News tagged with chinese academy of sciences
Prized mushroom collection returns to China
Nov 07, 2009 |
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(AP) -- A Chinese scholar persecuted during the Cultural Revolution for smuggling a rare collection of mushrooms out of China before World War II was honored Saturday when the collection was returned more than 70 years later.
China expert recruitment project nets first batch: report
Apr 16, 2009 |
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China has signed up more than 120 overseas experts for a new project aimed at spurring innovation by offering thousands of academics one million yuan (146,000 dollars) to move to China, state media reported Thursday.
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Ancient flying dragon discovered in China
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Mar 21, 2007 |
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Chinese scientists say they've found the remains of a small "flying dragon" that lived around the time of the dinosaurs.
Swedish probe into Nobel corruption to close: prosecutor
Aug 07, 2009 |
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Sweden is to close its investigation into allegations of corruption at the heart of several of the prestigious Nobel prize science committees, a prosecutor announced Friday.
China names asteroids after astronauts
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Mar 19, 2007 |
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Authorities at the Purple Mountain Observatory under the Chinese Academy of Sciences have named two asteroids after Chinese astronauts.
New material for nanoscale computer chips
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Aug 17, 2009 |
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Nanochemists from the Chinese Academy of Sciences and Nano-Science Center, Department of Chemistry at University of Copenhagen have developed nanoscale electric contacts out of organic and inorganic nanowires. ...
China trying to clean air before Olympics
Apr 14, 2007 |
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The U.S. Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory is working with China to clear the air before the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.
China adds user-friendly wildlife database
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Aug 11, 2006 |
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China has developed a unique wildlife database that is so user-friendly everyone from children to scientists can search it.
Study says Chinese air quality standards not yet met
May 13, 2008 |
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With the Olympic Games in sight, the Chinese Government is committed to improving the air quality in Beijing, and has had measures in place since 1998 which have already made a difference. However, there is still some way ...
Chinese pottery may be earliest discovered
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Jun 02, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Bits of pottery discovered in a cave in southern China may be evidence of the earliest development of ceramics by ancient people.
Age of second largest desert disputed
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Jun 18, 2007 |
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Scientists in China say they have found evidence proving their nation's Taklimakan Desert, the world's second-largest desert, is older than thought.
Prehistoric bird fossil found in China
Dec 15, 2005 |
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The fossil of a previously unknown water bird that lived some 125 million years ago has been found in sandstone near Inner Mongolia in northeast China.
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