Topic: China
BEIJING (Reuters) - China will go after "looters" who look for treasure from sunken ships in the disputed South China Sea without permission, but will face a tough job in doing so as the waters are so extensive, state media said on ...
Plague germs teased from mediaeval cadavers in a London cemetery have shed light on why the bacterium that unleashed the Black Death was so lethal and spawned later waves of epidemics.The DNA of Yersinia pestis shows, in evolutionary terms, a highly successful ...
The winged Archaeopteryx, long venerated as the forebear of birds, has been knocked off its hallowed perch on the tree of evolution, according to a new study.A new dinosaur species unearthed in northern China reveals that the iconic 150 million year old ...
BEIJING (Reuters) - Chinese scientists aim to complete the world's deepest dive in a manned submersible in 2012 by going to 7,000 meters (22,966 ft) beneath the sea after a successful test dive in the Pacific Ocean, state news agency Xinhua reported ...
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Researchers in Japan have developed a superelastic alloy, which can spring back to its original form in extreme temperatures, they said in a report on Friday, adding that they hope it may be used in buildings to absorb ...
A large expanse of green algae is floating towards China's east coast, potentially threatening marine life and the region's tourism industry, an official and state media said Wednesday.The algae covers 130 square kilometres (50 square miles) off the eastern provinces of Shandong ...
The UN's climate chief urged negotiators gathering on Monday for new talks to heed a double dose of "bad news" that global warming could bust a threshold widely considered safe.Christiana Figueres, executive secretary of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), ...
HONG KONG, Jun (Reuters) - For three long weeks Europe was gripped with fear battling a mysterious E. coli epidemic, and it wasn't until late this week that China's genomics institute nearly 7,000 km away finally put its finger on the culprit.Chinese ...
China has rocketed into second place in the number of articles published in international science magazines, according to a report released by the Royal Society in London.While the top 10 is filled with major Western powers, their share of research papers published ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama is still in the "early stages" of finding a successor to Commerce Secretary Gary Locke, chosen to be U.S. ambassador to China, the White House said on Monday."The president will consider a number of qualified candidates, ...
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