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China Launches Yaogan-30 Remote Sensing Satellite
The satellite will be used for scientific experiments, land surveys, crop yield estimates and disaster relief.
Overlapping Probe Allows Detailed Scans Of Heart Vessels
By overlapping the sound and optical waves, researchers have made artery imaging technology that is much more sensitive and detailed.
Tibetan Fossils Reveal The Origins Of Ice Age Mountain Sheep
Fossils of sheep horns found in the Himalayas support the idea that modern mountain sheep first evolved from extinct Tibetan species.
Asia’s Rising Scientists: Song Wu
Song’s research into urinary tract cancer and cancer genomics has earned him numerous awards, both national and international—and he is just getting started.
NAOC & CSIRO Develop World’s Largest Single Dish Telescope
Chinese and Australian teams are collaborating on the design and construction of the Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical Telescope in China.
Ten Materials Inspired By Mother Nature (VIDEO)
The natural world is filled with strange, fascinating structures that are stronger, more flexible and more resilient than anything humans can make.
‘Hammerhead’ Dinosaur Is The Oldest Herbivorous Marine Reptile
Atopodentatus unicus lived 242 million years ago and used its needle-like side teeth to filter-feed, much like a whale's baleen.
Lettuce Grown Under LED Lights Have Lower Nitrates
To grow lettuce with more antioxidants and less nitrates, simply expose to continuous red-blue and green LED light for 24 hours.
Melatonin Suppresses Activity Of Brain Tumor Stem-Like Cells
The ‘sleep hormone’ melatonin directly targets stem-like cells of glioblastomas by altering their biology and inhibiting their ability to multiply.
