Science & Technology (科学与科技)

2020-10-08 French, American Women Win Nobel in Chemistry for Genetic Tool

French and American scientists won the 2020 Nobel Prize in Chemistry Wednesday for developing a tool that can change the…

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2020-10-08 More US States Launching COVID-19 Warning Apps

A growing number of American states are launching smartphone systems designed to warn people of possible exposure to COVID-19. The release of…

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2020-10-07 Three Scientists Win Nobel Physics Prize for Black Hole Research

Three scientists have won the 2020 Nobel Prize in physics for their discoveries related to massive objects called black holes.…

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2020-10-05 New Measurements on the Moon Show Harmful Radiation Levels

New measurements show that radiation levels on the moon are two to three times higher than on the International Space…

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2020-10-01 New AI Tool Searches Millions of Historical Newspaper Pages

A new search tool uses machine learning to search millions of U.S. newspaper pages for historical pictures. The U.S. Library of Congress…

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2020-09-29 Judge Blocks US Ban on New TikTok Downloads

A U.S. judge has temporarily blocked a Trump administration order to ban new downloads of the popular video-sharing app TikTok. The order…

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2020-09-28 Arctic Ocean Ice Shrinks to Second Lowest Level on Record

Scientists say ice in the Arctic Ocean melted to its second lowest level on record this summer. Arctic sea ice…

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2020-09-28 With Whale Sharks, Males Grow Faster, But Females Grow Bigger

New research has provided surprising details about the biology of Earth's largest fish, the whale shark. Scientists say that female…

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2020-09-27 Fewer Europeans Using Coronavirus Tracing Apps than Expected

Smartphone apps designed to slow spread of the coronavirus have experienced low usage rates in Europe, where virus cases are again rising…

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2020-09-25 NASA Releases Updated Plan for 2024 Moon Landing

The American space agency, NASA, has released its latest plan to place the first humans on the moon since 1972.…

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