Kazakhstan gets Dutch portable lab to test Western Europe - Western China road
The quality of the road-surface of the Western Europe - Western China transport corridor will be tested by Dynatest Dutch portable laboratory.
China's Baidu paints New Year travel map from mobiles
Pale blue, fibre-optic-like lines linking dots in an outline of China emerging from darkness -- technology giant Baidu has launched an astronomical chart-style image of the country's New Year travels.
DNA from ancient plague points to modern peril
"In some cases death came immediately; in others, after many days," the historian Procopius wrote as a terrifying disease scythed through Constantinople in 542 AD.
Kazakhstan mathematician claims solution of Clay Navier-Stokes Millennium Problem
Kazakhstan mathematician Dr. Mukhtarbay Otelbayev claimes to have solved one of the mathematical problems of the millennium.
'Goodnight, humans': China's Jade Rabbit moon rover posting
Chinese Internet users flooded the country's social media networks on Monday with condolences for the troubled Jade Rabbit moon rover, which experienced a "mechanical control abnormality" over the weekend.
NASA launches communications satellite
NASA on Thursday launched a new satellite to boost its growing communications network between Earth and the International Space Station, allowing for nearly uninterrupted video, voice link and data transmission.
Mars 'jelly doughnut' rock intrigues scientists
A strange rock that looks like a jelly doughnut has appeared on Mars, and scientists are closer to figuring out how it got there.
'Mac' turns 30 in changing computer world
Decades before changing the world with iPhones and iPads, Apple transformed home computing with the Macintosh.
Rescued Antarctic scientists back on dry land
Scientists whose Antarctic expedition became trapped in sea ice finally returned to dry land Wednesday, apologising for the disruption and facing questions over who will pay for the international rescue mission.