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China A Step Closer to Very Own Space Station

China A Step Closer to Very Own Space Station

Beijing — China, the Asian superpower nation, has moved one step closer to becoming the 3rd country in the world to have its own space station as it has successfully docked 2 spacecraft above the earth early Thursday. Shenzhou 8, an unmanned spacecraft, has docked successfully with Tiangong 1 and now is in orbit already. […]

Mobile phones Extremely Useful during and after Natural Disasters

Mobile phones: Extremely Useful during and after Natural Disasters according to Latest Study

A study has been conducted to see the potential of mobile phone to improve the emergency responsiveness in situations like natural disasters and calamities. The researchers have analyzed and concluded the importance of mobile phone in major disasters such as the Haiti Earthquake in January 12, 2010. In our day and age, mobile phones has […]

Thailand’s King Bhumibol Declares War Against Massive Flooding

Thailand’s King Bhumibol Declares War Against Massive Flooding

Bangkok – The whole country of Thailand is still plagued by massive countrywide flooding.  It is the worst flooding in half a century. For King Bhumibol Adulyadej, who has been hospitalized for two years now due to ailing health condition, the scene was virtually challenging as he views the city submerged in water from his […]

Recycled pacemakers from the U.S. to be donated to poor nations

Recycled pacemakers from the U.S. to be donated to poor nations

There is good news for people from developing countries who cannot afford to buy pacemakers. An agency from the United States has announced it can donate recycled pacemakers from the decreased owners to those who don’t have the means to buy any heart devices from developing countries. There are about 1-2 million people annually who […]

Faster medical diagnosis does not always translate to Effective Health Treatment

Faster medical diagnosis does not always translate to Effective Health Treatment

At this day and age, people live their lives at faster pace. Information can be accessed faster through the internet, and through modern technology, all works are less laborious. It is also true in the field of medicine where people want faster diagnosis. Patients are expecting technology tp provide speedy diagnosis for deadly and infectious […]

Thailand Flooding alarms World Health Organization

Thailand Flooding alarms World Health Organization

The World Health Organization feared Saturday that the worsening flooding in Thailand will put thousands of local Thai residents at higher risk of acquiring water-borne infections and diseases. Although there are no major outbreaks yet to be reported in Thailand, the WHO is preparing for the worst. Maureen Birmingham, Thailand’s WHO Representative, said many communicable […]

Transformation of Medical Education urged Among Poor Countries

Transformation of Medical Education urged Among Poor Countries

A new study points out to the pressing need of a transformation of medical education among poor countries.  Low and middle income countries are experiencing scarcity of trained and equipped medical doctors.  As part of a critical health issue within these countries, there is a need to increase the number of doctors in these countries. […]

Taiwanese Government Approves Increasing Birth Rate

Taiwanese Government Approves Increasing Birth Rate

For the first 9 months of this year, the number of new born babies has surged to 16% in Taiwan after the Taiwanese government had offered subsidies and financial support to young married couples to boost the country’s falling birth rate, a Taiwanese official said Sunday. Taiwan has one of the world’s lowest fertility rates […]

World’s cheapest tablet computer Introduced in India

World’s cheapest tablet computer Introduced in India

New Delhi — A high-technology but cheap tablet computer has been introduced Wednesday in India with the aim of delivering modern technology to a number of Indian villages suffering from poverty in the countryside of India.  The tablet computer which has been named Aakash or sky in Hindi will be part of the planned series […]

Britain Supports Jimmy Carter’s African humanitarian campaign

Britain Supports Jimmy Carter’s African humanitarian campaign

Britain vowed Wednesday that it will support the campaign spearheaded by Jimmy Carter, former U.S. president, by contributing £20 million as a support to eradicate parasitic disease in some African countries by 2015. Carter hopes to reach $70 million or approximately £45.3 million or 52.6 million euros in donation. The target amount will be enough […]

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