BEIJING (Reuters) – A team from China plans to challenge Google’s AlphaGo, the artificial intelligence (AI) program that beat a world-class player in the ancient board game Go, the state-owned …read more Source:: UKScienceNews
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Plants boost extreme temperatures by 5°C
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Heatwaves from Europe to China are likely to be more intense and result in maximum temperatures that are 3 degrees Celsius to 5 degrees Celsius warmer than previously estimated by …read more Source:: Science
China’s forest recovery shows hope for mitigating global climate change
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China’s sweeping program to restore forests across the country is working. The vast destruction of China’s forests, leveled after decades of logging, floods and conversion to farmland, has become a …read more Source:: Science
‘Climate responsibility’: New methodology applied to China
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Using a new approach scientists have found that China’s “climate responsibility”, is not as significant as initially estimated. However, rather paradoxically, the latter country’s “responsibility” may increase rapidly over the …read more Source:: Science
China to launch second space lab in third-quarter: state media
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BEIJING (Reuters) – China will put a second space laboratory in orbit in the third quarter of this year, state news agency Xinhua said on Sunday, part of the country’s …read more Source:: UKScienceNews
Sauropod swimmers or walkers?
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Palaeontologists have shed new light on some unusual dinosaur tracks from northern China. The tracks appear to have been made by four-legged sauropod dinosaurs yet only two of their feet …read more Source:: Science
China looks to reward academic innovation to drive economic growth
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SHANGHAI (Reuters) – China will give greater financial rewards to innovative academics and small research bodies in a drive to convert interesting scientific ideas into commercial realities and rev up …read more Source:: UKScienceNews
Global nitrogen footprint mapped for first time
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The first-ever global nitrogen footprint, encompassing 188 countries, has found the United States, China, India and Brazil are responsible for 46 percent of the world’s nitrogen emissions. The economic modelling, …read more Source:: Science
China to land probe on dark side of moon in 2018: Xinhua
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SHANGHAI (Reuters) – China plans to land the first probe ever on the dark side of the moon in 2018, marking another milestone in its ambitious space program, the official …read more Source:: UKScienceNews
Cool roofs in China offer enhanced benefits during heat waves
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It is well established that white roofs can mitigate the urban heat island effect, reflecting the sun’s energy back into space and reducing a city’s temperature. In a new study …read more Source:: Science