
A 1.79 percent scale model of a concept supersonic aircraft built by The Boeing Company. This shot is taken through the window of Nasa's supersonic wind tunnel at the Glenn Research Center in Ohio.
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Source: Xinhua Published: May 09, 2013 17:32
Visitors watch a smart robot drawing pictures during the China (Shanghai) International Technology Fair in Shanghai, east China, May 8, 2013.
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Source: Xinhua Published: May 09, 2013 16:16
Three oceanauts of China's manned submersible, the Jiaolong, are studying geographic and biodiversity data of the South China Sea as they prepare for the sub's first scientific deep-sea mission in June.
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Source: Xinhua Published: May 08, 2013 19:44
A visitor takes photos of a 3D printer which is working to print a chair model during the China (Shanghai) International Technology Fair in Shanghai, east China, May 8, 2013.
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Source: Xinhua Published: May 08, 2013 13:58
Vietnam is among the top 10 countries worldwide that have made the greatest strides in saving the lives of newborns over the past two decades, announced Save the Children.
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Source: Xinhua Published: May 08, 2013 11:18
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Tuesday called for global efforts to improve the health of women and children.
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Source: Xinhua Published: May 07, 2013 09:00
The Offshore Technology Conference ( OTC), one of the world's largest offshore technology shows, kicked off here Monday.
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Source: Xinhua Published: May 07, 2013 08:41
The Swedish Music Hall of Fame, together with ABBA The Museum set inside, opens on Monday, located in the center of Stockholm in Sweden.
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Source: Xinhua Published: May 06, 2013 10:49
Zhangjiawan village is located on a remote mountain called “The Gate of Heaven” in central China's Hunan province, accessible only by ladders. The town was built hundreds of years ago to avoid bandits. Children here literally climb mountains to get to school.
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Source: Xinhua Published: May 05, 2013 12:17
Twenty-eight Chinese students from colleges in eight southern US states received an annual Chinese government award on Saturday in Houston.
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Source: Xinhua Published: May 01, 2013 15:38
The New Zealand government Wednesday announced a list of 10 key scientific research areas -- covering public health, the environment, technology and disaster management -- for government funding in the annual budget to be announced this month.
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Source: Xinhua Published: May 01, 2013 10:40
Many Australian academics urged Prime Minister Julia Gillard not to cut the funding of universities in the May budget in a signed open letter that was published in newspapers across the country on Wednesday.
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Source: Xinhua Published: May 01, 2013 09:12
Researchers at CERN in Switzerland have on Tuesday published a paper in Nature Communications, describing the first direct analysis of how antimatter is affected by gravity.
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Source: Xinhua Published: April 27, 2013 18:52
Members of a Chinese team that participated in an international robotics competition said they are pleased with their efforts despite not advancing to the elimination round.
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Source: Xinhua Published: April 27, 2013 09:27
The United Nations held an event here Friday to promote the Chinese language, one of the working languages of the world body.
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Source: Xinhua Published: April 26, 2013 12:19
US researchers have fabricated arrays of piezotronic transistors capable of converting mechanical motion directly into electronic controlling signals, a step that could help give robots a human sense of touch.
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Source: Global Times Published: April 26, 2013 00:03
Tian Lipu, director of the State Intellectual Property Office, claimed Thursday that foreign media accusations of China’s weak protection of intellectual property rights (IPR) were groundless “labeling.”
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Source: Xinhua Published: April 25, 2013 09:52
Chinese studies of a H7N9 bird flu vaccine needs technical support and cooperation from the World Health Organization (WHO) as well as related professional institutions, an official said on Wednesday.
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Source: Xinhua Published: April 24, 2013 13:38
Microraptors, a flying dinosaur about the size of a modern-day hawk, could catch preys in the water as well as on land, according to a Canadian research.
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Source: Xinhua Published: April 24, 2013 10:13
The SL Agritech Corporation (SLAC), the Philippines' pioneer hybrid rice seeds producer, has developed its own hybrid rice, SL-8H, in collaboration with China and using Chinese hybrid rice technology.
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Source: Xinhua Published: April 23, 2013 09:48
The 35th International Symposium for Remote Sensing of the Environment (ISRSE) kicked off Monday in Beijing.
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Source: Xinhua Published: April 22, 2013 10:18
Chinese President Xi Jinping has hailed a scholarship program at the Beijing-based Tsinghua University, urging deepened exchanges among learners across the world to promote mutual understanding and a better future for the mankind
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Source: Xinhua Published: April 19, 2013 16:44
Robot "NAO" plays the traditional Chinese Tachi fist during the 7th China Hangzhou Electronics & Information Fair in Hangzhou, capital of east China's Zhejiang Province, April 18, 2013. The fair, which kicked off on April 18, will last until April 21.
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Source: Xinhua Published: April 18, 2013 19:47
The first high-speed railway that will be built in Russia will connect Moscow and Kazan, the vice president of Russian Railways said Thursday.
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Source: Xinhua Published: April 18, 2013 09:05
An exhibition named Napoleon and the Decorative Art: Treasures of the Imperial Palaces raised the curtains in the Macao Museum of Art Wednesday, showcasing over a hundred pieces of imperial furniture of the Napoleonic period out of France for the very first time.
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Source: Xinhua Published: April 17, 2013 14:12
US researchers have discovered new materials that can capture and concentrate methane, the second highest concentration greenhouse gas emitted into the atmosphere.
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Source: Xinhua Published: April 17, 2013 14:00
Astronomers said Tuesday that they have pinpointed a new type of exceptionally powerful and long-lasting blasts of high energy gamma rays, known as gamma ray bursts (GRB).
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Source: Xinhua Published: April 17, 2013 09:09
Translation is the biggest obstacle impeding the export of Chinese books, Guo Xiaoyong, vice-president of China International Publishing Group (CIPG), said Tuesday during an interview with Xinhua at the London Book Fair.
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Source: Xinhua Published: April 14, 2013 15:25
France has said that it would deliver to India the first of the six Scorpene submarines next year, local media reported Sunday.
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Source: Xinhua Published: April 12, 2013 15:49
A pupil looks up to the sky at Mcedo Beijing School in Nairobi, capital of Kenya, April 11, 2013. Mcedo Beijing School is located in Mathare slum, one of the largest slums in Kenya and home to about 500,000 residents. The school offered mathematics, English, Swahili, science and some other courses f...
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Source: Xinhua Published: April 12, 2013 15:35
Education is becoming increasingly two-way between China and New Zealand, thanks to Chinese government programs like the Confucius Institutes, a senior New Zealand academic said Friday.
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Source: Xinhua Published: April 12, 2013 15:18
Former Cuban leader Fidel Castro opened a school in Havana in a rare public appearance since his retirement in 2006, the official Granma daily reported Thursday.
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Source: Xinhua Published: April 12, 2013 09:31
The Nobel medal awarded to British Francis Crick in 1962 for his discovery of DNA was sold here Thursday at an auction for more than 2 million US dollars.
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Source: Xinhua Published: April 11, 2013 08:49
The Times Higher Education magazine published its first Asia University Rankings on Wednesday.
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Source: Xinhua Published: April 11, 2013 08:27
Chinese scientists have made the very first experimental observation of a phenomenon known as the quantum anomalous Hall (QAH) effect, a discovery that will help accelerate the IT revolution and in developing low-power-consumption electronics.
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Source: Xinhua Published: April 10, 2013 13:22
If a physician takes preventive health practices like getting a flu shot, his or her patients are more likely to undergo these preventive measures, a new study has found.
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Source: Xinhua Published: April 10, 2013 09:16
China's icebreaker "Xuelong," or "Snow Dragon," returned to its anchorage in Shanghai on Tuesday, concluding the country's 29th Antarctic expedition.
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Source: Xinhua Published: April 10, 2013 09:15
If one thing is clear after Bill Gates' recent engagements in China, it is the Microsoft founder and philanthropist's belief in the importance of innovation in improving society.
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Source: Xinhua Published: April 09, 2013 10:28
Chinese Vice Minister of Education Hao Ping (R) makes a speech at the opening ceremony of the Second US-China State and Province Education Leaders Dialogue with Mitchell Chester, Commissioner of Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education, sitting next to him at Harvard University...
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Source: Xinhua Published: April 08, 2013 08:26
As part of China's efforts to form a school bus information system this year, the country's central authorities have ordered the collection of school bus information nationwide
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Source: Xinhua Published: April 07, 2013 09:27
China has approved a new type of flu drug that it believes may be effective in treating H7N9 bird flu virus.
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Source: Xinhua Published: April 07, 2013 09:21
China's relatively undeveloped western regions have become a magnet for foreign investment in the hi-tech sector, thanks to policy incentives, a potential large market and a rich talent pool.
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Source: Xinhua Published: April 05, 2013 14:30
Chinese scientists have made a significant contribution in the search for dark matter led by an international Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer (AMS) team.
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Source: Xinhua Published: April 04, 2013 11:44
A recent survey has shown that about 66.8 percent of young and middle-aged Chinese believe their health is poor.
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Source: Xinhua Published: April 02, 2013 20:24
Ukraine conducted a test run of a domestically built high-speed train in southern Crimea peninsula, officials said Tuesday.
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Source: Xinhua Published: April 02, 2013 16:47
An international team of scientists have found what they believe are the world's biggest " pockmarks" -- craters formed by seafloor eruptions of gas or fluids -- in waters off New Zealand.
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Source: Xinhua Published: April 02, 2013 08:40
Chinese Vice Premier Liu Yandong has stressed the role of rural education which should serve as "a solid foundation for the growth of millions of rural children."
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Source: Xinhua Published: April 01, 2013 20:05
Japanese researchers announced recently that a sort of shellfish called Thais clavigera disappeared in a 30-km coastal area near Japan's crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant.
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Source: Xinhua Published: March 31, 2013 20:18
Xuelong, the Chinese research vessel involved in an Antarctic expedition, crossed the equator and returned to the Northern Hemisphere on Sunday.
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Source: Xinhua Published: March 31, 2013 15:43
A school bus runs on the rural road in Zhongwei City, northwest China's Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, March 29, 2013.
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Source: Xinhua Published: March 29, 2013 14:54
China is planning to build two new research stations in Antarctica by 2015 and site inspections are already being conducted by an expedition team, the State Oceanic Administration (SOA) said Thursday.
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Source: Xinhua Published: March 29, 2013 14:16
Irina Bokova (6th R), Paris-based UN Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Director-General, poses for photos with the winners of L'Oreal-UNESCO for Women in Science 2013, in Paris, France, March 28, 2013. The award ceremony of L'Oreal-UNESCO for Women in Science 2013 was held in...
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Source: Xinhua Published: March 28, 2013 19:41
Chinese manned submersible Jiaolong is to conduct trial scientific missions between June and September, an official with the State Oceanic Administration (SOA) announced on Thursday.
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Source: Xinhua Published: March 27, 2013 09:04
A group of international scientists working with the Beijing Spectrometer III (BES III) on Tuesday announced that they may have detected a new subatomic particle.
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Source: Xinhua Published: March 26, 2013 20:41
A Russian military-transport aircraft had started delivering consignments for a new base near the North Pole, the Northern Fleet press service said Tuesday.
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Source: Xinhua Published: March 26, 2013 20:40
China's oldest observatory is no longer suitable for nighttime use due to increasingly severe light pollution, scientists clarified on Tuesday.
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Source: Xinhua Published: March 26, 2013 13:56
A new Canadian study has found North American service workers react to rude customers differently from Chinese workers, which serves as a reminder to global companies seeking business expansion across the Pacific.
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Source: Xinhua Published: March 25, 2013 14:21
Chinese manned submersible Jiaolong will officially start conducting scientific missions in June, its chief designer said on Monday.
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Source: Xinhua Published: March 25, 2013 09:11
Tourists visit a tank at the weapon museum of Nanjing University of Science and Technology (NJUST) in Nanjing, capital of east China's Jiangsu Province, March 24, 2013. The NJUST opened to public to celebrate its 60th anniversary Sunday. The weapon museum collects about 6,000 weapons since the First...
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Source: Xinhua Published: March 24, 2013 09:49
The National University of Singapore (NUS) has been climbing faster in international rankings as it responded nimbly to a complex and changing world while maintaining its vision to be a global university centered in Asia, said Tan Chorh Chuan, NUS president.
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Source: CRI Online Published: March 22, 2013 13:54
Spectacular lightning volcano captured by photographer
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Source: Xinhua Published: March 21, 2013 16:09
A total of 272,900 Chinese students returned home after finishing their education abroad in 2012, up 46.6 percent from 2011, said a senior human resources official on Thursday.
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Source: Xinhua Published: March 21, 2013 08:42
Japan continues to lead the Asia-Pacific region in research output, but it could be overtaken by China in the coming years, the famous scientific journal Nature said in a report published on Wednesday.
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Source: Xinhua Published: March 20, 2013 09:16
The Square Kilometer Array (SKA), the world's largest telescope, would "bring lots of opportunities" to South Africa, including job creations, project director Bernie Fanaroff said here on Tuesday.
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Source: Xinhua Published: March 20, 2013 09:10
The Philippine government called Tuesday for sobriety in the wake of violent protest actions on tuition policies by some state universities and colleges (SUCs) which reportedly was the reason why a first year college student committed suicide.
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Source: Xinhua Published: March 17, 2013 18:10
The Ministry of Education on Sunday encouraged Chinese youth to learn from Good Samaritans.
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Source: Xinhua Published: March 17, 2013 09:36
China's top universities began their annual independent recruitment exams on Saturday, with English no longer included among the exams' compulsory subjects.
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Source: Xinhua Published: March 16, 2013 16:28
US researchers have "cured" a strain of bacteria of its ability to resist an antibiotic, in a development that has promising implications for a long-standing public health threat, a medical newspaper reported Friday.
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Source: Xinhua Published: March 15, 2013 11:24
In order to achieve bipedal flight, birds first had to ditch two hind wings over the course of their evolution, according to a study to be published Friday in the journal Science.
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Source: Xinhua Published: March 14, 2013 20:30
Physicists found that the new particle discovered in July 2012 is "looking more and more like a Higgs boson" after analysing more data, the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) said Thursday.
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Source: Xinhua Published: March 14, 2013 09:09
The South African government on Wednesday founded Electric Vehicle Technology Center to advance the new auto development, media reported.
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Source: Xinhua Published: March 13, 2013 10:03
Infants as young as nine months embrace those who pick on individuals who are different from them, suggesting that infant might have some early understanding of social alliances, according to a study published earlier this month.
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Source: Xinhua Published: March 13, 2013 09:16
The 4. robotics fair "RoboMAC 2013", open in Skopje of Macedonia on Tuesday and will last to Saturday, includes 57 domestic and about 40 foreign participants.
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Source: Global Times Published: March 12, 2013 19:38
A professor at the Beijing Institute of Technology’s Zhuhai campus in Guangdong Province, is requiring students to press their fingerprints on a machine before and after class to take attendance, triggering discussion over creative attendance-taking in China’s colleges.
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Source: Xinhua Published: March 12, 2013 09:57
China will build up an integrated mapping system to cover the ground, underground, sea, air and outer space by 2020, said a senior official of the national surveying and mapping authority.
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Source: Xinhua Published: March 08, 2013 13:34
China has mastered braking technology to stop the world's fastest trains that travel a maximum speed of 500 kilometers per hour (km.p.h.), a railway scientist said on Thursday.
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Source: Xinhua Published: March 05, 2013 12:15
India's state-owned Bhabha Atomic Research Centre is developing what it claims to be the world's largest magnet, weighing 50,000 tons, local media reported Tuesday.
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Source: Xinhua Published: March 05, 2013 10:09
An elite group of US and British "super-brands" continued to dominate the world's top 100 university rankings, the latest survey of senior academic opinion showed on Monday.
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Source: Xinhua Published: March 01, 2013 22:09
A viaduct is seen over farmland in Huzhou, east China's Zhejiang Province, Feb. 28, 2013. The 150-kilometer Hangzhou-Ningbo high-speed railway linking Hangzhou and Ningbo, two hub cities in Zhejiang, commenced its integration test here on Friday. Once put into operation on July 2013 as expected, the...
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Source: Xinhua Published: March 01, 2013 17:21
Robotics, the new horseless carriage or computer, is the latest innovation changing the way people worldwide live, an expert said Thursday.
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Source: Xinhua Published: March 01, 2013 09:36
A total of 1,780 educational institutions and projects made possible through international cooperation were approved by China as of January, the Ministry of Education said Thursday.
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Source: Xinhua Published: February 28, 2013 09:16
Chinese scientists have developed a new irrigation technology that consumes 50 percent less water than drip irrigation technology.
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Source: Xinhua Published: February 28, 2013 09:11
China's Ministry of Education (MOE) has required schools to shun extravagance and waste, echoing calls from the country's leaders for thrifty lifestyles and a rejection of pomp.
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Source: Xinhua Published: February 28, 2013 09:11
City of Muscatine in the US state of Iowa and China's Wanxiang America Corporation signed an agreement on Wednesday, opening the door for local students to do short-term studies at a college in Hangzhou, the capital of east China's Zhejiang province.
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Source: Global Times Published: February 26, 2013 19:18
A plan to renovate hard-seat cars on trains, designed by a sophomore from Chongqing, recently obtained a national patent, which may increase transportation capacity.
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Source: Xinhua Published: February 23, 2013 17:16
The United Nations (UN) on Friday launched a new center aimed at accelerating the transfer of climate-related technology to developing countries.
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Source: People.com.cn Published: February 22, 2013 17:35
China started to import technology of high speed train with speed of 200 kilometers per hour in 2004. The first Beijing-Tianjin high speed rail with proprietary intellectual property rights began operation in 2008. Multiple unit train CRH380A started operation in 2010. China has spent six years in t...
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Source: Xinhua Published: February 22, 2013 14:30
China's spending on research and development (R&D) increased 17.9 percent year on year to 1.02 trillion yuan (162.24 billion US dollars), according to data released Friday.
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Source: Xinhua Published: February 22, 2013 09:20
Chinese scientists have announced that they have identified an enigmatic prehistoric insect, with a research paper published by academic journal Nature on Feb. 21.
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Source: Xinhua Published: February 21, 2013 13:36
A research team led by Chinese scientists has linked smoking to higher risks of dementia, Health News, a national health-centric newspaper, reported on Thursday.
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Source: Xinhua Published: February 20, 2013 13:55
Defense Exhibition and Conference 2013 held in Abu Dhabi
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Source: Xinhua Published: February 19, 2013 15:43
A research published Monday in JAMA Internal Medicine showed that women are more likely to run a risk of failure and undergoing revision surgery in hip replacements compared to men.
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Source: Xinhua Published: February 19, 2013 10:54
Freshwater ecosystems emit a lot more carbon dioxide into the atmosphere when the animals at the top of the food chain are removed, a new Canadian study has found.
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Source: Xinhua Published: February 19, 2013 09:37
The western Australian city of Perth has been established as one of the world's top five geothermal cities, Australia's top science institution CSIRO said Tuesday.
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Source: Xinhua Published: February 17, 2013 17:03
Australian billionaire Clive Palmer plans to build a modern replica of Titanic, in cooperation with state-owned Chinese company CSC Jinling Shipyard, based in Jiangsu Province, according to the media reports Sunday.
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Source: Xinhua Published: February 10, 2013 12:21
The Great Train Expo, the largest model train show in the United States, opened Saturday in the fourth largest city of Houston, offering model train enthusiasts a rare chance to enjoy everything people can imagine for model railroads.
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Source: Xinhua Published: February 10, 2013 12:19
Myanmar and Malaysia have agreed to cooperate in science and technology, official media reported Sunday.
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Source: Xinhua Published: February 06, 2013 17:56
A senior Chinese scientist has told how global headline-grabbing achievements by his team would not have been possible without the spirit of frugality currently reigning in China.
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Source: Xinhua Published: February 06, 2013 17:00
The robot pavilion was inaugurated Wednesday at the Xinsheng Park of Taipei Expo Park. The facility features 60 robotic exhibits.
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Source: Xinhua Published: February 02, 2013 10:38
The Kenyan government is finalizing the establishment of physical structures and manpower to facilitate the decentralization of health services in line with the provisions of the new constitution.
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Source: Global Times Published: January 31, 2013 20:33
China’s Ministry of Education released its evaluation of a variety of programs taught at the country’s higher education institutions on Tuesday, saying that 75 percent of the programs in the top five fields are key State-supported courses of study at major universities, demonstrating the effects of ...
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Source: Xinhua Published: January 31, 2013 08:20
Senior leader Liu Yunshan has urged science and technology (S&T) workers to show greater devotion to their professional research by learning from two Chinese experts.
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Source: Xinhua Published: January 29, 2013 16:32
New Zealand's agriculture-based economy is at risk from falling bee numbers and the threat of exotic bee species, an ecology expert warned Tuesday.
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Source: Xinhua Published: January 27, 2013 19:03
The World Bank is looking forward to deepening cooperation with China in the fields of urbanization and climate change, World Bank President Jim Yong Kim has told Xinhua during the annual World Economic Forum (WEF).
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Source: Xinhua Published: January 25, 2013 08:47
Brazil and the European Union (EU) signed an agreement on Thursday to strengthen cooperation in the area of science and technology.
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Source: Xinhua Published: January 25, 2013 08:46
US Secretary of States Hillary Clinton on Thursday announced the creation of the 100,000 Strong Foundation to expand opportunities for US students to learn Chinese and study in China.
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Source: Xinhua Published: January 24, 2013 13:37
Research institutions of Costa Rica and China have signed an agreement to promote cooperation in agricultural science, the Costa Rican Science and Technology Ministry said Wednesday.
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Source: Xinhua Published: January 24, 2013 09:40
China's top science academy on Wednesday gave its 2012 Award for International Scientific Cooperation to three scientists from India, Germany, and Russia, respectively.
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Source: Xinhua Published: January 23, 2013 16:06
Photos show the weirdest stories of 2012 in the National Geographic magazine.
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Source: Xinhua Published: January 23, 2013 09:44
Construction on a national deep-sea base will begin in May 2013 in east China's Shandong province and will be completed by the end of 2014, local authorities said Tuesday.
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Source: Xinhua Published: January 22, 2013 09:38
China's leading scientific institution is aiming to expand its influence by establishing overseas branches around the world, the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) announced on Monday.
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Source: Agencies Published: January 20, 2013 21:18
Could you imagine a robot that comforts you when you are in low spirits? This dream is becoming reality. The Institute of Advanced Intelligent Machine of Hefei University of Technology in Anhui Province says it has invented a robot with emotions. The robot can understand you through your expression,...
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Source: Xinhua Published: January 20, 2013 15:40
Explosions expert Zheng Zhemin won China's top science award on Friday. Zheng, 88, is member of both the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the Chinese Academy of Engineering (CAE). Zheng has devoted himself to research in the areas of elastic mechanics, explosive processing and underground nuclear det...
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Source: Xinhua Published: January 20, 2013 15:38
Radar engineer Wang Xiaomo won China's top science award on Friday. Wang, 74, is a Chinese Academy of Engineering (CAE) member who has been engaged in the research and design of radar for the past 30 years. He is regarded as "father" of airborne warning and control systems in China.
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Source: Xinhua Published: January 20, 2013 11:51
Explosion mechanics expert Zheng Zhemin and radar engineer Wang Xiaomo won China's top science award on Friday at a high-profile annual ceremony held to honor distinguished scientists and research achievements.
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Source: Xinhua Published: January 20, 2013 11:44
China's spending on research and development (R&D) in 2012 is expected to surpass 1 trillion yuan (160.8 billion US dollars) as the country has been pushing for a more innovation-driven economy, according to official statistics released Saturday.
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Source: Xinhua Published: January 20, 2013 10:19
Chinese Academy of Sciences and Chinese Academy of Engineering, or the country's elite think-tank duo, unveiled on Saturday top 10 news events of domestic science and technology progress for the year 2012.
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Source: Xinhua Published: January 18, 2013 11:17
Explosions expert Zheng Zhemin and radar engineer Wang Xiaomo won China's top science award on Friday.
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Source: Xinhua Published: January 16, 2013 20:02
The Chinese government issued a new guideline on Wednesday to improve school management and promote equality and academic independence.
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Source: Xinhua Published: January 16, 2013 20:01
The State Council, or China's cabinet, has approved a plan on infrastructure construction for major science and technology projects for the next two decades.
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Source: Xinhua Published: January 15, 2013 09:40
Scientists have long been divided over the speed of gravity. Newton adherents believe it is instantly transmitted, while those siding with Einstein disavow the possibility that it could travel faster than the speed of light.
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Source: Xinhua Published: January 15, 2013 09:18
Australia might not have been isolated for the 40,000 years before European colonisation, a latest study revealed recently.
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Source: Xinhua Published: January 14, 2013 13:09
The University of Nevada, Les Vegas, is ending its tie-up with the Singapore Institute of Technology (SIT) after what it claimed to be a disagreement over fees, local daily Straits Times reported on Monday.
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Source: Xinhua Published: January 13, 2013 12:22
A British man found a six-stone sunfish on the Sandilands beach near Sutton-on-Sea, Lincolnshire in Britiain. The creature is the world's largest bony fish and is rarely seen on British coasts.
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Source: Xinhua Published: January 12, 2013 13:39
Scientists have unveiled a revolutionary carbon nanotube fibre that looks and acts like textile threat and conducts electricity and heat like a metal wire, US media reported Friday.
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Source: Xinhua Published: January 10, 2013 20:41
A 2012 scandal involving a test of genetically modified (GM) rice has alarmed medical and health care researchers, a Ministry of Health spokesman said on Thursday.
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Source: Xinhua Published: January 10, 2013 14:19
China's manned submersible, the Jiaolong, is scheduled to conduct experimental missions in the South China Sea in May and June, according to a national maritime work conference on Thursday.
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Source: Xinhua Published: January 10, 2013 14:17
China will launch its 30th expedition to the Antarctic region, as well as its sixth Arctic expedition, this year.
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Source: Global Times Published: January 05, 2013 19:56
Parts of China have reported record-low temperatures in the past few weeks, and Beijing is experiencing its coldest weather in the past three decades. While keeping warm in a thick, stuffed overcoat seems practical, a few fun and stylish accessories will turn up the heat and help you stand out from ...
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Source: Xinhua Published: January 05, 2013 09:09
Nationwide education expenditure amounted to 3.93 percent of China's 2011 GDP, up 0.28 percentage points from 2010, a Ministry of Education statement said Friday.
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Source: Xinhua Published: January 04, 2013 19:41
The Chinese Academy of Engineering (CAE), one of the country's top think tanks, started its biennial election of academicians on Friday.
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Source: Xinhua Published: January 01, 2013 09:52
China's eastern metropolis of Shanghai welcomed 2013 with a modern light show staged on its historical buildings on Monday night.
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Source: Xinhua Published: December 31, 2012 23:12
China spent 10.63 billion yuan (1.7 billion US dollars) on science public education in 2011, an increase of 5.57 percent year-on-year, the Ministry of Science and Technology announced on Monday.
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Source: Xinhua Published: December 30, 2012 15:30
The scientific research vessel Ocean One returned to a harbor in east China on Friday after succesfully completing a landmark marine exploration and research mission in Nigeria.
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Source: Xinhua Published: December 27, 2012 20:44
Chinese scientists revealed Wednesday that they have found evidence supporting the hypothesis that gravity travels at the speed of light based on data gleaned from observing Earth tides.
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Source: Global Times Published: December 27, 2012 00:49
The world’s longest high-speed rail line, which stretches halfway across the country, began operating Wednesday.
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Source: Xinhua Published: December 26, 2012 20:16
Authorities have formulated a plan to boost the seawater desalination industry as an alternative to quench the country's thirst for water, China's top economic planner said on Wednesday.
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Source: Xinhua Published: December 26, 2012 17:52
The debut of the Beijing-Guangzhou high-speed railway on Wednesday marked another significant step in China's plan to develop a high-speed rail network.
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Source: Global Times Published: December 26, 2012 12:29
The high speed railway linking Beijing to Zhengzhou, Henan Province, officially commences operations on Wednesday, marking the full completion of the 2,298-kilometer-long high speed service from Beijing to Guangzhou, Guangdong Province.
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Source: Xinhua Published: December 26, 2012 09:58
The world's longest high-speed rail route linking Chinese capital Beijing and the southern metropolis Guangzhou started operation as a bullet train departed from Beijing at 9:00 am Wednesday.
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Source: Xinhua Published: December 25, 2012 09:41
Authorities are considering using cultural literacy and efforts to improve campus security as criteria to gauge the professional performance of the headmasters of primary and junior middle schools.
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Source: Global Times Published: December 24, 2012 09:56
The Beijing-Zhengzhou high speed railway will go into operation on Wednesday, putting in place the final piece of the Beijing to Guangzhou line, making it the longest continuous high speed train journey in the world.
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Source: Xinhua Published: December 21, 2012 19:23
When Chongqing issued new "gaokao" rules this week allowing children of migrant workers to sit the national college entrance exam in the city where their parents work, it left Zhao Tianxiang upset.
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Source: Xinhua Published: December 21, 2012 09:35
The output value of China's geographic information industry is expected to reach 200 billion yuan (31.8 billion US dollars) by the end of this year.
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Source: Global Times Published: December 21, 2012 00:50
Chengdu’s high-tech zone has grown quickly both by attracting foreign firms and by supporting local small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), a zone official told the Global Times in an exclusive interview Thursday.
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Source: Xinhua Published: December 20, 2012 17:46
Forty-six percent of Chinese parents surveyed regard strong social connections or "sponsorship fees" necessary for their children to attend quality schools, according to a report released Thursday.
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Source: The Beijing News Published: December 19, 2012 19:10
Tsinghua University and Peking University became the biggest sources of doctoral students in the US in recent years, according to a report on migration published on Monday.
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Source: Xinhua Published: December 19, 2012 15:02
A high-speed train leaves the Zhengzhou East Railway Station in Zhengzhou, capital of central China's Henan Province, December 18, 2012. The Beijing-Zhengzhou high-speed railway will start service on December 26, connecting the functioning Zhengzhou-Wuhan and Wuhan-Guangzhou high-speed railway to be...
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Source: Xinhua Published: December 19, 2012 13:42
Mandarin and Italian will be the first two languages to be taught in primary and high schools across Australia from 2014 under the national curriculum, School Education Minister Peter Garrett announced on Wednesday.
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Source: Xinhua Published: December 19, 2012 09:35
China established a state-level lab in Beijing on Tuesday to develop technologies to minimize the damage of nuclear and biochemical disasters on human health and the environment.
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Source: Global Times Published: December 18, 2012 19:05
A 15-year-old girl called Zhan Haite and her parents have become unwilling controversial figures in Shanghai because of their fight for the right for Haite to continue her studies here.
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Source: peopledaily.com.cn Published: December 18, 2012 11:53
Recently, media reported that a female doctoral student from Huazhong University of Science and Technology is put out of the game in a job application due to "inferior" undergraduate background.
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Source: peopledaily.com.cn Published: December 17, 2012 16:00
As the pseudo health knowledge, some diet rumors give out error information out of "goodwill" and raise a false alarm.
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Source: Xinhua Published: December 17, 2012 13:36
The Chinese government will actively support the steady development of Confucius Institutes, according to state councilor Liu Yandong Sunday.
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Source: Xinhua Published: December 17, 2012 10:59
The New Zealand government is hoping the country's universities will attract more foreign master 's students after shortening the qualifying period for the degree.
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Source: Xinhua Published: December 16, 2012 15:21
The first officially revised collection on acupuncture therapy was issued on Sunday after seven years of efforts.
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Source: Xinhua Published: December 15, 2012 12:11
Australia will lead a major project in Antarctica to drill a 40-meter deep ice core which may provide information on climate change, a senior official announced on Saturday.
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Source: Xinhua Published: December 14, 2012 18:10
The radio Confucius institute of China Radio International (CRI) has established 12 overseas classrooms on air, according to a conference to mark the institute's fifth anniversary.
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Source: Xinhua Published: December 14, 2012 17:59
Upon his return from Stockholm after being awarded the 2012 Nobel Prize in Literature, Chinese writer Mo Yan on Friday said he does not consider himself to be a "literary master."
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Source: Xinhua Published: December 14, 2012 11:20
The world's longest high-speed rail route from Beijing to the southern Chinese city of Guangzhou will open on Dec. 26, the Ministry of Railways said Friday.
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Source: Xinhua Published: December 13, 2012 20:17
Premier Wen Jiabao on Thursday called for more efforts to motivate scientific and technological personnel and give full play to their creativity, saying it is "an important task in the country's sci-tech system reforms."
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Source: Xinhua Published: December 13, 2012 10:57
China's Confucius Institutes and Confucius Classrooms received about 655,000 registered students in 108 countries and regions this year, according to the organization's headquarters.
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Source: Xinhua Published: December 12, 2012 12:57
New Zealand's central North Island looks set for a period of volcanic activity after warnings issued on three volcanoes over the last two days.
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Source: Xinhua Published: December 12, 2012 10:17
US fourth and eighth grade students continue to lag behind many of their peers in Eastern Asia and Europe in math, science and reading, found two reports released Tuesday.
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Source: Xinhua Published: December 12, 2012 10:12
China's first subway line to cross the Yangtze River, the country's longest waterway, is expected to start test run this month in the central city of Wuhan, local officials said Tuesday.
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Source: Xinhua Published: December 12, 2012 10:09
The brother of Chinese writer Mo Yan has affirmed how their late mother had great influence on the writing of the Nobel laureate, who was awarded the 2012 Nobel Prize in Literature in Stockholm on Monday.
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Source: Xinhua Published: December 12, 2012 10:08
Russian companies will cooperate with Iranian firms in electric train projects, Tehran Times daily reported Tuesday.
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Source: Xinhua Published: December 12, 2012 10:07
Chinese Internet users are vigorously discussing their unfulfilled dreams and reflecting on the meaning of life, as the date of so-called "the end of the world" is drawing near.
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Source: Xinhua Published: December 11, 2012 20:17
It was a happy moment for the Chinese public when author Mo Yan, winner of the 2012 Nobel Prize in Literature, received the award from King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden.
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Source: Xinhua Published: December 11, 2012 16:35
Overweight and obese New Zealanders are costing the country between NZ$722 million and 849 million($602.82 million and $708.86 million) each year in health care costs and lost productivity, according to a study published Tuesday.
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Source: Xinhua Published: December 11, 2012 10:29
A student faced a felony charge after he discharged a semi-automatic pistol Monday inside a classroom with students at a high school in the US state of Texas, local media reported.
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Source: Xinhua Published: December 10, 2012 16:21
Two new agreements signed Monday are set to boost cooperation in science and technology and in education between New Zealand and China.
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Source: Xinhua Published: December 08, 2012 11:18
The next session of the Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage will be held in Baku, Azerbaijan in 2013, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) announced Friday.
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Source: Xinhua Published: December 07, 2012 19:47
More than 1.02 million scientific theses have come from Chinese scientific and technical personnel in the past decade, the second-highest number of such theses worldwide, the Ministry of Science and Technology (MST) revealed Friday.
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Source: Xinhua Published: December 07, 2012 12:16
Tufts University is aware of the announcement made by Chinese public health authorities on a genetically modified (GM) rice research, and finds it inappropriate to make further comments at this time when its reviewing on the project is still ongoing, a spokeswoman said Thursday.
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Source: Xinhua Published: December 07, 2012 10:10
China's Nobel literature winner Mo Yan on Thursday called for more attention on Chinese literature from readers around the world, and said he would produce more quality works in the future.
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Source: Global Times Published: December 07, 2012 00:20
Chinese writer Mo Yan, who won this year’s Nobel Prize for Literature, delivered his acceptance speech Thursday at the Swedish Academy and attended a press conference.
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Source: Global Times Published: December 06, 2012 00:55
China’s Ministry of Education (MOE) announced Tuesday that it will start selecting presidents for three universities under its direct administration and only Chinese citizens need apply.
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Source: Xinhua Published: December 04, 2012 18:54
China's electric railway mileage has surpassed 48,000 kilometers, ranking first in the world, the China Railway Engineering Corporation Railway Electrification Bureau Group Co., Ltd. (EEB) said Tuesday.
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Source: Xinhua Published: December 04, 2012 13:48
Myanmar's Shan State government and the UN Office on Drug and Crime (UNODC) will cooperate on drug eradication, official media reported Tuesday.
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Source: Xinhua Published: December 04, 2012 11:36
US researchers have developed a new type of lighting that could replace fluorescent bulbs, according to a study published online Monday in the journal Organic Electronics.
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Source: Xinhua Published: December 04, 2012 09:31
Delegates from 110 countries attended Monday the seventh session of the Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of Intangible Cultural Heritage, to examine close to 60 candidacies for inscription on the Intangible Heritage Lists.
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Source: AFP Published: December 03, 2012 22:50
A New Zealand researcher Monday claimed to have solved the riddle of a mystery South Pacific island shown on Google Earth and world maps which does not exist, blaming a whaling ship from 1876.
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Source: Xinhua Published: December 03, 2012 19:09
Over 1,500 college graduates will teach in poverty-stricken areas in 2013 as part of a year-long volunteer program organized by the Central Committee of the Communist Youth League and the Ministry of Education.
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Source: Xinhua Published: December 03, 2012 15:01
Archaeologists in north China's Shanxi Province have finished renovating a nearly 1,500-year-old tomb and restoring the murals in the tomb's interior, sources said on Monday.
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Source: Xinhua Published: December 03, 2012 11:45
Chinese scientists have pinpointed the source of the Huaihe River and remeasured the length of the river, which, along with the Qinling Mountains, is regarded as the geographical line dividing China's north and south.
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Source: Xinhua Published: November 29, 2012 19:46
Sino-German scientific and technological cooperation has come a long way after more than three decades of joint efforts and is heading towards deeper and more sustainable levels, China's Minister of Science and Technology Wan Gang said on Thursday in Hamburg.
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Source: Global Times Published: November 28, 2012 19:20
CCTV recently conducted a street poll asking 200 children in various cities to tell the interviewer where they believed they “came from,” as in how they were conceived and born.
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Source: Xinhua Published: November 28, 2012 19:18
China's high-speed trains that will travel across the country's frigid northeastern regions are designed to withstand sharp changes in temperature, a chief engineer said Wednesday.
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