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Tan Tieniu Elected To Royal Academy Of Engineering
Dr. Tan Tieniu from the Chinese Academy of Sciences has been elected to the Royal Academy of Engineering.
Indian Spacecraft Reaches Mars Orbit
India has defied the odds, and a shoestring budget, to field the first successful Asian space mission to Mars.
Termites Evolved Complex Bioreactors 30 Million Years Ago
A genetic analysis has revealed that the enzymes required to decompose plant material are distributed across fungi, termites and their gut bacteria.
China’s Worrying Diabetes Epidemic
Studies show that one in four diabetics worldwide reside in China and half the population is prediabetic, a grave situation that urgently needs to be addressed.
Jurassic ‘Squirrels’ Push Back Evolution Of Mammals
The discovery of three squirrel-like fossils in China suggests that mammals first appeared much earlier than previously thought.
Strong Showing For Singapore & Hong Kong In 2014/2015 QS Rankings
Singapore and Hong Kong universities ranked highly in the 2014/2015 Quacquarelli Symonds World University Rankings, aided by strong internationalization performance.
Avatar’s Flying Reptiles Soared In Ancient China
Scientists discover that flying reptiles first seen in a science-fiction film may really have existed hundreds of millions of years ago in China.
Clean Air Halves Health Costs In Chinese City
Measures to tackle air pollution in Taiyuan, China, are estimated to have saved the government more than US$621 million in healthcare costs.
Prediabetes Increases Cancer Risk By 15%
A meta-analysis of almost 900,000 patients shows that being prediabetic significantly increases the risk of developing cancer.
