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Source: Xinhua Published: February 22, 2012 15:58
The clouds might be fighting back against global climate change, said scientists in New Zealand Wednesday.
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Source: Xinhua Published: February 22, 2012 14:07
The freedom of grain producers in China to genetically engineer produce will be limited under a draft law released on Tuesday by the Legislative Affairs office of the State Council.
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Source: Global Times Published: February 22, 2012 00:20
China Telecom announced yesterday that it will sell Apple's iPhone 4S bundled with a service contract in China from next month, becoming the second wireless operator to cooperate with Apple on the popular smartphone.
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Source: Xinhua Published: January 26, 2012 16:09
The New Zealand government Thursday welcomed 20 mummified Maori heads (toi moko) formerly held in French institutions to return to their home country.
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Source: Xinhua Published: January 26, 2012 13:59
South Korea will establish a research institute devoted to developing environmental technology as part of its efforts to spur the "green growth" drive at home, a presidential committee said Thursday.
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Source: Xinhua Published: January 17, 2012 15:12
In protest against two anti-piracy legislations under consideration in Congress, free online knowledge site Wikipedia will shut down for 24 hours on Wednesday, founder Jimmy Wales said on Twitter on Monday.
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Source: Global Times Published: January 12, 2012 14:07
A model demonstrates the ease of the zipper while wearing a set of Zipbuds earphones displayed on the opening day of the International Consumer Electronics Show on Tuesday in Las Vegas, Nevada.
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Source: Xinhua Published: December 25, 2011 14:53
A model presents a car at the 19th Taipei auto show in Taipei, southeast China's Taiwan, Dec. 24, 2011.
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Source: Xinhua Published: December 24, 2011 09:53
The world's oldest bed, which dates back to 77,000 years ago, has been discovered in a cave in South Africa, a newspaper report said on Friday.
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Source: Global Times Published: December 23, 2011 16:59
It took seven months, but Research In Motion has finally delivered on a promise made by co-founder Mike Lazaridis to make Angry Birds available on RIM’s PlayBook tablet.
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Source: Global Times Published: December 19, 2011 01:27
Garments worn by Chinese women meant to shield radiation have now come under question amid a discovery radiation inside the suit can increase when near numerous radioactive materials.
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Source: Xinhua Published: December 14, 2011 11:14
A Nokia executive has claimed that the youth of today are fed up with the iPhone and baffled by Android, US media reported on Tuesday.
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Source: Global Times Published: December 08, 2011 18:55
Every morning when Guo wakes, the first thing she does is update her Weibo, microblog, China's version of the Twitter social network. The 22-year-old Shanghai college student has 350,000 followers - as far as circulation goes, she is as influential for her Chinese fans as Bill Gates, who opened an a...
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Source: Xinhua Published: December 03, 2011 10:17
About one in 10 mobile phone subscribers in the United States is now using an Apple iPhone, said a new survey released on Friday.
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Source: Xinhua Published: December 03, 2011 10:14
Sixteen US commonweal organizations urged the United States not to block the ongoing climate change negotiation here in a letter to US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, the international confederation Oxfam said Thursday.
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Source: Xinhua Published: November 15, 2011 13:53
South Korea's top mobile carrier SK Telecom said Tuesday that it will launch its nationwide long-term evolution (LTE) service in April next year in a bid to brace for surging demand for the high-speed fourth-generation (4G) technology.
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Source: Xinhua Published: November 15, 2011 09:53
Google is running a secret research lab in the San Francisco Bay Area, where the tech giant invests to experiment and invent what may be world-changing technologies for the future, US media reported on Monday.
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Source: Xinhua Published: October 26, 2011 13:19
New Zealand's geothermal scientists will be collaborating with the world's leading geothermal researchers after the country joins an elite international group next month.
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Source: Xinhua Published: October 19, 2011 13:33
Scientists have increased the estimate of the number of humpback whales in the North Pacific Ocean, according to a paper published Tuesday in the Marine Mammal Science journal.
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Source: Global Times Published: October 18, 2011 01:10
Chinese scientists have found the first evidence of volcanic debris avalanche deposits in China.
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Source: Xinhua Published: October 15, 2011 09:32
South African archeologists have made an important discovery suggesting that early humans had an elementary knowledge of chemistry about 100,000 years ago, Business Day newspaper in Johannesburg reported on Friday.
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Source: Xinhua Published: October 07, 2011 08:11
Swedish poet Tomas Transtromer has won the 2011 Nobel Prize in Literature, announced Peter Englund, Permanent Secretary of the Swedish Academy in Stockholm on Thursday.
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Source: Xinhua Published: September 29, 2011 16:50
The global rate of photosynthesis, the chemical process governing the way ocean and land plants absorb and release CO2, occurs 25 percent faster than previously thought, a team of US, Netherlands and Australian scientists said on Thursday.
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Source: Xinhua Published: September 29, 2011 14:49
The amount of the global generating capacity for hydroelectric and other renewable energies will rise 2.7 percent per year through 2035, more than any other electricity generating sources, according to a report released Wednesday.
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Source: Globaltimes.cn Published: September 29, 2011 11:04
Seven scientists in three fields, including astronomy, life sciences and medicine, and mathematics received awards at the Shaw Prize Awards Ceremony held in Hong Kong on Wednesday night.
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Source: Global Times Published: September 23, 2011 22:22
Going smaller has never been more savvy than it is today, as not only are tablets all the rage, new "Ultrabooks" are taking the notebook world by storm. The Ultrabook concept of ultra-thin and light, tablet-like notebooks, which will be powered by Intel Corp's newest chipset, was coined by the Santa...
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Source: Xinhua Published: September 21, 2011 10:19
Photo taken on Sept. 16, 2011, shows the mini-egg (L) and a one yuan coin in Handan city, north China's Hebei Province.
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Source: Global Times Published: September 16, 2011 22:00
It doesn't do e-mail, the Internet, have a camera, games or GPS navigation, but a new mobile phone from Denmark is literally solid gold.
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Source: Xinhua Published: September 14, 2011 09:54
Scientists had discovered the fossils of a new species of ancient carnivorous fish, National Geographic reported Monday.
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Source: Xinhua Published: September 13, 2011 16:19
Australian children are still spending almost half of their spare time watching TV, on the Internet or playing video games, according to a survey by Cartoon Network released on Tuesday.
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Source: Xinhua Published: September 07, 2011 14:02
Yahoo on Tuesday fired Chief Executive Officer Carol Bartz and replaced her temporarily with the company's chief financial officer.
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Source: Xinhua Published: September 05, 2011 16:05
Australia and Europe would discuss how to link their emissions trading schemes (ETS) in a bid to tackle global climate change, Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard said on Monday.
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Source: Xinhua Published: September 02, 2011 14:24
Fisker Automotive, a Southern California electric car maker, announced on Thursday that it has signed a pact with BMW regarding the supply of engines and other related components for future models in a major tieup.
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Source: Xinhua Published: August 29, 2011 16:11
Mercedes-Benz, the world leading luxury car producer, celebrates the 125th anniversary of its invention of automobile with what it claimed the largest gathering ever, at the former Tempelhof airport in Berlin on the weekend.
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Source: Xinhua Published: August 27, 2011 16:23
A 5,000-year old rock carving in north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region depicts a falling meteor, said archaeologists on Saturday.
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Source: Xinhua Published: August 27, 2011 13:32
China announced on Thursday that its cartographers have finished a 1:50,000-scale map database containing "comprehensive geographic information" after creating detailed maps of two million square km of western regions.
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Source: Xinhua Published: August 22, 2011 13:30
The best way for men to truly understand the sensations of being pregnant is not hearing sensational describing for hours but experiencing it just in two minutes.
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Source: Xinhua Published: August 19, 2011 09:36
A controlled trial has found that Chinese herbal medicine decoction maxingshigan-yinqiaosan has a similar efficacy to oseltamivir in reducing time to fever resolution in people suffering mild H1N1 influenza virus infections.
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Source: Xinhua Published: August 09, 2011 09:18
Forestry authorities in north China's city of Baoding released 600 million bees this month to kill off American white moths, which have plagued large areas of crops and forests.
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Source: Xinhua Published: August 09, 2011 09:06
Forestry authorities in north China's city of Baoding released 600 million bees this month to kill off American white moths, which have plagued large areas of crops and forests.
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Source: Xinhua Published: August 03, 2011 09:17
China conducted a scientific survey of the southwest basin of the South China Sea around the end of July, the China Geological Survey (CGS) said on Tuesday.
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Source: Xinhua Published: August 01, 2011 10:31
The "BMW i3 Concept"(L) and "BMW i8 Concept" cars are presented in Frankfurt, Germany, July 29, 2011. The two concept cars are partly built from a carbon fiber tightened synthetic material. Photo: Xinhua
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Source: Xinhua Published: July 18, 2011 10:21
The butterfly species Libythea myrrha was recently recorded in Hong Kong for the first time, bringing the total number of butterfly families recorded here to 11, according to local government website on Saturday.
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Source: Global Times Published: July 15, 2011 19:41
Laying the groundwork for the release of the Murano, Dongfeng Nissan's previous two SUV models, the X-Trail and Qashqai, both enjoyed recent robust sales of over 10,000 units per month in China, giving this latest model a fairly tough act to follow.
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Source: Xinhua Published: July 07, 2011 09:19
China has allocated 818 million yuan (about $126.4 million) to promote the application of research results in the commercial sector in 2011, the Ministry of Finance said Wednesday.
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Source: Xinhua Published: July 01, 2011 13:56
The Jiaolong, China's manned deep-diving submersible, began its journey on Friday for a 5,000-meter dive in the Pacific Ocean, following last year's successful 3,759-meter dive.
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Source: Xinhua Published: June 29, 2011 09:09
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