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31 May 2010: The secret behind the super sticky mortar made of sticky rice. Read more

8 April 2010: Scientists in China may have discovered how a gene responsible for obesity kicks into action and want to design a molecule to shut it down. Read more

7 April 2010: A simple cotton T-shirt may one day be converted into tougher, more comfortable body armor for soldiers or police officers. Read more

5 March 2010: Government “has an open mind” on GM food - Safety is country's top concern as transparent approval process urged. The government has an open attitude toward genetically modified (GM) food despite controversies swirling around the issue, experts have said. Read more

25 February 2010: China GM Rice May Be Market-ready by 2013 - Chinese strains of genetically modified corn and rice that were given safety approvals last year could be ready for sale in China in about three years, a biotechnology researcher has stated. Read more

16 February 2010: China has completed its first ever pollution census. Read more

15 February 2010: Acid soil threatens Chinese farms. Read more

4 February 2010: Researchers from the US and China have shown applied electric field can significantly improve hydrogen storage properties. Read more

11 January 2010: A good beginning in making an artificial leaf that could make hydrogen. Read more

25 November 2009: Scientists in China report unusual liver proteins, found only in males, that may help explain why hepatitis B hits men harder than women. Read more

23 November 2009: Chinese researchers find innate correlations among different power law phenomena. Read more

18 November 2009: A novel process for recovering valuable metals from waste nickel-cadmium batteries at Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai. Read more

27 October 2009: Enzyme treatment of Brassica proteins may give meat-like flavourings, suggests a new Chinese-Australian study. Read more

21 October 2009: China packaging firm reaps rewards from food safety law. Read more

19 October 2009: Chinese scientists create metamaterial black hole. Read more

15 October 2009: Research at First People's Hospital in Shanghai, China, shows bioluminescence imaging used for eye cancer detection. Read more

1 October 2009: Chinese dam may be a methane menace. Read more

25 September 2009: A fossil of a bird-like dinosaur bridges a critical gap in the transition from dinosaurs to birds. Read more

23 September 2009: A new "artificial pancreas" called portable intelligent insulin Therapeutic Apparatus is invented by research team from Beijing. Read more

21 September 2009: Will China's planned 2-gigawatt solar field lower the cost of alternative energy? Read more

1 September 2009: China is drafting a detailed new system of food safety standards in a bid to bring them line with international regulations and restore the country’s battered reputation on the issue. Read more

21 August 2009: New data from Chinese-Danish collaboration shows that organic nanoscale wires could be an alternative to silicon in computer chips. The discovery has just been published in the scientific journal Advanced Materials. Read more

26 June 2009: China is aiming to build a huge wind farm in the northwest by 2020 that will have energy capacity similar to the gigantic Three Gorges Dam. Read more

22 June 2009: Immobilized microbes can break down potentially harmful phthalates, according to researchers in China. The microbes might be used to treat industrial waste water and so prevent these materials from entering the environment. Read more

18 June 2009: Dinosaur's digits show how birds got wings. A new dinosaur species appears to solve an old evolutionary puzzle. Read more

15 June 2009: China has launched a 5-year initiative that aims to stamp out Kashin-Beck disease (KBD), a little-known ailment that has crippled and stunted the growth of hundreds of thousands of people in China's heartland. Read more

12 June 2009: Researchers in China describe studies of a new microbe that can digest hydrocarbons in the non-toxic residue or mineralized material left behind after bioremediation. Read more

11 June 2009: Surprised scientists say that typhoons which hit Taiwan unleash long, slow earthquakes, a phenomenon that may save the island from devastating temblors. Read more

8 June 2009: A team of atmospheric scientists have published their field study findings about unusual chemical reactions taking place in the Pearl River Delta, Guangdong Province, in China during 2006. The area is noted for its high population and a repository for air borne pollutants such as hydroxyl radicals. Read more

5 June 2009: Tsinghua University in Beijing signed an agreement to build the deepest underground science facility in the world. Read more

3 June 2009: Chinese researchers have found a way to transform ordinary cells from pigs into powerful stem cells in a move that may have implications for human health. Read more

2 June 2009: China’s new food safety law, which comes into effect on 1 June 2009, will help prevent the food contamination incidents that have caused so much damage to the reputation of its domestic producers. Read more

2 June 2009: Examples of pottery found in a cave at Yuchanyan in China's Hunan province may be the oldest known to science. The specimens were found to be 17,500 to 18,300 years old. Read more

27 May 2009: China had started to build the world's largest quake simulator, after the first anniversary of the deadly earthquake in Sichuan Province, southwest China. Read more

21 May 2009: Scientists in Canada and China are reporting development of a new dental filling material that substitutes natural ingredients from the human body. Read more

21 May 2009: Researchers in China are reporting development of a new way to make raspberry-shaped nanoparticles that can give glass a permanent antifogging coating. Read more

18 May 2009: Handling or even contemplating money can relieve both physical pain and the distress of social rejection, according to a study by Chinese and American psychologists. Read more

18 May 2009: A group of Taiwanese scientists said yesterday that they may have identified a gene that could hold the secret to human longevity. An eight-week-old black mouse deprived of the Cisd2 gene showed signs of premature aging. Read more

15 May 2009: Stem-cell therapy faces more scrutiny in China. Read more

13 May 2009: The first food-testing laboratory in China recognised to reach international standards for pesticide screenings, melamine and heavy metal testing and microbiological analyses, was opened Suzhou. Read more

8 May 2009: China joins world-class synchrotron club. The Shanghai Synchrotron Radiation Facility (SSRF) officially opened its doors. Read more

8 May 2009: Carbon balance of terrestrial ecosystems in China: 28 to 37% of its fossil fuel emissions during the 1980s and 1990s have been absorbed. Read more

6 May 2009: Monthly injections of testosterone work as a contraceptive in men. The injections are probably better than condoms at preventing pregnancy. Read more

5 May 2009: China has more than tripled its target for wind power capacity to 100 gigawatts by 2020, likely making it the world's fastest growing market for wind energy technology. Read more

24 April 2009: China's plants absorb a third of its carbon emissions. But another study shows vegetation will absorb less carbon dioxide as nations cut pollution. Read more

23 April 2009: Tyrannosaur 'Missing Link' Among New Dinosaurs From China: new species of theropod dinosaurs. Read more

21 April 2009: The most comprehensive and technologically advanced survey of China's Great Wall has discovered the ancient monument is much longer than previously estimated -- 8,851.8 kilometres (5,488.1 miles). Read more

20 April 2009: Chinese officials had confirmed the outbreak of a deadly strain of bird flu among poultry in the Tibetan capital Lhasa. Read more

16 April 2009: A new study found that early prenatal exposure to the Hong Kong flu may have interfered with fetal cerebral development and caused reduced intelligence in adulthood. Read more

16 April 2009: China launched a navigational satellite, the second in a series of up to 30 orbiters to comprise a global positioning network. Read more

16 April 2009: Scientists in Hong Kong and the United States have identified a synthetic compound which appears to be able to stop the replication of influenza viruses, including the H5N1 bird flu virus. Read more

15 April 2009: Reversing effects of altered enzyme may fight brain tumor growth. A gene alteration can lead to the development of a type of brain cancer. A compound could staunch the cancer's growth. Read more

14 April 2009: A team of astronomers, led by Dr. Bo Wang from the Yunnan Observatory of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, has developed a new model which explains the formation of the most youthful type Ia supernovae. Read more

14 April 2009: Chinese cell research raises fertility hopes. If the findings with a newly discovered type of stem cell are proven to work with people, experts predict they could change the face of reproductive medicine, providing a source of eggs for women who are infertile because of age, disease or genetic difficulties. Read more

14 April 2009: Selective abortion in favour of males has left China with 32 million more boys than girls, creating an imbalance that will endure for decades. Read more

9 April 2009: A full-sized California-style home made of bamboo in Changsha, Hunan Province, China. Read more

2 April 2009: China to spearhead anti-tuberculosis drive. Gates Foundation partners health initiative. Read more

27 March 2009: Early Chinese May Have Eaten Millet Before Rice. The bones of dogs, pigs, and humans are shedding light on the rise of civilization in China. Read more

26 March 2009: A new anti-cancer agent that is about 200 times more active in killing tumor cells than similar drugs used in recent clinical trials. Read more

19 March 2009: The discovery of a petite, plant-eating dinosaur with primitive plumage in northeastern China could mean that the dinosaur from which all others evolved had feather-like protrusions. Read more

17 March 2009: Chinese and American paleontologists excavated a site in the Gobi Desert in western Inner Mongolia. A herd of young birdlike dinosaurs roamed together, and met their death on the muddy margins of a lake some 90 million years ago. Read more

13 March 2009: An international team of physicists from the United States and China this week offered a new theory to both explain and predict the complex quantum behavior of a new class of high-temperature superconductors. Read more

12 March 2009: Salt may raise lead to hypertension by inhibiting the action of an enzyme linked to easing blood flow. Read more

12 March 2009: New techniques suggest the remains of so-called Peking Man - a batch of Homo erectus fossils found in the 1920s in China - are 200,000 years older than previously calculated. About 770,000 years ago, it was a glacial period on Earth. Read more

10 March 2009: Researchers in China have discovered that chicken manure can be used to biodegrade crude oil in contaminated soil. Bacteria in chicken manure break down 50% more crude oil than soil lacking the guano. Read more

6 March 2009: Researchers may have found origin of turtle's mysterious shell. Read more

3 March 2009: Supplements of lutein, long-reported to have benefits for eye health, may also protect against the detrimental effects of long-term computer display light exposure. Read more

3 March 2009: Mudslides that followed the 12 May 2008 Wenchuan earthquake, the 11th deadliest earthquake ever recorded, may cause a future carbon-dioxide release equivalent to 2 percent of current annual global carbon emissions from fossil fuel combustion. Read more

2 March 2009: China will launch a space module next year and carry out the nation's first space docking in 2011 as a step towards its goal of building a space station. Read more

2 March 2009: China's lunar probe crashed into the moon on 1 March 2009 in a controlled collision at the end of a 16-month mission. Read more

26 February 2009: China's State Council will set up a food safety commission to bolster the country's food monitoring system, whose disjointed nature has long been blamed for numerous food scandals. Read more

24 February 2009: Taiwanese researchers suggest parents and educators pay more attention to children’s online habits because Internet-addicted teens seem more prone to aggression. Read more

23 February 2009: Glaciers in China and Tibet that serve as water sources to one of the most ecologically diverse alpine communities on earth are melting at an alarming rate. Read more

19 February 2009: AIDS becomes China's deadliest infectious disease last year. Read more

18 February 2009: Nitrogen fertilizer warning for China. Researchers warn that the overuse of nitrogen fertilizer in China is poisoning air, soil and water. Read more

18 February 2009: Scientists in China are reporting development and testing of new self-sanitizing plaster with more powerful antibacterial effects than penicillin. Read more

17 February 2009: Nattokinase, an enzyme extracted from fermented soy, may prevent the build up of certain plaques in the brain linked to Alzheimer’s, suggests new research from Taiwan. Read more

16 February 2009: Chemists at New York University and China's Nanjing University have developed a two-armed nanorobotic device that can manipulate molecules within a device built from DNA. Read more

12 February 2009: Discarded electronic hardware, including bits and pieces that built the information superhighway, can be recycled into an additive that makes super-strong asphalt paving material for real highways. Read more

10 February 2009: A new species of babbler has been described from Guangxi province in south-west China close to the border with Vietnam. Named Nonggang Babbler Stachyris nonggangensis… Read more

10 February 2009: Nanocomposite material provides photonic switching. Integrated photonic devices represent the wave of future technology. These devices will be extremely small, making use of photons on the nanoscale. Read more

5 February 2009: China, Japan and South Korea are building the world's largest radio telescope array to study the Milky Way and black holes. Read more

5 February 2009: Pressure from a dam, its reservoir's heavy waters weighing on geologic fault lines, may have helped trigger China's devastating earthquake last May. Read more

4 February 2009: Invisibility umbrella would let future Harry Potters see the light. A team from Hong Kong has a theoretical scheme for an "invisibility umbrella" that can make both itself and an object placed beside it disappear. Read more

3 February 2009: Precise orbit determination for Jason-1 satellite using on-board GPS data with centimeter-level accuracy. Read more

2 February 2009: Every 30 seconds a baby is born with physical defects in China, partly due to the country's deteriorating environment, state media said. Read more

30 January 2009: A study of college freshmen in the United States and in China found that Chinese students know more science facts than their American counterparts -- but both groups are nearly identical when it comes to their ability to do scientific reasoning. Read more

30 January 2009: A new species of the fist-sized babbler bird has been found in southwestern China, raising the prospect the country could become a hot spot for other new discoveries. Read more

27 January 2009: The Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) has launched an initiative to boost the development of solar energy technology, in a bid to turn it into a major energy source in China by 2050. Read more

22 January 2009: Industrialization of China increases fragility of global food supply. Read more

20 January 2009: China plans to complete its own satellite navigation system by 2015, making it independent of foreign technology such as the US-developed Global Positioning System (GPS). Read more

16 January 2009: Scientists with the Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research (ITP), Chinese Academy of Sciences and coworkers recently reported that small bugs deposited in ice and snow might tell how our climate has been changing. Read more

16 January 2009: China has a long history of multiculturalism that extends back to the dynastic era. Read more

14 January 2009: China's population of Net users hits 298 million. Read more

5 January 2009: Scientists in China say they believe a group of dinosaur fossils discovered in the east of the country could be the largest collection ever found. Read more

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