February 27, 2006

Briefs: Mitsubushi pulls out of China wireless

Japan's Mitsubishi Mobile is reportedly pulling out of China's wireless phone market due to sluggish sales and a crowded market.

Japanese media said over the weekend that Mitsubishi's mobile-phone offices in three Chinese cities will be closed as will the company's factory in Hangzhou. Aftersale service for Mitsubishi phones has been farmed out to other companies in China.

Mitsubishi joins Panasonic and Toshiba among the big-name companies that have withdrawn from the booming Chinese wireless market.

China's Peoples Daily observed Monday that foreign companies that were late entries to the Chinese market have been struggling to gain market share.

Briefs: Mitsubushi pulls out of China wireless

Kenyan fishers face increased drowning risk from climate change

A merger of microbes: Study shows low-nutrient conditions alter viral infection

Community science volunteers can set scientific world abuzz with new bumble bee sightings

Using wobbling stellar material, astronomers measure the spin of a supermassive black hole for the first time

Study finds sea-level rise and weather-related shocks caused Louisiana marsh to die back

Ancient Mycenaean armor tested by Marines and pronounced suitable for extended combat

First observation of a focused plasma wave on the sun

Nuclear physicists make first precision measurements of radium monofluoride

Many microplastics in the world's oceans have likely escaped detection, researchers say

Repurposed protease controls important signaling molecule-activating protein

Escaped GMO canola plants persist long-term, but may be losing their engineered resistance to pesticides

Ancient people hunted now extinct elephants at Tagua Tagua Lake in Chile 12,000 years ago, study finds

Study reveals cuddled cows who work as therapy animals show a strong preference for women compared to men

Sustainable, high-performance paper coating material could reduce microplastic pollution

NASA's Psyche fires up its sci-fi-worthy thrusters

Astronomers observe jet reorientation in 'Death Star' black holes

How yeasts manage to compensate for the genetic imbalance of extra chromosomes

Researchers show how to use 'topological tweezers' to control active fluids