Despite formidable competition from Japan, Bahrain, and India, China remains poised to top the medal table in athletics at the Hangzhou Asian Games. Since 1986, China has consistently led the medal tally in track and field at every Asian Games. Five years ago in Jakarta, China tied with Bahrain, each securing 12 gold medals. India […]
Trees cast shadows on the alamedas in a residential community in Shanghai's Minhang district. Close to Jindu Huahaoyueyuan community's main gate, are three fragrant camphor trees marked by somewhat special signs, which read: "receding trimming," "deep trimming," and "regular trimming," indicating the trimming degree of each tree. Tree trimming, a seemingly trivial matter, used to […]
European companies are still heavily betting on China, and they emphasized that their strategy for the Chinese market will not change, a sharp contrast with some politicians who questioned Chinese business climate and attempted to push for "de-risking" from China. Those companies, ranging from industrial manufacturing to vehicle production, hold solid confidence in China and […]
A 500-kilovolt substation stands on a vast expanse of sand, and the giant steel building looks majestic against the blue sky. Inside the station, the large power transformer runs quietly, and technicians are seen monitoring the power grid carefully. Outside the station, trees and grass sway in the wind, providing a stark contrast to the […]
The number of marriage registrations in multiple cities across China increased year-on-year on Tuesday, the day of the traditional Qixi Festival, also known as Chinese Valentine's Day. It was the first Qixi since the country expanded an inter-provincial marriage registration pilot program to 21 provincial-level regions. Experts noted on Wednesday that the year-on-year rise in […]
A busy protein known for its role in aging may also have a hand in depression, a study on mice hints. Under certain circumstances, the aging-related SIRT1 protein seems to make mice despondent, scientists report August 10 in the Journal of Neuroscience. The results are preliminary, but they might ultimately help find new depression treatments. […]
Carefully counting steps, stairs and sprints might backfire for some people. At the end of a two-year weight-loss trial, people who used activity monitors had lost less weight than people without the device. The results, described in the Sept. 20 JAMA, are the exact opposite of what researchers expected to find. Going into the study, […]
Like Marvel’s surly superhero Luke Cage, naked mole-rats are seemingly indestructible, hairless creatures that are impervious to certain kinds of pain. This last power has puzzled researchers, because like other mammals, mole-rats have functional versions of a protein called TRPV1, which responds to painfully hot stimuli. It turns out that a different protein, TrkA, is […]
In 2016, Colombia saw a surge in babies with microcephaly — more than four times the number reported in the previous year. The country documented 476 cases of the debilitating birth defect from January 31 to November 12, researchers note December 9 in Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, published by the Centers for Disease Control […]