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SHANGHAI -- After decades of getting its millions of citizens off their bicycles and into modern transportation, China is now struggling to make a big policy U-turn. [More]
Read More »Researchers discover promising hydrogen storage material
(PhysOrg.com) -- If hydrogen is to ever to serve as an onboard energy carrier for the transportation industry, a material will be needed that can store large amounts of hydrogen at ambient temperature and pressure.
Read More »Bill Gates And The Chinese Government Want To Take On World Hunger
The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation is teaming up with Beijing to fund a series of revolutionary agricultural and biotech initiatives. China might be using Gates to further its economic imperialism
Read More »Bill Gates And The Chinese Government Want To Take On World Hunger
The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation is teaming up with Beijing to fund a series of revolutionary agricultural and biotech initiatives. China might be using Gates to further its economic imperialism
Read More »I Built a Haunted House Empire
Larry Kirchner had a penchant for gore even at a young age. His sick obsession has grown into a global rave
Read More »I Built a Haunted House Empire
Larry Kirchner had a penchant for gore even at a young age. His sick obsession has grown into a global rave. I built my first haunted house after school in the fourth grade.
Read More »Samsung’s Smartphone Sales Grow 44 Percent, Netflix Users Take Up A Third Of U.S. Bandwidth, Amazon In Talks For Kindle In China
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Read More »5 Back-Office Tech Innovations
These new tech tools can improve the flow of your business operations, help you attract new customers or develop new loyalty programs, and directly impact your monthly sales. You might notice something different about the sales receipt at Burgerville, a chain of 39 burger shops in the Portland area. Using a technology developed by SmartReceipt (www.receipt.com), the chain shows customized nutrition information about your specific order, news and trivia, and marketing information.
Read More »Chinese Moon Probe Tackling New Deep-Space Mission
China's second moon probe is parked at a stable spot in deep space, called a Lagrangian point, as part of a new mission to study the sun and Earth 's magnetic field.
Read More »Android Overtakes Apple On Apps,China iPhone Manufacturer Is Cleaning Up,"Steve Jobs" Could Be Amazon Top Seller
Breaking news from your editors at Fast Company, with updates all day. Bluetooth 4.0 Renamed "Smart." The Bluetooth Special Interest Group, responsible for managing the wireless protocol, just sent out a press release stating the new protocol Bluetooth 4.0 has been renamed "Bluetooth Smart." Devices supporting BT4.0 will now sport a special "Smart" logo, or "Smart ready" if they only do a limited version
Read More »Ericsson’s Secret To Success: China, And Mobile Net Infrastructure (Not Taking On The iPhone)
The world is swiftly adapting to mobile internet solutions, and in industrialized nations the era of dumbphones and 2G tech is all but over. This represents a huge opportunity for Swedish firm Ericsson, because though you may not know it, Ericsson's technology underpins much of the hardware that makes cell phone networks actually work.
Read More »China Wind Power Capacity Could Reach 1,000 GW by 2050
BEIJING (Reuters) - China's wind power generating capacity, already the world's largest, could reach 1,000 gigawatts by 2050, a study prepared by a think tank of the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) showed on Wednesday. China had more than 41 GW of wind power capacity at the end of 2010
Read More »China Coal Mine Blast Kills 13
BEIJING, Oct 19 (Reuters) - A blast at a coal mine insouthwestern China has killed 13, state news agency Xinhua said [More]
Read More »China to Inspect Coastal Regions for Oil Spill Risks
BEIJING (Reuters) - China plans inspections of coastal regions for potential pollution risks from oil spills, the official Xinhua News Agency said. The inspections were aimed at enhancing awareness among local governments and companies about safe production, and establishing mechanisms to prevent oil leaks, Xinhua reported, quoting Ministry of Environmental Protection (MEP) spokesman Tao Detian
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