BEIJING, Oct. 29 (Xinhua) — The following is a summary of published science and technology news of China. NEW SATELLITE China on Saturday sent a new satellite into planned orbit from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China. The Shiyan-20 C satellite was launched at 9:01 a.m. (Beijing Time) on a Long March-2D carrier […]

The whistleblower suggests Meta’s crashing stock prices are temporary and the company could still pose a threat to humanity Facebook parent Meta Platforms has been suffering a stock market crash after the company’s reported earnings fell short of expectations on Wednesday. However, whistleblower and privacy advocate Edward Snowden has cautioned against celebrating the company’s downfall […]

?Quasi-civilian? space assets assisting Kiev in its conflict with Moscow could be targeted, a top diplomat says Western nations have been using formally civilian space assets to conduct military action against Moscow in Ukraine, a Russian diplomat has said, warning that the country may consider these types of satellites to be legitimate military targets. Speaking […]

BEIJING, Oct. 26 (Xinhua) — The following is a summary of published science and technology news of China. NOVEL ROBOTIC GRIPPER A team of Chinese researchers has found a previously unknown morphological pattern on the surface of dehydrated passion fruits, which inspired them to develop a novel robotic gripper to grasp small objects. Researchers from […]

BEIJING, Oct. 25 (Xinhua) — The following is a summary of published science and technology news of China. SPACE STATION LAB MODULE The combination of China’s space station lab module Mengtian and its carrier rocket Long March-5B Y4 has been transported to the launch area, the China Manned Space Agency said Tuesday. The lab module […]

BEIJING, Oct. 24 (Xinhua) — The following is a summary of published science and technology news of China. PROBIOTICS FROM CHINESE TRADITIONAL FERMENTED FOOD Probiotics from the Chinese traditional fermented food Jiangshui have been found capable of helping to treat hyperuricemia, a key biochemical basis of gout, according to Lanzhou University. A research team from […]

A new company is setting out to challenge Airtable, the 10-year-old company recently valued at a whopping $11 billion, with a slightly different take on what it means to be a no-code database platform. NocoDB is one of a number of startups to emerge on the scene with plans to usurp the mighty Airtable, with […]

BEIJING, Oct. 22 (Xinhua) — The following is a summary of published science and technology news of China. CHANG’E-5 SAMPLES A Chinese group analyzed lunar samples returned by China’s Chang’e-5 mission and proposed a new mechanism for how young volcanos took shape on the cooling moon 2 billion years ago. Scientists previously speculated that the […]

Pittsburgh (Pennsylvania) [US], October 21 (ANI): According to new research led by geneticists at the University of Pittsburgh School of Public Health in collaboration with several other organisations, including the University of Otago and the Samoan health research community, the discovery of a genetic variant that is relatively common among people of Polynesian ancestry, but […]

ABU DHABI, 20th October, 2022 (WAM) — EDGE Group PJSC (‘EDGE’ or the ‘Group’), one of the world’s top 25 advanced technology groups for defence and beyond, is proud to be participating in the Special Operations Forces Exhibition (SOFEX), being held at Aqaba Gate Aviation, King Hussein International Airport in Aqaba, Jordan, from 1st November […]