Young Masamba Issa has just clocked 13 years. The girl who almost lost her battle against malaria in 2008, is now a healthy five feet two inches tall form two student at Boko secondary school in Dar es Salaam. "I had given up when medical ...
Tags: Anti-Malaria Drug, Tanzania
Thanks to a powerful new gene-editing technique, scientists have overcome a major hurdle for humans to receive life-saving organ transplants from pigs. In a paper in the U.S. journal Science this week, the researchers described using the ...
Tags: Gene Editing, Organ Transplant
A group of British marine scientists are digging into the ocean's "twilight zone" to understand the processes involved in carbon transport in the oceans. As CRI's Victor Ning reports, the scientists are hoping that the research will lead ...
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Wearable devices have been gaining momentum here in China, with the medical and healthcare sectors representing a huge share of this new tech market. Intelligent scales, thermometers, heart rate monitors, and watches account for two ...
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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 ...
Tags: Robots, World Robot Exhibition
Australian scientists have identified a network of nine genes that play a key role in the onset of Alzheimer's Disease. The discovery could help researchers develop new treatments to delay the onset of the chronic brain disease, which ...
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 ...
Tags: Smart Device, Air
The first Briton on board the International Space Station, Tim Peake, has been giving his initial impressions of space during a news conference. He arrived on the space station just three days ago with two other astronauts, one from Russia ...
Three volumes of "Flora of the Pan-Himalayas" have been published as part of a project to understand the region's plant life, scientists said Saturday. Started in 2010, the compilation aims to provide scientific guidance for protecting ...
Tags: Chinese-LED Team, Pan-Himalayas
China has realized universal power access when the last remote group of 39,800 people became able to light their homes with electricity. The light came on Wednesday in Gomang and Changjiang villages in the northwestern Qinghai province, ...
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China on Thursday donated mine clearance equipment to Cambodia and start-up funds to the ASEAN Regional Mine Action Center. The 500,000-U.S. dollar donation included office equipment worth about 250,000 dollars to Cambodia, and start-up ...
Organic and natural products company Hain Celestial Group’s UK subsidiary has acquired Orchard House Foods, a supplier of fruit desserts, juices and ingredients in the UK. Orchard Foods was established in 1985 by Wellness Foods . It ...
Tags: Hain Celestial Group, Orchard House Foods, Agriculture
South African brewery Kruger Brau has installed a semi-automatic canning system machine from Cask Brewing Systems to package its beers in aluminum cans. The new micro-canning equipment will be capable of producing more than 40 cases per ...
Tags: Kruger Brau, semi-automatic canning system machine, Packaging
Dutch nutrition company Royal DSM and United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) have entered into an agreement to prolong their partnership for three years in tackling hunger and malnutrition in developing nations. The partnership intends ...