NASA released radar images of a large asteroid that made a relatively close approach to Earth on Saturday. Scientists said the flyby provided one of the best opportunities in years to gather data about a passing space rock. NASA Jet ...
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Chile's ALMA observatory says it is joining forces with other space observatories around the world to create a virtual earth-sized telescope capable of visualizing objects on the moon. The Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array, or ...
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n years past, a smog-shrouded Beijing was accepted as a fact of life in the big city. But increasingly, people are taking notice. Companies now are focusing on using the internet, smart devices and big data to help the Chinese make ...
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A ground data center that will support China's independent satellite navigation system was given the go-ahead Friday to offer location based services (LBS). Located in central China's Henan Province, the center features 63 data stations ...
The human brain is the world's most sophisticated computer, but a group of Chinese scientists have developed a computer chip that works much like the brain. Jointly developed by scientists from Hangzhou Dianzi University and Zhejiang ...
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Toyota has announced that it is developing a high-precision map generation system to generate road maps that cover a wide area. The system will use data from on-board cameras and GPS devices installed in production vehicles that will ...
New Zealand-based dairy company Fonterra Co-operative Group is selling its Australian yogurt and dairy dessert business to Parmalat Australia. In this regard, both companies entered into negotiations which resulted in signingof the ...
New images of the HTC One X9 have hit the internet, giving us the best look yet at the company's new large-screen phone. We first heard solid details concerning the HTC One X9 about a month ago, when details of it hit China's TENAA ...
Images of the consumer versions of the HTC Vive and its motion controllers have been leaked online. Thanks to some shrewd Reddit users, we've got an early look at the final versions of the first Valve Steam VR headset. A set of ...
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Trinley (right) performs at the Norbulingka Park in Lhasa during the Shoton Festival.[Photo provided to China Daily] Trinley, 76, narrates Buddhist folktales depicted in the Thangka paintings using a wooden stick. Usually, it takes hours, ...
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Advertising is big time business. Numerous establishments, particularly big ones, spend so much each year on advertisements just to boost their industry and gain an edge over their competitors. Print, broadcast, film and Internet media are ...
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Université Grenoble Alpes in France and Applied Materials in the USA have been developing techniques to grow gallium arsenide (GaAs) on silicon substrates with a small offcut angle [Y. Bogumilowicz et al, Appl. Phys. Lett., vol107, ...
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Lots of Peking Opera characters like, from left, Sun Yujiao, Bao Zheng and Yang Yuhuan appear in the new animated movies. [Photo/Shanghai Daily] The Shanghai Institute of Visual Art has made 25 animated movies in a Chinese ink style about ...
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The new Oslux SFH 4786S infrared LED (IRED) from Osram is around one-third thinner than its predecessor. (Osram Opto Semiconductors/LEDinside) The new Oslux SFH 4786S infrared LED (IRED) from Osram Opto Semiconductors enables iris ...
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Osram Opto Semiconductors GmbH of Regensburg, Germany says that its new Oslux SFH 4786S infrared LED (IRED) enables iris recognition systems to be made less complex and with lower profiles. At 1.6mm high, the new IRED is about a third ...
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