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Faster than Sunway TaihuLight: China to launch new supercomputer by 2018

ChinaisdevelopinganewsupercomputerandplanstolaunchitbyJune2018,accordingtoateamthatalreadyhelpedlaunchtheworld'sfastestcomputertwoyearsinarow.TheSunwayexascalep

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China's life science hopes to step into the next stage of development

USaerospacefirmSpaceXlaunchedtheCRS-11DragoncapsuletotheInternationalSpaceStation(ISS)onJune3,carryingaChineseexperimentdevicefromtheBeijingInstituteofTechnolog

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China starts to construct large high altitude air shower observatory

Located 4,410 meters above sea level in the Haizi mountains of Daocheng City, southwestern Sichuan Province, China’s large high altitude air shower observatory (LHASSO) is now in full-scale construction.

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China starts to construct large high altitude air shower observatory

Located4,410metersabovesealevelintheHaizimountainsofDaochengCity,southwesternSichuanProvince,China’slargehighaltitudeairshowerobservatory(LHASSO)isnowinfull-sca

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Facebook and Google dominate web traffic, but not the same kind

Thiswon’tbeashocktoanyonewhoworksinpublishing,butGoogleisnolongerthereferralking.Whilethesearchgiantisstillveryimportanttopublishers,Facebooknowedgesitoutinwhen

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China releases report on Antarctic development

Scientific researchers pose for a group photo on research vessel and icebreaker Xuelong, or "Snow Dragon", at Victoria Land, Antarctica, on Feb. 14, 2017. China published on Monday the first full report on its development in Antarctica over the past three decades, titled "China's Antarctic Activities." According to the report, over the past 30 years, China has opened four research bases -- the Great Wall station, Zhongshan station, Kunlun station and Taishan station -- and established the Polar Research Institute of China in Shanghai in addition to sailing the icebreaker Xuelong. (Xinhua)

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Chinese students demystify chocolate's complexities

In 2016, about 7.3 million tons of retail chocolate was consumed worldwide, according to Statista. Chocolate is on a sugar high, enjoying continued popularity across the world, but how many people pay attention to its mystifying characteristics?

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Chinese students demystify chocolate's complexities

In2016,about7.3milliontonsofretailchocolatewasconsumedworldwide,accordingtoStatista.Chocolateisonasugarhigh,enjoyingcontinuedpopularityacrosstheworld,buthowmany

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Think 70 is old? Not in Japan

Not long ago seen as the “twilight years”, 65 to 75 is the new “semi-elderly”, according to ageing experts in Japan.

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China starts construction of 1st polar research icebreaker

Construction of China's first domestic-built polar research vessel and icebreaker began Tuesday in Shanghai, giving a boost to the nation's polar expedition efforts, according to the Polar Research Institute of China.

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China overtakes US in artificial intelligence research

Humanity may still be years if not decades away from producing sentient artificial intelligence. But with the rise of machine-learning services in our smartphones and other devices, one type of narrow, specialised AI has become all the rage. And the research on this branch of AI is only accelerating.

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Apple hires Carnegie Mellon AI academic in push into machine learning

Apple hired a prominent artificial intelligence researcher from Carnegie Mellon University as it seeks to regain lost ground against competitors such as Google, Microsoft and Amazon.com in machine learning.

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Deutsche Bank to pay $9.5 million penalty over research info: SEC

Deutsche Bank will pay a $9.5 million penalty to settle civil charges that it failed to properly safeguard material non-public information generated by its research analysts and of publishing an improper research report, U.S. regulators said Wednesday.

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Apple to set up second China research center

​Apple has decided to set up a research and development center in Shenzhen, its second facility in China after Beijing, to focus on manufacturing and software development.

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Americans waste 2.1 billion U.S. dollars a year on premium gas

​If you put premium gas into your car and think you are doing your car some good, chances are, you are wrong and you may very well be wasting your hard-earned dollars, according to the latest American Automobile Association (AAA) research.

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Beijing setting up G20's first center to aid corruption fight

China is moving quickly to implement the anti-corruption consensus reached at the G20 Summit, which ended on Monday in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province, by setting up the group's first anti-graft research center in Beijing.

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Li urges top advisers to rely on broad vision

Premier Li Keqiang called on Wednesday for top advisers to contribute thoughts and suggestions on how to improve the government's policymaking.