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Business Jan 11, 2018

China warns of US protectionism after Huawei setback (Update)

China warned on Thursday that American protectionism was on the rise after congressional documents showed that Chinese tech giant Huawei's designs on the US market were causing national security concerns in Washington.

Social Sciences Jan 4, 2018

Developing countries need to wake up to the risks of new technologies

Technological advances associated with the fourth industrial revolution – including artificial intelligence – allow the automation of an increasingly wide array of processes in increasingly interactive and sophisticated ...

Social Sciences Nov 17, 2017

Baby steps: Researcher's new book examines role of infants in modernizing American society

The 20th century saw revolutions in scientific medicine, consumer culture, and social welfare, and in the understanding of human development and potential, explains Janet Golden.

Optics & Photonics Nov 2, 2017

Metasurface generates new states of light for fundamental research and applications

There's nothing new thing under the sun—except maybe light itself.

Social Sciences Nov 1, 2017

Is there too much emphasis on STEM fields at universities?

The perception abounds around the world that science, technology, engineering and mathematics, or STEM subjects, matter more economically and academically than the humanities and social sciences.

Other Oct 27, 2017

Not just available, but also useful: we must keep pushing to improve open access to research

Stephen Hawking's PhD thesis became freely available online this week, and promptly crashed a server following massive public interest.

Business Oct 13, 2017

Bayer sells crop science units to ease Monsanto takeover

Germany's Bayer said Friday it would sell parts of its agrichemical business to rival BASF, kick-starting a competitor in the seeds market even as it clears the way for its mammoth takeover of US-based Monsanto.

Security Oct 5, 2017

How the Chinese cyberthreat has evolved

With more than half of its 1.4 billion people online, the world's most populous country is home to a slew of cyberspies and hackers. Indeed, China has likely stolen more secrets from businesses and governments than any other ...

General Physics Oct 3, 2017

Nobel physics prize awards discovery in gravitational waves (Update)

Three U.S.-based scientists won the Nobel Physics Prize on Tuesday for detecting faint ripples flying through the universe—the gravitational waves predicted a century ago by Albert Einstein that provide a new understanding ...

Business Sep 25, 2017

Satya Nadella aims to make Microsoft mighty - and mindful

Satya Nadella, the Microsoft CEO who kept the company relevant as its primary PC software business faded, could write a book about the challenges he faced.

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