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Exclusive: China expands worldwide using of its Eye of Heaven: FAST chief scientist Posted by: superadmin - 01-16-2022, 06:39 PM - Forum: Astronomy - No Replies China is sharing its Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical radio Telescope (FAST) - Eye of Heaven - with the world by allocating 10 percent of its observation hours for projects run by foreign astronomers, and the percentage will definitely increase in the coming years, said FAST chief scientist. Speaking to the Global Times during an exclusive interview, Li Di, the chief scientist of Both FAST and the radio division of China's National Astronomical Observatories of the China Academy of Sciences (CAS), revealed that astronomers from 15 countries, with scientists from the US, Europe and Australia topping the list, are using China's state-of-the-art telescope and exploring the boundaries of mankind's space knowledge.  On March 31, 2021, the FAST officially opened to the world and started to collect observation applications from astronomers from around the world. The FAST received 7,216 hours of observation applications submitted by scientists from various countries and finally granted approval to 27 international projects. These projects started to use the FAST for scientific observations in August 2021. - More -   US new rare-earth bill another political move on China Posted by: superadmin - 01-16-2022, 06:32 PM - Forum: Politics - No Replies US new rare-earth bill another political move, won’t obstruct China’s development in the sector: experts A new rare-earth bill was reportedly introduced in the US Senate on Friday, aiming to force defense contractors to end the use of rare earths sourced from China by 2026. It is another political move of the US against the backdrop of its attempt to contain China's growth, but it will not obstruct the development of China's rare-earth sector, Chinese experts said on Saturday. The bill also intends to create a permanent stockpile of the strategic minerals managed by the Pentagon, according to an Reuters exclusive report. The report adds that Pentagon still needs to purchase part of its supply from China to build that reserve though. One of the Senators sponsoring the bill is Tom Cotton, an Arkansas Republican who has been sanctioned by China due to his egregious records on Hong Kong affairs.  "It is simply another political move of the US attempting to thwart China's growth," an anonymous expert told the Global Times on Saturday, noting that it is not the first time for certain US politicians to claim that the US needs to shake off dependence on China's rare-earth reserves , and whether the 2026 deadline is a practical target remains hard to say. - More -   Gobind to AG: Explain why SC, MACC investigations shouldn’t be seen as ‘compromised’ Posted by: superadmin - 01-16-2022, 06:24 PM - Forum: Politics - No Replies DAP’s Gobind to AG: Explain why SC, MACC investigations shouldn’t be seen as ‘compromised’ KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 16 — Puchong MP Gobind Singh Deo has questioned the decision to allow the Securities Commission of Malaysia (SC) and the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) to investigate each other over the conduct of their top officials. In a Facebook post, Gobind said he seeks an explanation from Attorney General (AG) Tan Sri Idrus Harun as to the effectiveness of this course of action. Following MACC chief Tan Sri Azam Baki’s admission to proxy share trading and reports over the alleged misconduct of SC board members, Gobind raised the possibility of conflict of interest, saying it could cast doubt on the investigations’ impartiality. - More -   This is the ‘worst food ingredient for your immune system’—especially during Covid Posted by: superadmin - 01-16-2022, 02:16 PM - Forum: Health News - No Replies This is the ‘worst food ingredient for your immune system’—especially during Covid, says immunologist When the first wave of Covid hit the U.S., it became clear that the majority of patients being placed on ventilators had a series of underlying conditions. Among those were metabolic disorders like obesity and diabetes, both of which have been surging in the U.S. over the past few years. A question that puzzled people at the beginning of the pandemic was: Why does diabetes make it harder to fight a respiratory virus? First, we know that the SARS-CoV-2 virus can make blood sugar control worse in the short term and can potentially throw people with diabetes into a very dangerous blood sugar state, studies show. It does this by binding itself to the receptors found on the beta cells of the pancreas, which produce insulin. - More -   China's longest underwater highway tunnel opens Posted by: superadmin - 01-16-2022, 12:20 PM - Forum: Travels - No Replies (CNN) — After nearly four years of construction, China's longest underwater highway tunnel is now open to vehicle traffic. At a length of 10.79 kilometers (6.65 miles), the Taihu tunnel stretches under Lake Taihu in eastern China's Jiangsu Province, about 50 kilometers east of Shanghai. According to government officials in Jiangsu, the tunnel was built at a cost 9.9 billion yuan (about $1.56 billion). Construction began on January 9, 2018. Over 2 million cubic meters of concrete were used to build the two-way tunnel, which has six lanes and is 17.45 meters wide, reports China's official news agency, Xinhua. The ceiling of the tunnel has been outfitted with colorful LED lights, designed to prevent driver fatigue. - More -   Keep differences internal, Tian Chua urges PKR ahead of party polls Posted by: superadmin - 01-16-2022, 11:55 AM - Forum: Politics - No Replies KUALA LUMPUR – As PKR looks to elect new leadership in the coming months, vice-president Chua Tian Chang is reminding members to keep infighting “within the four walls” of the party.  He said this is key to avoiding a repeat of the events that unfolded in the months leading up to the Sheraton Move in February 2020, where public bickering among PKR members threatened to hurt the party’s image. With the party elections expected by next quarter, Chua said there are bound to be rivalries and differences of opinion, but said these must be kept in check. “Members must know to minimise conflicts in public,” he told The Vibes. “Behind the scenes, what you want to do is up to you. But we must remember that we are dealing with public perception. “We cannot be seen publicly to be infighting too much, because then this will cause the people to lose confidence in us.” - More -   Court recognition of vernacular schools reflects Malaysia’s diversity: legal expert Posted by: superadmin - 01-16-2022, 11:41 AM - Forum: Stop Racism and Religious Bigotry - No Replies KUALA LUMPUR – The Kuala Lumpur High Court’s decision to allow vernacular Chinese and Tamil schools to co-exist with national schools reflects Malaysia’s tolerance and moderation towards the nation’s multicultural nature, said constitutional law expert Datuk Saleem Shad Faruqi. He was commenting on the decision, delivered at the end of 2021, which effectively dismissed a 2019 application challenging the constitutionality of vernacular schools in the country. The suit was initiated by the Federation of Peninsular Malay Students, the Islamic Education Development Council and the Confederation of Malaysian Writers’ Association. They had sought a declaration from the high court that Sections 2, 17 and 28 of the Education Act 1966 – which provided for the establishment of vernacular schools using Mandarin and Tamil as the main language – were inconsistent with Article 152 of the federal constitution and were therefore null and void. - More -   Unhappy and unready, but PH won’t quit MoU, says analyst Posted by: superadmin - 01-16-2022, 11:20 AM - Forum: Politics - No Replies PETALING JAYA: Pakatan Harapan, while unhappy with the government, is caught between its unreadiness to face a general election and Umno’s pressure on prime minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob to dissolve Parliament, according to a political analyst. Azmi Hassan, formerly of Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, said the opposition coalition was stuck “between a rock and a hard place” because it would not do well in a general election now despite its obvious discontent with the government’s performance. “The greatest pressure to dissolve Parliament is from Umno and I don’t think PH can afford to fulfil (Umno’s) threats,” he said. Azmi said a pull-out by PH from its political understanding (MoU) with Ismail’s government would add greater pressure on the prime minister, who is already under pressure from his own party, Umno. - More -   The people won’t like snap elections in Johor, says Faizal Posted by: superadmin - 01-16-2022, 11:14 AM - Forum: Politics - No Replies PETALING JAYA: The Malaysian public would not like to see the Johor legislative assembly dissolved and snap elections called, says Bersatu deputy president Ahmad Faizal Azumu. The former Perak menteri besar said it was unnecessary and inappropriate for the Johor state assembly to be dissolved, though he conceded that his party would still take part in the polls. Faizal also said it was too early to talk of an election pact between Perikatan Nasional (PN) and Barisan Nasional (BN), adding that the party was still united in its support for Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob. - More -   Cuba’s Covid vaccine success could provide the best hope for low-income countries Posted by: superadmin - 01-15-2022, 08:43 PM - Forum: Covid-19 Pandemic - No Replies Why Cuba’s extraordinary Covid vaccine success could provide the best hope for low-income countries Cuba’s prestigious biotech sector has developed five different Covid vaccines to date, including Abdala, Soberana 02 and Soberana Plus — all of which Cuba has said provide upwards of 90% protection against symptomatic Covid when administered in three doses. The country of roughly 11 million remains the only country in Latin America and the Caribbean to have produced a homegrown shot for Covid. The WHO’s potential approval of Cuba’s nationally produced Covid vaccines would carry “enormous significance” for low-income nations, John Kirk, professor emeritus at the Latin America program of Dalhousie University in Nova Scotia, Canada, told CNBC via telephone. Cuba has vaccinated a greater percentage of its population against Covid-19 than almost all of the world’s largest and richest nations. In fact, only the oil-rich United Arab Emirates boasts a stronger vaccination record. The tiny Communist-run Caribbean island has achieved this milestone by producing its own Covid vaccine, even as it struggles to keep supermarket shelves stocked amid a decades-old U.S. trade embargo. “It is an incredible feat,” Helen Yaffe, a Cuba expert and lecturer in economic and social history at the University of Glasgow, Scotland, told CNBC via telephone. - More - Pages (865): « Previous 1 … 445 446 447 448 449 … 865 Next » Jump to page: