A team of engineers from Cornell University, the University of Notre Dame and the semiconductor company IQE has created gallium nitride (GaN) power diodes capable of serving as the building blocks for future GaN power switches -- with ...
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A photo shows Chinese tourists travelling overseas. [Photo: sina.com] A new report suggests that 'clamor' - shouting and excessive noise - prompt the most complaints about Chinese tourists in foreign destinations. It reached locals from ...
A tomb found by archaeologists which has a history of 2300 years in Shandong.[File Photo] What did ancient Chinese do for fun? Obviously they couldn't surf the Internet or watch TV; in fact, ancient Chinese had many kinds of board and ...
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After eight months of patient, indirect and difficult contact with the Dutch collector, the villagers of Yangchun in south-east China's Fujian province failed to get back the mummy Buddha statue of Patriarch Zhanggong which was stolen in ...
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An aerial view of the archaeological site of Taosi, which is thought to be the origin of Chinese civilization, in Linfen, Shanxi province. [Photo provided to China Daily] The remains of what could be the birthplace of the Chinese ...
Set in a turn-of-the-century Tiffany & Co. ring and flanked by European-cut diamonds, this 7.84-carat oval-cut Kashmir sapphire sold for $1.35 million Tuesday at Bonhams New York. Click through this slideshow to see the top 5 lots from ...
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Replicas of "Cave 220" in China's Mogao Grottoes are on display at the Shanghai Himalayas Museum in Shanghai starting from November 29, 2015. [Photo/xinmin.cn] Replicas of eight caves in China's Mogao Grottoes have gone on show in ...
Actors Lea Seydoux, Daniel Craig and Monica Bellucci (L-R) pose for photographers on the red carpet at the French premiere of the new James Bond 007 film "Spectre" in Paris, France, Oct 29, 2015. [Photo/Agencies] "Spectre," a new James ...
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Niubi Village ensconces among mountains in the Mount Danxia hinterland. [File photo] Scenery along the world's longest high-speed railway from Beijing, on the vast North China Plain, southward to Guangzhou, over the Yellow River and ...
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Actor Lu Han. [Photo provided to China Daily] A year after Lu Han's first song for the movie Our Tomorrow broke records, the singer-actor's latest song Medals is making waves. The song is based on Lu's singing for The Witnesses, a crime ...
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A poster of the fantasy movie Monster Hunt [File photo] The Chinese film industry has experienced new highs this year, with several breakthrough domestic works proving hits across the country and breaking the box office records time after ...
Bowie Resource Partners will become the US' largest Western bituminous coal producer following a deal with Peabody Energy, according to the company. The Louisville, Kentucky-based company expects the $358 million acquisition to nearly ...
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Micro/nanotechnology R&D center CEA-Leti of Grenoble, France and its partners say that they have built three silicon photonics platforms, as they reach the mid-point of the four-year European Union Seventh Framework Program (EU FP7) project ...
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Pro-Lite Technology (Cranfield, UK) today announced that it is reducing the cost of photometry with the launch of its Labsphere LFC-Series of Integrating Sphere Photometers. LFC integrating spheres are a new, entry-level solution for ...
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Bulbrite, the Nostalgic experts, put the spotlight on innovation during the recent 2015 International Lighting Market in Dallas by introducing a series of new bulb varieties to help customers expand their designer offering including LED ...
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