Researcher measures size of giant titan arum flower

Researcher measures size of giant titan arum flower

TSUKUBA, Japan - A researcher measures the size of a bloomed titan arum at the Tsukuba Botanical Garden in Tsukuba, Ibaraki Prefecture, northeast of Tokyo, on July 3, 2014. It was 2.7 meters tall, shy of the Guinness record of 3.1 meters.

Woman with 2.7-meter-long hair in S. China go viral on internet

STORY: Woman with 2.7-meter-long hair in S. China go viral on internet DATELINE: Nov. 22, 2022 LENGTH: 00:00:33 LOCATION: Guilin, China CATEGORY: CULTURE SHOTLIST: 1. various of woman with long hair STORYLINE: A woman with 2.7-meter-long hair from the Yao ethnic group in Guilin, south China's Guangxi, went viral on the internet. Women here boast long hair with an average length of 1.4 meters. Many say their secret shampoo is fermented rice water. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Guilin, China. (XHTV)

Automatic COVID-19 sampling machine unveiled in Shanghai

STORY: Automatic COVID-19 sampling machine unveiled in Shanghai DATELINE: April 13, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:13 LOCATION: SHANGHAI, China CATEGORY: TECHNOLOGY/HEALTH SHOTLIST: 1. various of "Qinggeng No. 1" 2. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): LI QIANG, Market Manager of Shanghai ZJ Bio-Tech Co., Ltd. STORYLINE: A highly automatic COVID-19 sampling machine has been unveiled in Shanghai. The "Qinggeng No. 1" was developed by a biotech company in Shanghai after two years of research. The product, covering only 2.7 square meters, is like a mini-lab "pavilion." An estimated 90,000 samples can be tested within a day. Biological waste is handled without human intervention. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): LI QIANG, Market manager of Shanghai ZJ Bio-Tech Co., Ltd. "It can test 4,500 samples each day. That's similar to the workload of 18 to 24 staff members working in three shifts. If pool sampling is taken into account, if up to 20 samples are mixed together for more rapid processing, then 90,000 samples could be tested within a day." Xi