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China launched a navigational satellite, the nation's space administration reported, the second in a series of up to 30 orbiters to comprise a global positioning network. http://www.physorg.com/news158991829.html Space & Earth Wed, 15 Apr 2009 05:24:20 EST news158991829 (AP) -- Google Inc. and major music companies launched a free Internet music download service for China on Monday in a bid to help turn a field dominated by pirates into a profitable, legitimate business. http://www.physorg.com/news157638118.html Technology Mon, 30 Mar 2009 13:23:04 EST news157638118 (AP) -- Chinese health officials said Friday that hand, foot and mouth disease has sickened 41,000 people across the country and killed 18 children so far this year. http://www.physorg.com/news157356227.html Medicine & Health Fri, 27 Mar 2009 07:04:42 EST news157356227 YouTube confirmed Tuesday its website was being blocked in China, although the California firm offered no explanation for why Chinese authorities were barring access to the popular video-sharing service. http://www.physorg.com/news157140113.html Technology Tue, 24 Mar 2009 19:02:10 EST news157140113 Unraveling the origins of agriculture in different regions around the globe has been a challenge for archeologists. Now researchers writing in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences report finding evidence of early human experiments with grain cultivation in East Asia. They gathered this information from an unlikely source―dog and pig bones. http://www.physorg.com/news157048577.html Other Sciences Mon, 23 Mar 2009 17:37:07 EST news157048577 (AP) -- More money and better science are urgently needed to rein in new strains of tuberculosis that are tough or nearly impossible to treat, the WHO announced Monday in China, where the disease has long been a leading killer. http://www.physorg.com/news157032298.html Medicine & Health Mon, 23 Mar 2009 13:05:43 EST news157032298 China Mobile, the world's largest mobile phone network operator, said Thursday its profits jumped by 30 percent last year, but warned China's telecoms market faced a tough 2009. http://www.physorg.com/news156664715.html Technology Thu, 19 Mar 2009 06:59:07 EST news156664715 The discovery of a petite, plant-eating dinosaur with primitive plumage could mean that the dinosaur from which all others evolved had feather-like protrusions, said a study released Wednesday. http://www.physorg.com/news156610378.html Other Sciences Wed, 18 Mar 2009 15:53:20 EST news156610378 (PhysOrg.com) -- A new dating method has found that "Peking Man" is around 200,000 years older than previously thought, suggesting he somehow adapted to the cold of a mild glacial period. http://www.physorg.com/news156001133.html Other Sciences Wed, 11 Mar 2009 14:39:52 EST news156001133 One by one, 13 sick and traumatised Asian black bears squeezed into tiny cages are pulled from a truck, a lifetime of agonising torture now over. http://www.physorg.com/news155992932.html Biology Wed, 11 Mar 2009 12:22:42 EST news155992932 (AP) -- Faced with a steep decline in sales, chip maker National Semiconductor Corp. said Wednesday it will eliminate more than one-quarter of its work force, or 1,725 jobs. http://www.physorg.com/news155990107.html Technology Wed, 11 Mar 2009 11:35:49 EST news155990107 Mudslides that followed the 12 May 2008 Wenchuan, China earthquake, ranked by the US Geological Survey as the 11th deadliest earthquake ever recorded, may cause a carbon-dioxide release in upcoming decades equivalent to two percent of current annual global carbon emissions from fossil fuel combustion, a new study shows. http://www.physorg.com/news155232114.html Space & Earth Mon, 02 Mar 2009 16:02:38 EST news155232114 South Koreans are stocking up on air purifiers following a forecast of especially severe "yellow dust" storms from China and Mongolia this spring, officials said Friday. http://www.physorg.com/news155118022.html Space & Earth Sun, 01 Mar 2009 08:20:39 EST news155118022 China will launch a space module next year and carry out the nation's first space docking in 2011 as a step towards its goal of building a space station, state media said Sunday. http://www.physorg.com/news155117562.html Space & Earth Sun, 01 Mar 2009 08:13:10 EST news155117562 Discarded electronic hardware, including bits and pieces that built the information superhighway, can be recycled into an additive that makes super-strong asphalt paving material for real highways, researchers in China are reporting in a new study. It is scheduled for the Feb. 1 issue of ACS` Environmental Science & Technology. http://www.physorg.com/news153590484.html Space & Earth Wed, 11 Feb 2009 16:03:43 EST news153590484 Scientists in China are reporting development and testing of new self-sanitizing plaster with more powerful antibacterial effects than penicillin. The material could be used in wall coatings, paints, art works and other products. The study is in the current issue of ACS` Crystal Growth & Design. http://www.physorg.com/news153590341.html Chemistry Wed, 11 Feb 2009 15:59:20 EST news153590341 (PhysOrg.com) -- Though it has gained a reputation for being closed off to the outside world, new research shows China has a long history of multiculturalism that extends back to the dynastic era. http://www.physorg.com/news151256453.html Other Sciences Thu, 15 Jan 2009 15:40:53 EST news151256453 Beijing, China - January 7, 2009 - One of the most significant changes in China's agricultural economy over the past fifteen years has been the rise of horticulture. During this same time period, modern supply chains have also emerged. A new study in the Review of Agricultural Economics reveals that the recent changes in China 's food economy have contributed to an improvement in poverty reduction and betterment of small farmers. However, there exists a great challenge to ensure delivery of a safe product. http://www.physorg.com/news150558837.html Other Sciences Wed, 07 Jan 2009 13:53:57 EST news150558837 Levels of drug-resistant tuberculosis (TB) in China are nearly twice the global average. Nationwide research published in the open access journal BMC Infectious Diseases has shown that almost 10% of Chinese TB cases are resistant to the most effective first-line drugs. http://www.physorg.com/news148193135.html Medicine & Health Thu, 11 Dec 2008 04:45:35 EST news148193135 Throughout history, the changing fortunes of human societies in Asia have been linked to variations in the precipitation resulting from seasonal monsoons. http://www.physorg.com/news145545002.html Space & Earth Mon, 10 Nov 2008 13:10:02 EST news145545002 Diplomats or military envoys making their first trip to China may soon have a chance to visit a Chinese office building, stop in at a traditional teahouse or hop a cab - all before they board a plane. http://www.physorg.com/news144510236.html Technology Wed, 29 Oct 2008 14:43:56 EST news144510236 Researchers have reported positive results from a safety and efficacy study pertaining to tribendimidine, a broad-based treatment for intestinal worm infections. The group's results demonstrate the success of the new drug from China versus that of the standard albendazole for the treatment of hookworm, large roundworm, whipworm, and, for the first time, threadworm and tapeworm. http://www.physorg.com/news143267269.html Medicine & Health Wed, 15 Oct 2008 05:27:49 EST news143267269 A study in northern China indicates that genetically modified cotton, altered to express the insecticide, Bt, not only reduces pest populations among those crops, but also reduces pests among other nearby crops that have not been modified with Bt. These findings could offer promising new ideas for controlling pests and maximizing crop yields in the future. The report will be published by the journal Science on Friday, 19 September. http://www.physorg.com/news140965624.html Biology Thu, 18 Sep 2008 14:07:04 EST news140965624 A new Chinese study has reported a dramatic spike in rabies infections. The research, published today in the open access journal BMC Infectious Diseases, shows that in some provinces of China the number of human rabies cases has jumped dramatically since the new millennium. http://www.physorg.com/news138513512.html Medicine & Health Thu, 21 Aug 2008 04:58:32 EST news138513512 Judged by the astonishing increase in journal papers written by scientists in China, there can be little doubt that China is finding its place as one of the world's scientific power houses. Michael Banks, Physics World's News Editor, quantifies this surge in scientific output from China and asks whether quality matches quantity in August's Physics World. http://www.physorg.com/news136783319.html Physics Fri, 01 Aug 2008 04:21:59 EST news136783319