Situated in Leqing, Wenzhou in the southeast of Zhejiang Province, Yandang Mountain is one of the 10 famous mountains in China. It is spends four and half hours from there to Shanghai by train.
Yandang Mountain, which was formed 120 million years ago, is a typical ancient rhyolitic volcano of the Cr...
China sets sail for the Arctic
A Chinese research vessel and ice-breaker is due to set sail this week for the Arctic, a region much coveted by Beijing for its wealth of scientific data and natural resources.
The shrinking of the frozen sheets blanketing the Arctic -- thanks to global warming -- are...
Title: Centimetre Imaging of the R Coronae Australis Region Authors: Minho Choi, Kenji Hamaguchi, Jeong-Eun Lee, Ken'ichi Tatematsu The R CrA region was observed in the 3.5 and 6.2 cm continuum with high angular resolutions (0.6--1.7 arcseconds) using the Very Large Array. Archival data sets we...
"The Gallery of Creation" Museum by Joseph Hurt Studio to be Liquidated at Public Auction
Higgenbotham Auctioneers International (HAI) announced recently that they have been engaged to liquidate the "Gallery of Creation" Museum created by Joseph Hurt Studio, Inc. The m...
60th Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting
The annual Lindau Nobel Laureate Meetings provide a globally recognised forum for the transfer of knowledge between generations of scientists. They inspire and motivate Nobel Laureates and international Best Talents. Lectures of Nobel Laureates reflect...
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The University of Leicester's sports ground in Oadby becomes a miniature Cape Kennedy today as teams from schools around the country compete in the final of the UK Aerospace Youth Rocketry Challenge (UKAYRoC).
The challenge, open to teams of students between the ages of 11 and 18, is to design, con...
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Title: Suzaku and BeppoSAX X-ray Spectra of the Persistently Accreting Neutron-Star Binary 4U 1705-44Authors: Dacheng Lin (MIT, CESR), Ronald A. Remillard (MIT), Jeroen Homan (MIT) We present an analysis of the broad-band spectra of 4U~1705--44 obtained with Suzaku in 2006--2008 and by Beppo...
Science historian cracks "the Plato code"
The Greek philosopher Plato has been revered as a great thinker for millennia. It turns out, his writings are even more valuable than we have thought.
A science historian at The University of Manchester has cracked "The Plato Code&quo...
Williams College invites the public to the Milham Planetarium, located inside the Old Hopkins Observatory on the college campus. Astronomy students at the college will host free shows for the public at 7:30 p.m. on the following Friday evenings: Oct. 3, 10, 17, 24, 31; Nov. 7, 14, 21; Dec. 5; and Jan....
With the star ball banished, the sky's the limit now for the Gottlieb Planetarium.
A new 360-degree and 3-D projection system now operating in the funny-shaped building next to Union Station is hoped to bring back audiences and send them to the moon and beyond.
And the best part is that the system wa...
The western side of the park contains Sheshan Mountain itself as well as its best-known attractions: the Shanghai Astronomical Museum and the Sheshan Basilica. For 30 yuan ($4.40), tourists can take the 15-minute hike up to the top of the mountain and see these attractions up close. Originally fou...
