Brains behind new X-ray treatments

In medical centers worldwide, many life-threatening brain ailments that used to require risky open-skull operations are being treated through much less invasive procedures guided by X-ray technology.

Exercise can ease pregnancy's discomforts

BERLIN: Many expectant mothers develop physical problems that can restrict their daily activities considerably. Their blood pressure dips regularly. Back pain increases almost daily.

Life Stage

Sex and the Chinese cities

Remember the winner of the 1960 Best Picture Oscar The Apartment? Director Billy Wilder's bittersweet, heart-rending, tragic-comedy was a tale about everyday people who get tangled up in love and jealousy. Now Chinese director Meng Jinghui, known for his experimental theatrical works, retells the classic American story in his own way.

'I am very certain about what I do or say'

China Daily (CD): Do you and your character Han Dong have anything in common?

Where the wild strings are

One of the world's best violin virtuosos, Nigel Kennedy, will join a star-studded line-up for this year's Beijing Music Festival (BMF). Kennedy's recording of "Four Seasons" is the best-selling classical work of all time more than 2 million copies have been sold and also released an album of Jimi Hendrix rock song covers.

Golden boy of the box office

Xia Yu was born in Qingdao, Shandong Province in 1976 and was first discovered by director Jiang Wen 18 years later.

Life Science

Ancient city found under Palestinian suburb

JERUSALEM: Workers digging a new Jerusalem tram line have stumbled upon the remains of an ancient Jewish city from the first century AD under what is now a Palestinian suburb of the Holy City.

Bones of contention

Some scientists argue that Chinese genes originate from an African female, believed to be the ancestor of human beings who emerged two million years ago. But, the truth is not that simple, as new evidence shows.

What makes electrons tick? New device has answers

Twenty years after scientists discovered high-temperature superconductors, Chinese researchers have developed a new device to delve into the mysteries of superconductivity.

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