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BEIJING, Feb. 1 (Xinhua) -- Researchers have found that increased green space around home and school is associated with a slower decline in visual acuity among schoolchildren, according to a research article recently published in the journal Environment International.Green space is known to have a positive impact on human health and well-being, while its potential effects on visual acuity have ...
After two years of excavation, a batch of important cultural relics -- including a well-preserved jade cross -- was unearthed at the relics site of a Nestorian monastery in Turpan, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region.Nestorianism, or Jingjiao in Chinese, was the earliest form of Christianity introduced to China. Covering an area of about 2,500 square meters, the monastery is a re...
GUANGZHOU, May 7 (Xinhua) -- A team of Chinese cancer researchers has uncovered a novel mechanism through which obesity-related microbes in one's gut can promote cancer progression. It involves the release of specific chemicals that can have a significant impact on the growth and spread of cancer cells.A high-fat diet (HFD) is widely considered a significant risk factor for the malignant progre...
Yangcheng Evening News
The biodiversity exploration project team from Sun Yat-sen University at Danxiashan National Geopark recently delved deeper into the remote areas and discovered a new plant species endemic to the region, Asplenium guodanum (Aspleniaceae).Following the discoveries of Dryopteris shiakeana, Selaginella orientali-chinensis, and Asplenium danxiaense, Asplenium guodanum marks the fourth new species o...
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"I tried all the acupuncture points on myself.""I use a lot of AliExpress, despite never having been to China.""My Chinese students said: How come it's so difficult to learn French!"As 2024 marks the 60th anniversary of China-France diplomatic ties, join Xinhua's Patrick Zheng in a cross-cultural talk with 6 professionals from China and France and explore the allure of their cultures.Original T...
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GUANGZHOU, Jan. 18 (Xinhua) -- An organ transplant technique adopted by a Chinese hospital has garnered widespread attention for its potential in solving the problem of donor organ ischemic injury in organ transplantation surgery.Ischemia-free organ transplantation (IFOT), a technique pioneered by Professor He Xiaoshun at the First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University in Guangzhou, the...
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BEIJING, March 26 (Xinhua) --Chinese scientists made accurate predictions regarding Antarctic sea ice for December 2023 to February 2024 using deep learning methods.The research team utilized a Convolutional Long Short-Term Memory (ConvLSTM) neural network to construct a seasonal-scale Antarctic sea ice prediction model.Their forecast indicated that Antarctic sea ice would remain close to histo...
China Daily
Ma Jun, an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, said his research team has proposed revision suggestions for the current internationally recognized AJCC/UICC eighth edition clinical staging system for nasopharyngeal carcinoma for the first time. [By Zheng Caixiong/chinadaily.com.cn]For the first time, Chinese scientists have proposed revision suggestions for the current international...
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Multivolume series introduces materials not seen in the country before, opening up new avenues of academic study, Yang Feiyue reports.The book series Chinese Folklore Documents Overseas is donated to the National Library of China in Beijing on Jan 20.[Photo provided to China Daily]A book series containing rare documents related to Chinese folklore held in collections outside the country was fin...
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Gao Song, a deputy to the 14th National People's Congress, is interviewed ahead of the closing meeting of the second session of the 14th NPC at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, March 11, 2024. [Photo by Wang Zhuangfei/chinadaily.com.cn]Involving students in high-level research is one of the most important ways to cultivate students' creativity, said Gao Song, an academician of the Chine...
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