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The Museum of Modern Art has announced details of “Reuse, Renew, Recycle: Recent Architecture from China,” an exhibition highlighting a new generation of Chinese architects and their commitment to social and environmental sustainability. On display from September 16, 2021 through July...

POSS-peptoid molecules self-assemble into rhomboid-shaped nanocrystals. CREDIT (Illustration by Stephanie King | Pacific Northwest National Laboratory) Abstract: Inspired by nature, researchers at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), along with collaborators from Washington State University, created a novel material capable of capturing light energy. This material provides a highly efficient artificial light-harvesting system with potential applications in photovoltaics and bioimaging....

A new class of bio-inspired two-dimensional (2D) hybrid nanomaterials mimic the ability of photosynthetic plants and bacteria.

Music from fiddles fit for an emperor By Chen Nan | China Daily | Updated: 2021-05-08 08:36 Share CLOSE MILA String Quartet performs at the concert hall of Tianjin Juilliard School on Dec 16, 2020.[Photo provided to China Daily] Li began playing the violin when he was 5 and went on to attend the Shanghai Conservatory Middle School when he was 14, in 1979. Three years later he was selected through the first cultural exchange program betw...

Inside The $4.5 Billion Erotic Massage Parlor Economy ILLUSTRATION BY FORBES; PHOTOS BY NAME Lisa J. Goodman/Getty Images Massages involving sexual acts are everywhere in the United States. But the stories of the women who provide them reveal less about sex trafficking and more about the high price some immigrants pay for a chance at the American Dream. Just before noon on a Thursday, a police cruiser sits on the corner of 40th Road and Prince Street in Flushing, New York, with its lights whirl...

Fluent in Chinese, Dmitry Doronin, a doctoral student from Russia, is keen to share his experience in rural villages in East Chinas Zhejiang province with his 1.4 million followers online.   Having settled in the countryside last August, the 32-year-old has since created hundreds of video clips that record the leisurely rural lifestyle in Hengzhang village, Songyang county, Lishui city.   "The rice is grown in the terraced fields together with fish, which helps minimize pest damage, thus cont...

come from the following three aspects: One is the "new" function versus the "old" site. In the development of large-scale projects, most of the buildings on the base will be completely eradicated, and the whole construction will be built, and the rich and slightly different dwellings will be replaced with standardized guest rooms, and only the external natural environment of the countryside will be retained. However, due to the national homestead policy, each house can only be limited to the ...