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11/22/2024 05:19:51 am

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Eana Maniebo

telescope

China Builds Largest Telescope in the World

China joins the race to build the largest optical instrument known to man. The Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical Telescope (FAST) is being built that will allow scientists to capture radio signals from space billions of light years away.

base metals

Smelters find ways to cope amid China’s overproduction

China's overproduction has prompted demands for alternative smelters and production cuts. Outside China, forced smelter closures and pressured prices has led several Western aluminum producers to accuse China of unfair competition.

neutrons

Neutrons can now be measured accurately—study

Scientists at the Paul Scherrer Institute said that they have developed a detection technique called spin-echo method that is capable of measuring slow-moving neutrons, which is done by a non-destructive imaging methodology that could measure high-precision neutron movement.

underwater

Blast from the Past: ‘Incredible’ $4.5-million sunken treasure recovered off Florida coast

Brent Brisben, CEO of a Florida-based shipwreck salvage company, seems to have extremely missed the limelight as he was seen facing the American press again just weeks after his firm's "enormous" Atlantic Ocean discovery in July.

China stock market

Future of Base Metals Still Depend on China Numbers, Experts Suggest

Whatever that is happening in China continues to affect investor perception, as weak economic data coming from the country still stifles trading at the bourse.

space

Telescopes for Distant Matter and Antimatter Galaxies

The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), which is capable of looking back 13.5 billion years to see the light created by stars from the Early Universe, is undeniably one of the most popular space exploration “ideas” in the world today. It has generated so much interest among scientists and ordinary space enthusiasts alike to a point that independent groups are willing to do everything to make a version of it in their own way.

steel

New Discovery Says Carbon Dioxide Can Turn into Carbon Nanofiber Through Steel Fibers

The same team of researchers that developed a zero-carbon dioxide cement and fertilizer has recently discovered a novel way of turning carbon dioxide (CO2) into carbon nanofiber.

Indonesia train

China, Japan Compete to Lead the First High-Speed Railway Construction in Indonesia

Indonesia's plan to construct its very own high-speed railway system has attracted separate offers from Asia's largest infrastructure giants, China and Japan.

Shanghai Composite Index

Infrastructure Spending Increase in China Could Lift Base Metals Prices Up

The Chinese government knows that the recent improvements in the financial sector are not sustainable enough to help the economy maintain its growth, which remains relatively meagre compared with past figures.

QQ

China's Massive App Market: Do Foreign app Makers Have Moneymaking Potential?

Thanks to China's huge population, the country has the highest number of smartphone users since 2013, easily outnumbering the combined smartphone sales of the United Kingdom, the United States, and Canada that year.

 Baltimore jail

Maryland Governor Shuts Down Baltimore Jail Over 'Appaling' Living Conditions

Maryland Governor Larry Hogan has ordered the immediate shutdown of the Baltimore City Detention Center (BCDC) - Men's facility for its horrendous sanitary and living conditions.

giant panda

World's Oldest Giant Panda Turns 37

Jia Jia, the world oldest giant panda, turns 37 this year, and she's celebrating it with two Guinness World Record.

crime scene

Decapitated Arizona Woman Found in Closet, Police Suspect Husband

The marriage of a mentally unstable couple has reached its gruesome end when police found the woman's decapitated body in the couple's apartment on Saturday morning in Phoenix, Arizona.

lme

Majority of Base Metals Advance Amid Falling Chinese Equities

Almost every commodity in the base metals segment improved on last LME trading with the exception of tin, which lost 0.18 percent to $14,025 a tonne. Three-month unofficial copper price increased 1.49 percent to $5,589 a tonne while aluminium closed 0.89 percent at $1,693 a tonne.

Sewer

US Company to Solve North American Sewage Pollution with Eco-Friendly Tablets

A new brand of innovative tablets for cleaning sewer systems may pave the way for the total elimination of various problems in the water and sewer line treatment segment.

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