Global mean temperature at the Earth's surface is set to reach one degree Celsius above pre-industrial levels this year. The data was released by Britain's Met Office on Monday. Director of the Met Office Hadley Center, Stephen Belcher, ...
California start-up Skully Incorporation plans to ship the first orders of what it says is the smartest motorcycle helmet ever by Christmas. Marcus Weller, founder and CEO of Skully Inc says the idea started off with an accident. He was ...
Humanoid robots that can perform feats such as gauging a human's mood highlight the World Robot Exhibition at the World Robot Conference 2015 in Beijing on Tuesday. Experts, International organizations and more than 120 companies in the ...
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Chinese scientists have found that sediment transport in Yellow River was reduced mainly due to anthropogenic changes. The Yellow River was once the world's largest carrier of fluvial sediment, with 90 percent coming from the Loess ...
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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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In Thailand, A major human trafficking trial has begun at a criminal court in Bangkok. The court's examination of 500 witnesses in the case against 88 suspects is expected to take up to 2 years, which means verdicts will be even further ...
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Huawei and ZTE are building up their presence in Colombia, counting on the quality of their products to attract local consumers. The two Chinese tech giants are now mainstays in the Latin American country thanks to their smartphone and ...
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he Bank of Japan (BOJ) announced on Friday it would expand the size of its asset purchasing program while maintaining the same size of the monetary base, in a bid to drive wages higher and boost business spending, two mainstays of the ...
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Australian supermarkets giants have confirmed they source seafood from a company implicated in the usage of indentured slave labourers for prawn peeling. Coles, Woolworths and Aldi supermarkets have each confirmed that they have sourced ...
MGP,a leading producer of premium distilled spirits and specialty wheat proteins and starches, announced that Dave Rindom has been named to serve as vice president and chief administrative officer of the company effective immediately. ...
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Pizza chain Papa John's has pledged that it will begin using chicken in its products that have been raised without human and animal antibiotics, by summer 2016. The company said it would also use chicken that have been fed a 100% ...
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From L-R, Christiana Figueres, Executive Secretary of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, French Foreign Affairs Minister Laurent Fabius, President-designate of COP21 and French ...
China called for implementation on Saturday after a historic deal was sealed in Paris on global efforts to combat climate change. The Paris agreement on climate change was adopted with no objection by the 196 Parties of the United Nations ...
A Chinese man has donated hemopoietic stem cells (HSCs) to a patient with blood disease in Malaysia. Lu, 22, from south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, signed up to be a stem cell donor with the China Marrow Donor Program (CMDP) ...
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Throughout 2015, the world has watched with great interest the development of China-U.S. relations, as many believe almost every interaction between the world's top two economies has a bearing on all major global issues. Here are some ...
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