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Russian Soyuz TMA-13 spaceship to be prepared for launchA Russian Soyuz TMA-13 spacecraft is set on its launch pad on the Baikonur cosmodrome Oct. 10, 2008. U.S. space tourist Richard Garriott, Russian cosmonaut Yury Lonchakov and U.S. astronaut Michael Fincke are scheduled to fly to the International Space Station on Oct. 12, 2008.
Source : xinhua | 11-Oct-2008 06:09
China to launch FY-4 weather satellite around 2013
China plans to launch the first satellite of the Fengyun-4 (FY-4) series, the country's second-generation geostationary meteorological satellites, around 2013, according to the CMA.
Source : xinhua | 11-Oct-2008 05:54
New generation of Chinese passenger aircraft makes successful flight
A new-generation short haul passenger aircraft solely developed in China has completed a successful trial flight, paving the way for commercial production next year, the manufacturer announced on Friday.
Source : xinhua | 11-Oct-2008 02:08
U.S. publishes first global carbon dioxide map
A team of U.S. researchers published the first global satellite maps of the key greenhouse gas carbon dioxide in Earth's mid-troposphere, an area about 8 kms above Earth.
Source : xinhua | 10-Oct-2008 22:21
Preview of Robot Japan 2008
Honda robot "Asimo" serves dishes at a media ...
Source : xinhua | 10-Oct-2008 14:14
Hundreds of new marine species discovered
A total of 274 species of fish, ancient corals, molluscs, crustaceans and sponges new to science were found in icy waters up to 3,000 metres (9,800 feet) deep among extinct volcanoes of the Southern Ocean, Australian scientists said Wednesday.
Source : xinhua | 10-Oct-2008 06:01
Report: Tropical rainforest, mountain species may be threatened by global warming
WASHINGTON, Oct. 9 (Xinhua) -- Tropical plant and animal ...
Source : xinhua | 10-Oct-2008 03:34
Study: Volcanic eruptions more complex, harder to predict
Volcanoes function in a far more complex way than previously thought, making future eruptions even harder to predict.
Source : xinhua | 10-Oct-2008 03:33
Warmer world threatens "Happy Feet"
BEIJING, Oct. 10 -- More than half the colonies of ...
Source : xinhua | 10-Oct-2008 02:42
Targeting climate change in Himalayas
BEIJING, Oct.10 -- The Ministry of Science and Technology ...
Source : xinhua | 10-Oct-2008 02:37
Chinese-led research team creates bionic gecko feet
A U.S. research team led by Chinese scientists has created a nanotube-based dry adhesive that surpasses the stickiness of gecko feet.
Source : xinhua | 10-Oct-2008 02:00
EU proposes more rights for internet shoppers
BRUSSELS, Oct. 9 (Xinhua) -- The European Commission has ...
Source : xinhua | 09-Oct-2008 18:23
China's Alibaba to invest 5 bln yuan in online auction unit
Taobao, the online auction unit of Alibaba, Wednesday announced the parent company would invest in it $732 million.
Source : xinhua | 08-Oct-2008 18:30
American, Japanese scientists share 2008 Nobel Prize in chemistry
American scientists Martin Chalfie and Roger Y. Tsien, and Osamu Shimomura of Japan won the 2008 Nobel Prize in chemistry on Wednesday for their discovery and development of the green fluorescent protein, GFP.
Source : xinhua | 08-Oct-2008 14:42
NASA to decide on nuclear-powered rover Mars mission
NASA could decide Friday whether to cancel, delay, scale down or proceed with plans to launch a nuclear-powered rover to Mars due to technical problems and cost overruns.
Source : xinhua | 08-Oct-2008 05:27
New gene discovery may help cure blindness
British scientists have discovered a gene mutation linked to the most common cause of blindness, holding out the prospect of better treatments and perhaps eventually a cure.
Source : xinhua | 08-Oct-2008 04:48
YouTube adds "retail links" to online stores
YouTube added links to online stores in a move crafted to pump more money from the hot video-sharing website Google bought nearly two years ago in a 1.65 billion dollar stock deal.
Source : xinhua | 08-Oct-2008 03:51
American, Japanese scientists share 2008 Nobel Prize in physics
Yoichiro Nambu of America and Janpan's Makoto Kobayashi and Toshihide Maskawa won the 2008 Nobel Prize in physics for reaching on symmetry at the microscopic level, the Nobel committee announced Tuesday.
Source : xinhua | 07-Oct-2008 14:20
U.S. to develop future aircraft
NASA announced Monday that it has awarded research contracts to six industry teams to study advanced concepts for subsonic and supersonic commercial transport aircraft that could enter service in 25 to 30 years.
Source : xinhua | 07-Oct-2008 14:18
NASA: Small asteroid to light up sky over Africa
An asteroid measuring several feet in diameter is expected to enter the atmosphere over northern Sudan before dawn Tuesday, the U.S. space agency NASA reported on Monday.
Source : xinhua | 07-Oct-2008 14:16
NASA spacecraft flies by Mercury for second time
NASA spacecraft MESSENGER has successfully made the second of the three planned flybys of Mercury Monday, taking pictures of most of its remaining unseen surface.
Source : xinhua | 07-Oct-2008 14:15
Chinese scientists start studying samples from Shenzhou-7
Chinese scientists Monday unsealed a box of solid lubricant samples that were aboard the Shenzhou-7 spacecraft. They will study the material for the next six months.
Source : xinhua | 07-Oct-2008 14:13
Spacecraft Cassini plans two flybys of Saturn's geyser moon in October
WASHINGTON, Oct. 6 (Xinhua) -- Spacecraft Cassini will ...
Source : xinhua | 07-Oct-2008 06:53
German, French win Nobel Prize for medicine
Harald zur Hausen of Germany and Francoise Barre-Sinoussi and Luc Montagnier of France on Monday won the 2008 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for their discovery of two viruses causing severe human diseases.
Source : xinhua | 06-Oct-2008 11:47
Accompanying satellite begins orbiting Shenzhou-7 spaceship on Sunday
Chinese scientists on Sunday successfully directed the accompanying satellite BX-1 to begin circling the Shenzhou-7 spaceship, on an elliptical track of 4 kilometers multiplying 8 kilometers. It is the first time that China has succeeded in maneuvering this kind of space orbiting.
Source : xinhua | 05-Oct-2008 17:18
Google, Yahoo delay ad partnership due to federal investigations
Internet giants Google Inc. and Yahoo Inc. have agreed to delay implementing an advertising partnership to give the United States' Department of Justice time to finish investigating the proposed deal, said the San Francisco Chronicle on Saturday.
Source : xinhua | 05-Oct-2008 03:53
World's biggest computing grid launched
The world's largest computing grid is launched on Friday, ready to tackle mankind's biggest data challenge from the earth's most powerful accelerator, according to local media reports.
Source : xinhua | 04-Oct-2008 03:22
Czech scientists help create map of largest wheat chromosome
Scientists have created a map of the largest wheat chromosome which is the fundamental step towards understanding the genome of the second most produced food among the cereal crops.
Source : xinhua | 04-Oct-2008 02:06
U.S. scientists find sun not perfect round sphere
Scientists using NASA's RHESSI spacecraft have measured the roundness of the sun with unprecedented precision.
Source : xinhua | 03-Oct-2008 23:46
Rare herbal plants aboard Shenzhou-7 spacecraft studied
Special Report: Third Manned Space Mission BEIJING, Oct. 3 ...
Source : xinhua | 03-Oct-2008 10:37
Scientists call for policy to guide biofuels industry
A group of scientists are calling for sustainable practices in an industry that will "reshape the Earth's landscape in a significant way."
Source : xinhua | 03-Oct-2008 04:37
U.S. to strengthen astrobiology research
U.S. NASA announced Thursday that it has awarded five-year grants to 10 research teams to study the origins, evolution, distribution, and future of life in the universe.
Source : xinhua | 03-Oct-2008 04:10
Nintendo reveals new DS handheld console
Japanese video game maker Nintendo said on Thursday it would launch its new DS handheld game console on November 1 in Japan for 18,900 yen (179 U.S. dollars). The new DS model will have camera and audio functions, the company said.
Source : xinhua | 03-Oct-2008 03:45
Ceremony for opening of Shenzhou-7 re-entry module
A ceremony for the opening of the re-entry module and transferring of articles on board of the Shenzhou-7 spacecraft was held here Wednesday. • Scientists to collect data from China space re-entry module• Shenzhou-7 capsule shipped to Beijing for further studies
Source : xinhua | 02-Oct-2008 02:54
Russian rocket sends Thai satellite into orbit
The Dnepr rocket, developed on the basis of the RC-20B intercontinental ballistic missile and with the Theos remote sensing satellite atop, was launched from the Dombarovsky district in the Ural Orenburg region Wednesday morning.
Source : xinhua | 01-Oct-2008 10:44
Hubble suffers failure, NASA delays shuttle launch
NASA announced on Monday that a serious equipment failure aboard Hubble is preventing it from sending data to Earth and NASA has to replan its last servicing mission to the space telescope, which was originally scheduled in early October.
Source : xinhua | 01-Oct-2008 02:32
Shenzhou-7 capsule shipped to Beijing for further studies
The re-entry module of China's Shenzhou-7 spacecraft arrived in Beijing Tuesday afternoon, two days after its safe landing in northern China's Inner Mongolia.
Source : xinhua | 30-Sep-2008 11:18
Hubble suffers serious failure
NASA announced on Monday that a serious equipment failure aboard Hubble is preventing it from sending data to Earth and NASA has to replan its last servicing mission to the space telescope.
Source : xinhua | 30-Sep-2008 04:57
U.S. Mars lander Phoenix sees falling snow
U.S. Phoenix Mars Lander has detected snow falling from Martian clouds, NASA announced Monday.
Source : xinhua | 30-Sep-2008 02:48
Scientists identify gene that may help improve rice yield
A team of scientists from institutions in the U.S. and China have identified a gene in rice that controls the size and weight of rice grains.
Source : xinhua | 29-Sep-2008 17:13
Chinese astronauts back to Beijing
Three Chinese astronauts who successfully completed a space journey Sunday came back to Beijing Monday morning. They are expected to undergo two-week preventive quarantine in the medical facilities in the space town. Although they have passed brief physical checkup soon after their perfect landing, the astronauts are still vulnerable to viruses on the Earth, says medical experts.
Source : xinhua | 29-Sep-2008 07:18
China publishes altitude of lowest inland point
China's lowest inland point is 154.31 meters below the sea level, the State Bureau of Surveying and Mapping and the government of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region jointly announced Sunday.
Source : xinhua | 28-Sep-2008 13:21
Premier: China committed to peaceful exploration, use of outer space
Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao said it is the Chinese people's persistent aspiration to develop the manned space-flight technologies for the peaceful exploration and use of the outer space.
Source : xinhua | 28-Sep-2008 12:35
China's landmark spacewalk mission ends
The Shenzhou-7 space module carrying three taikonauts landed safely by parachute Sunday afternoon in China's northern grassland, after a landmark spacewalk mission that leads the country further in its space exploration. • Chinese taikonaut greets nation, world in first spacewalk• Shenzhou-7 launches small monitoring satellite
Source : xinhua | 28-Sep-2008 10:59
FLASH: SHENZHOU-7 ON RETURN TRIP, AS BRAKING ENGINE STARTS
Source : xinhua | 28-Sep-2008 10:58
FLASH: SHENZHOU-7 ORBITAL MODULE UNDOCKED FROM RE-ENTRY MODULE
Source : xinhua | 28-Sep-2008 10:58