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Professor, 92, still active in university laboratory

Song Jinru, a 92-year-old professor, still works at the East China University of Technology in Jiangxi province. She specializes in the properties of key elements, such as uranium and thorium. Textbooks written and compiled by her have been warmly received. "If the conditions permit, I want to conduct experiments for another eight or 10 years," she said.

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