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Light pollution - silently threat
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Light pollution - silently threat

According to the World Health Organization, unnecessary light and unreasonable design are considered a form of pollution. And in an increasingly more modern world, this…

December 16, 2018
Need to actively respond to typhoon Kai-Tak
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Need to actively respond to typhoon Kai-Tak

At 04:00 on August 16, the location of the center of the storm was about 19.1 degrees North latitude; 117.9 Kinh Dong, about 670km from Hoang Sa archipelago to the East…

December 16, 2018
Actively prevent storm Kai-Tak
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Actively prevent storm Kai-Tak

At 13:00 on August 17, the location of the center of the storm was about 21.1 degrees north latitude; 109.9 Kinh Dong, on the northwestern area of ​​Leizhou Peninsula (C…

December 16, 2018
Hong Kong produces biodiesel from waste oil
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Hong Kong produces biodiesel from waste oil

Hong Kong entrepreneurs and investors from the Netherlands and the Middle East are currently cooperating to build a plant that converts waste oils into biodiesel.

December 16, 2018
Equipment for producing bioenergy from waste
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Equipment for producing bioenergy from waste

Recently, researchers at Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), of the US Department of Energy, have created a device called a durable bioenergy reactor (EBR), which can be…

December 16, 2018
Can exploit uranium from seawater?
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Can exploit uranium from seawater?

The world's oceans contain at least 4 billion tons of rare metals, but the goal of exploiting uranium from the sea is still a dream for the past four decades. The reason…

December 16, 2018
Heavy rain in Pakistan killed at least 32 people
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Heavy rain in Pakistan killed at least 32 people

Pakistani television on August 23 said heavy rains caused floods in the past 24 hours in areas of Northwest, East and North Pakistan that killed at least 32 people and s…

December 16, 2018