January 12, 2015 Sophie Langley Alcohol policy national scorecard rankings released for governments across Australia The majority of Australian jurisdictions scored “well below” a pass grade in alcohol policy in an annual ...
A 1,200-kilometer highway that links two of China's biggest cities is being equipped with a charging system for electric vehicles, a big sign of improvement in the development of such facilities. Despite a number of measures taken by the ...
From the 270 submissions for the Dow STEMtheGAP Summer Teacher Challenge, 25 teachers were selected to each receive a grant from Dow to advance their STEM education platforms in the classroom. Introduced in the spring of 2014, Dow's ...
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Jaguar Land Rover is working with Intel and computer vision technology maker Seeing Machines to develop a technology that will be capable of monitoring driver's face and eyes to reduce distraction and drowsy driving. Seeing Machines ...
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General Motors has reportedly planning to cut prices for the 2015 CTS sedan in the US due to lack of demand for the vehicle. A spokesman confirmed the reports and saying that the company has informed Cadillac dealers about the price cuts ...
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Google has announced the end of developer support for Google TV, effectively killing the platform to make way for Android TV. Google TV's unceremonious end has been heralded by a small Google+ post, announcing that the old service's ...
After a troubled year in 2014, the global tablet market is not returning to the levels of growth seen in the last four years as demand for tablets will continue to be slow in 2015. Gartner estimates that worldwide tablet sales will reach ...
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Hot off the heels of the Razer Nabu – which technically only landed last month – comes a second wearable offering from the Razer – the Nabu X. Rather than being poised as the successor to the Nabu, the Nabu X is instead ...
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The Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries (MoAF), Oman, has started to restore the local cotton variety farming in Oman and aims to cultivate up to 120 acres of land in the next few years, Muscatdaily.com reported. The revival project ...
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The People's Bank of China, the central bank, will change rules on how it calculates the loan-to-deposit ratios of banks from next year, a move that is expected to make available more funds for lending. The central bank will expand the ...
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The number of museums registered in China has reached 4,165, which doubled in the past 10 years, according to new figures revealed on Dec 25. Among them, there are 300 new state-owned museums and 276 new private museums. In 2014, the ...
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The sedan chair was a traditional vehicle in ancient China. The earliest sedan can be traced back to 4,000 years ago. In different ages, it had different names, like jian yu (shoulder carriage), mian jiao (sleeping sedan) and nuan jiao ...
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HTC has revealed it has plans to expand its smartphone line-up with a selection of new entry-level handsets. Jack Tong, the firm’s President of North Asia, revealed that next year will see more low-spec 4G smartphones hit store ...
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Ming-Qing Export Porcelain from Shanghai Museum and the Palace Museum exhibition is ongoing in the Palace Museum. [Photo by Jiang Dong/China Daily] An exhibition at the Palace Museum reveals rare artifacts from ancient China's ...
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Concerns about labelling and a desire for convenience are trends that are set to continue into 2015, according to global market research organisation Innova Market Insights. Innova Market Insights has released its overview of the Top Ten ...
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