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It's About Time to Construct Global ''Electricity High-Speed Network''
Sep 28, 2016Editor: On October 5, the article “It’s about Time to Construct Global ‘Electricity High-speed Network’” written by a Xinhua correspondent was published on the third page of Guangming Daily. The article ...
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Imperial College London Wins GaN Systems Geoff Haynes Future Power Challenge
Jul 12, 2016At a ceremony at the UK Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) National Centre for Power Electronics Annual Conference 2016 in Nottingham, UK, a post-graduate team from Imperial College London received the £2000 ...
Tags: GaN Systems, power conversion
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Aquisense Participating Project for International Space Station Biocontamination Control System
Feb 14, 2016UK-based AquiSense Technologies (Europe) Ltd, a subsidiary of UV-C LED system manufacturer AquiSense Technologies LLC of Florence, KT, USA, has been selected to participate in the project Biocontamination Integrated Control for Wet Systems ...
Tags: UV LEDs, LED system
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Culture Insider: 4 Things You May Not Know About Teachers in Ancient China
Sep 14, 2015We all know of China's long history. It's a history that dates back as early as 1200 BC. A major part of China's history is its education through teachers. School education in China has a long history. In the spring and autumn periods ...
Tags: Teachers'Day, teachers'payment
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Companies in The Europe Recently Launched Project Prodias to Optimize Production Processes
Mar 20, 2015A consortium of companies in the European process industry from the areas of biotechnology, renewable resources, chemistry, process engineering, equipment supply as well as research organizations recently launched project PRODIAS ...
Tags: BASF, European process industry, Renewable-Based Products
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The Lighting System of Glasgow Royal Hospital Intensive Care Unit Can Kill Bacteria
Aug 14, 2014An intensive care ward at Glasgow Royal Infirmary is trialling a lighting system that has been designed to kill superbugs including MRSA, E. coli and C. diff. The HINS-light system, which has been developed by the University of ...
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Babies Are More Likely to Become Overweight or Obese as Adults
Feb 27, 2014Babies that are delivered by caeserean section are more likely to become overweight or obese as adults, according to researchers from Imperial College, London Compared with vaginal delivery, C-section increases the odds of being ...
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Children Exposed to Cigarette Smoke at Home Have Lower Levels of an Enzyme
Feb 17, 2014Children exposed to cigarette smoke at home have lower levels of an enzyme that helps them respond to asthma treatment, a study has found. Passive smoking is known to worsen asthma symptoms in children and impair their response to inhaled ...
Tags: Health, cigarette smoke, cigarette
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Ecstasy Might Be Useful in Treating Anxiety and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
Jan 20, 2014Researchers say they've discovered how the club drug Ecstasy acts on the brain, and their findings suggest the drug might be useful in treating anxiety and post-traumatic stress disorder. The study included 25 volunteers who underwent two ...
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Brain Imaging Experiments Have Revealed How Ecstasy Produces Feelings of Euphoria in Users
Jan 20, 2014Brain imaging experiments have revealed for the first time how ecstasy produces feelings of euphoria in users. Results of the study at Imperial College London, parts of which were televised in Drugs Live on Channel 4 in 2012, have now ...
Tags: Clinical Uses of Ecstasy
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Scientists Have Made an Important Advance
Jan 14, 2014Scientists have made an important advance in understanding how a subset of bacterial cells escape being killed by many antibiotics. Cells become "persisters" by entering a state in which they stop replicating and are able to tolerate ...
Tags: Bacterial Cells, Antibiotics, Subset of Bacterial Cells
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Scientists Have Made an Important Advance in How a Bacterial Cells Being Killed
Jan 13, 2014Scientists have made an important advance in understanding how a subset of bacterial cells escape being killed by many antibiotics. Cells become "persisters" by entering a state in which they stop replicating and are able to tolerate ...
Tags: bacterial cells, antibiotics, antibiotic resistance, persister cells
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Patients on Low Incomes with High Blood Pressure Have Their Condition Managed Poorly
Jan 10, 2014In the US but not in England, patients on low incomes with high blood pressure have their condition managed poorly compared with those who earn more. A new study comparing blood pressure management in the US and England found that ...
Tags: high blood pressure, blood pressure management, US, England
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Scientists Have First Definitive Proof That a Deadly Respiratory Virus Infects Camels
Dec 26, 2013Scientists say they have the first definitive proof that a deadly respiratory virus in the Middle East infects camels in addition to humans. The finding may help researchers find ways to control the spread of the virus. Using gene ...
Tags: respiratory virus, camels, Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus
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The University of Sydney Business School Joined with The Leading Research Institutions
Dec 18, 2013The University of Sydney Business School’s Institute of Transport and Logistic Studies (ITLS) has joined with six of the world’s leading research institutions in an effort to address the complex challenges facing ports and their ...
Tags: transportation, shipping ports