The brain drain of educated workers is still felt most severely in China’s central and western provinces, since most knowledge-based industries are generally concentrated in … Read more
It’s a common phenomenon around the world: when humans observe wildlife in their neighborhood that they consider a nuisance, they call government wildlife officials to … Read more
Pushing the number of cases in the second H7N9 influenza wave higher than the first, China reported six more cases today, as well as two … Read more
A 73-year-old woman in Jiangxi province in China has died from an H10N8 avian flu infection, Hong Kong’s Centre for Health Protection (CHP) said today, … Read more
A $500 “nano-camera” that can operate at the speed of light has been developed by researchers in the MIT Media Lab. The three-dimensional camera, which … Read more
Let’s face it – no one likes to wait. We’re a culture of instant gratification. But what if the very act we dislike can actually … Read more
Two nearly identical softballs, both approved for league play, can have dramatically different effects when smacked into a player’s head. Those are the findings from … Read more
We might be one step closer to an Internet-of-things reality. University of Washington engineers have created a new wireless communication system that allows devices to … Read more
A research team led by scientists at the Chinese University of Hong Kong is releasing study results this week showing how a bacterium, Helicobacter pylori, that causes more than half of peptic ulcers worldwide and that …
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