China's largest seawater uranium extraction test platform has been successfully launched and made accessible to the public in South China's Hainan Province. The platform, built by China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC), has a total area of about 670 square meters. As an important raw material for nuclear power, uranium resources have been described as the […]
China's Long March rocket launch opportunity will be auctioned for the first time on Thursday in a move that experts believe will reduce the cost of commercial access to space and boost high demand for commercial space applications. "We will screen the qualifications of the enterprises, including their experience and their use for the space […]
Shanghai held a series of commemorative activities on Sunday, August 13th, marking the 86th anniversary of the Battle of Songhu, also known as the Battle of Shanghai. These events aimed to honor the soldiers who fought and sacrificed their lives during the battle against Japanese invaders, while also providing an opportunity for more people to […]
"We cannot speculate on why it has taken so long to get clearance or what the issues are," said Jayant Murthy, a senior Indian astrophysicist and manager of a project dubbed the first-ever space technology collaboration between China and India. It was expected to be the first international payload to go to the China Space […]
The parent company of The Voice of China - a popular televised singing show - has found itself in hot water with mounting calls online to boycott the show after an audio clip went viral online that alleged the late pop singer Coco Lee, who was a mentor and guest on the show, was mistreated and revealed […]
A 17-year-old girl from Southwest China's Chongqing, whose admission letter was stolen by her mother, has finally been allowed to go to college in Beijing. "My mom has now agreed to let me go to the Central Academy of Drama and will no longer restrict my freedom to travel," the girl named Jiajia told the […]
Xi'an police in Northwest China's Shaanxi Province on Monday denied online rumors claiming that residents who drive Japanese-made cars have been stopped and their cars smashed, following Japan's irresponsible approach to dumping nuclear-contaminated wastewater in the ocean. Online rumors claimed that a resident was stopped and threatened by others, before his Japanese-made car was deliberately […]
Orders for nuclear radiation detectors have surged on domestic e-commerce platforms, with many stores claiming to have sold out, the Global Times learned from industry insiders. Concerns have mounted following the news of Japan's dumping of nuclear-contaminated wastewater into the sea. Several online vendors reached by the Global Times on Monday said that their products […]
Beyond the small mining town of Newman in Western Australia lie the first fairy circles scientists have described outside of Africa. These patches of bare soil dot outback grasslands in almost regular polka-dot patterns, just like the puzzling circle landscapes known from Namibia, says ecologist Stephan Getzin of the Helmholtz Center for Environmental Research-UFZ in […]
The prime suspect in Brazil’s recent surge in birth defects may be convicted this summer, in the sweltering cities of Colombia. That’s when the first big wave of pregnant women infected with Zika virus last fall will begin to give birth. Whether or not these babies are born with shrunken brains, a condition known as […]