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China: Mysterious Vertical Lights Appear Over Hainan Night Sky

This is the eerie moment that a series of glowing needle-like beams appeared vertically in the night sky, resembling glowing needles suspended from above, on June 16, 2025, in Hainan, China. The phenomenon baffled residents and lit up social media. According to eyewitnesses, the lights remained visible for about 30 minutes and appeared in vibrant, shifting colors. People nearby paused to watch the spectacle and discuss what it might be, expressing both awe and confusion.

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Illustration - Loire Valley

FRANCE - LOIRE VALLEY - MAINE ET LOIRE (49) - CASTLE OF BRISSAC : GOLDEN SALON. MANY WORKS SURMOUNT ITS MAGNIFICENT 17TH CENTURY CEILING WITH CARVED BEAMS AND PEDESTALS. Photo by Stephane Compoint/Only France/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Death Toll in Iranian Port Explosion Rises to 70 - Iran

Rescue workers inspect the debris among collapsed steel beams and containers at Shahid Rajaee port in Bandar Abbas, Iran, on April 29, 2025. The blast, believed to have originated from hazardous chemicals, killed at least 70 people and injured over 1,200, according to local sources. Photo by Rahim/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Hanging Temple - China

Tourists visit the Hanging Temple, or Xuankong Temple, in Hunyuan County, Datong City in north China's Shanxi Province, on Feb. 28, 2025. Built over 1,500 years ago, the temple is notable for its location on a sheer precipice. The structure is kept in place with wooden beams inserted into holes chiseled into the cliffs. The main supportive structure is hidden inside the bedrock. The temple is located in a deep valley, and the body of the building hangs from the side of a cliff under a prominent peak, protecting the temple from rain erosion and sunlight. Photo by Xinhua/Yang Chenguang/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Hanging Temple - China

This photo taken on Feb. 28, 2025 shows the Hanging Temple, or Xuankong Temple, in Hunyuan County, Datong City in north China's Shanxi Province. Built over 1,500 years ago, the temple is notable for its location on a sheer precipice. The structure is kept in place with wooden beams inserted into holes chiseled into the cliffs. The main supportive structure is hidden inside the bedrock. The temple is located in a deep valley, and the body of the building hangs from the side of a cliff under a prominent peak, protecting the temple from rain erosion and sunlight. Photo by Xinhua/Yang Chenguang/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Hanging Temple - China

This photo taken on Feb. 28, 2025 shows the Hanging Temple, or Xuankong Temple, in Hunyuan County, Datong City in north China's Shanxi Province. Built over 1,500 years ago, the temple is notable for its location on a sheer precipice. The structure is kept in place with wooden beams inserted into holes chiseled into the cliffs. The main supportive structure is hidden inside the bedrock. The temple is located in a deep valley, and the body of the building hangs from the side of a cliff under a prominent peak, protecting the temple from rain erosion and sunlight. Photo by Xinhua/Yang Chenguang/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Hanging Temple - China

An aerial drone photo taken on Feb. 28, 2025 shows the Hanging Temple, or Xuankong Temple, in Hunyuan County, Datong City in north China's Shanxi Province. Built over 1,500 years ago, the temple is notable for its location on a sheer precipice. The structure is kept in place with wooden beams inserted into holes chiseled into the cliffs. The main supportive structure is hidden inside the bedrock. The temple is located in a deep valley, and the body of the building hangs from the side of a cliff under a prominent peak, protecting the temple from rain erosion and sunlight. Photo by Xinhua/Zhang Keren/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Hanging Temple - China

This photo taken on Feb. 28, 2025 shows the Hanging Temple, or Xuankong Temple, in Hunyuan County, Datong City in north China's Shanxi Province. Built over 1,500 years ago, the temple is notable for its location on a sheer precipice. The structure is kept in place with wooden beams inserted into holes chiseled into the cliffs. The main supportive structure is hidden inside the bedrock. The temple is located in a deep valley, and the body of the building hangs from the side of a cliff under a prominent peak, protecting the temple from rain erosion and sunlight. Photo by Xinhua/Zhan Yan/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Hanging Temple - China

This photo taken on Feb. 28, 2025 shows the Hanging Temple, or Xuankong Temple, in Hunyuan County, Datong City in north China's Shanxi Province. Built over 1,500 years ago, the temple is notable for its location on a sheer precipice. The structure is kept in place with wooden beams inserted into holes chiseled into the cliffs. The main supportive structure is hidden inside the bedrock. The temple is located in a deep valley, and the body of the building hangs from the side of a cliff under a prominent peak, protecting the temple from rain erosion and sunlight. Photo by Xinhua/Zhan Yan/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Hanging Temple - China

Tourists take photos in front of the Hanging Temple, or Xuankong Temple, in Hunyuan County, Datong City in north China's Shanxi Province, on Feb. 28, 2025. Built over 1,500 years ago, the temple is notable for its location on a sheer precipice. The structure is kept in place with wooden beams inserted into holes chiseled into the cliffs. The main supportive structure is hidden inside the bedrock. The temple is located in a deep valley, and the body of the building hangs from the side of a cliff under a prominent peak, protecting the temple from rain erosion and sunlight. Photo by Xinhua/Yang Chenguang/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Aftermath Of Los Angeles Wildfires

The ruins of The Shops at Via de la Paz in Pacific Palisades, Calif., photographed on Janvier 14, 2025, after wildfires devastated the area. The remnants of steel beams and charred debris illustrate the extensive damage caused by the blaze. Photo by David Pashaee/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Low-Energy High-Intensity Heavy-Ion Accelerator Facility - China

Sun Liangting, a researcher with the Institute of Modern Physics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, checks equipment on December 10, 2024. The world's first stand-alone low-energy high-intensity heavy-ion accelerator facility (LEAF), developed by the Institute of Modern Physics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, recently passed the expert panel acceptance inspection organized by the National Natural Science Foundation of China. The LEAF can provide intense heavy-ion beams and mixed ion beams of various charge states from light to heavy elements, offering advantages such as high beam intensity, high charge state, diverse ion species, and a wide range of energy variations. With the upgrading of ion accelerators and the evolution of accelerator technologies, frontier research in ion beam physics has continuously deepened human understanding of the world, and related application technologies have been widely adopted in various fields. Photo by Jin Liwang/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Low-Energy High-Intensity Heavy-Ion Accelerator Facility - China

This photo taken on December 10, 2024 shows part of the low-energy high-intensity heavy-ion accelerator facility (LEAF). The world's first stand-alone low-energy high-intensity heavy-ion accelerator facility (LEAF), developed by the Institute of Modern Physics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, recently passed the expert panel acceptance inspection organized by the National Natural Science Foundation of China. The LEAF can provide intense heavy-ion beams and mixed ion beams of various charge states from light to heavy elements, offering advantages such as high beam intensity, high charge state, diverse ion species, and a wide range of energy variations. With the upgrading of ion accelerators and the evolution of accelerator technologies, frontier research in ion beam physics has continuously deepened human understanding of the world, and related application technologies have been widely adopted in various fields. Photo by Jin Liwang/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Low-Energy High-Intensity Heavy-Ion Accelerator Facility - China

Zhao Hongwei, an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), poses for a photo in front of the low-energy high-intensity heavy-ion accelerator facility (LEAF) on December 10, 2024. The world's first stand-alone low-energy high-intensity heavy-ion accelerator facility (LEAF), developed by the Institute of Modern Physics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, recently passed the expert panel acceptance inspection organized by the National Natural Science Foundation of China. The LEAF can provide intense heavy-ion beams and mixed ion beams of various charge states from light to heavy elements, offering advantages such as high beam intensity, high charge state, diverse ion species, and a wide range of energy variations. With the upgrading of ion accelerators and the evolution of accelerator technologies, frontier research in ion beam physics has continuously deepened human understanding of the world, and related application technologies have been widely adopted in various fields. Photo by Jin Liwang/Xinhua

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Low-Energy High-Intensity Heavy-Ion Accelerator Facility - China

Zhao Hongwei (R), an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), and Sun Liangting, a researcher with the Institute of Modern Physics of the CAS, discuss on experiment progress in front of the low-energy high-intensity heavy-ion accelerator facility (LEAF) on December 10, 2024. The world's first stand-alone low-energy high-intensity heavy-ion accelerator facility (LEAF), developed by the Institute of Modern Physics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, recently passed the expert panel acceptance inspection organized by the National Natural Science Foundation of China. The LEAF can provide intense heavy-ion beams and mixed ion beams of various charge states from light to heavy elements, offering advantages such as high beam intensity, high charge state, diverse ion species, and a wide range of energy variations. With the upgrading of ion accelerators and the evolution of accelerator technologies, frontier research in ion beam physics has continuously deepened human understanding of the world, and relat

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Low-Energy High-Intensity Heavy-Ion Accelerator Facility - China

This stitched photo taken on December 10, 2024 shows part of the low-energy high-intensity heavy-ion accelerator facility (LEAF). The world's first stand-alone low-energy high-intensity heavy-ion accelerator facility (LEAF), developed by the Institute of Modern Physics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, recently passed the expert panel acceptance inspection organized by the National Natural Science Foundation of China. The LEAF can provide intense heavy-ion beams and mixed ion beams of various charge states from light to heavy elements, offering advantages such as high beam intensity, high charge state, diverse ion species, and a wide range of energy variations. With the upgrading of ion accelerators and the evolution of accelerator technologies, frontier research in ion beam physics has continuously deepened human understanding of the world, and related application technologies have been widely adopted in various fields. Photo by Jin Liwang/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Low-Energy High-Intensity Heavy-Ion Accelerator Facility - China

Researchers observe experiment progress at the control room of the low-energy high-intensity heavy-ion accelerator facility (LEAF) on December 10, 2024. The world's first stand-alone low-energy high-intensity heavy-ion accelerator facility (LEAF), developed by the Institute of Modern Physics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, recently passed the expert panel acceptance inspection organized by the National Natural Science Foundation of China. The LEAF can provide intense heavy-ion beams and mixed ion beams of various charge states from light to heavy elements, offering advantages such as high beam intensity, high charge state, diverse ion species, and a wide range of energy variations. With the upgrading of ion accelerators and the evolution of accelerator technologies, frontier research in ion beam physics has continuously deepened human understanding of the world, and related application technologies have been widely adopted in various fields. Photo by Jin Liwang/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Low-Energy High-Intensity Heavy-Ion Accelerator Facility - China

Researchers analyze experimental data at the control room of the low-energy high-intensity heavy-ion accelerator facility (LEAF) on December 10, 2024. The world's first stand-alone low-energy high-intensity heavy-ion accelerator facility (LEAF), developed by the Institute of Modern Physics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, recently passed the expert panel acceptance inspection organized by the National Natural Science Foundation of China. The LEAF can provide intense heavy-ion beams and mixed ion beams of various charge states from light to heavy elements, offering advantages such as high beam intensity, high charge state, diverse ion species, and a wide range of energy variations. With the upgrading of ion accelerators and the evolution of accelerator technologies, frontier research in ion beam physics has continuously deepened human understanding of the world, and related application technologies have been widely adopted in various fields. Photo by Jin Liwang/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Low-Energy High-Intensity Heavy-Ion Accelerator Facility - China

This stitched photo taken on December 10, 2024 shows part of the low-energy high-intensity heavy-ion accelerator facility (LEAF). The world's first stand-alone low-energy high-intensity heavy-ion accelerator facility (LEAF), developed by the Institute of Modern Physics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, recently passed the expert panel acceptance inspection organized by the National Natural Science Foundation of China. The LEAF can provide intense heavy-ion beams and mixed ion beams of various charge states from light to heavy elements, offering advantages such as high beam intensity, high charge state, diverse ion species, and a wide range of energy variations. With the upgrading of ion accelerators and the evolution of accelerator technologies, frontier research in ion beam physics has continuously deepened human understanding of the world, and related application technologies have been widely adopted in various fields. Photo by Jin Liwang/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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US: Annual Tribute In Light Illuminates Sky Marking 23rd 911 Anniversary

The annual Tribute in Light illuminated night sky marking the 23rd anniversary for 911 terror attacks starting from Wednesday evening, September 11 to dawn the next day. The twin beams of light, evoking the original Twin Towers, can be seen within a 60-mile radius around Lower Manhattan.

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Paris 2024 - Illustration

In photos in the streets of Paris, tourists are in very large numbers. Shop, restaurant and emblematic place where foreign but also French tourists frequent. The structure is 30 meters high with a flame ring 7 meters in diameter. During its flight, the balloon rises 60 meters above the ground. The flame is made of water and light with beams of light from 40 LED spotlights that pass through a cloud of mist created by 200 high-pressure misting nozzles. Paris, France on August 7, 2024. Photo by Kelly Linsale / bePress Photo Agency/bppa.be/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Paris 2024 - Illustration

In photos in the streets of Paris, tourists are in very large numbers. Shop, restaurant and emblematic place where foreign but also French tourists frequent. The structure is 30 meters high with a flame ring 7 meters in diameter. During its flight, the balloon rises 60 meters above the ground. The flame is made of water and light with beams of light from 40 LED spotlights that pass through a cloud of mist created by 200 high-pressure misting nozzles. Paris, France on August 7, 2024. Photo by Kelly Linsale / bePress Photo Agency/bppa.be/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Paris 2024 - Illustration

In photos in the streets of Paris, tourists are in very large numbers. Shop, restaurant and emblematic place where foreign but also French tourists frequent. The structure is 30 meters high with a flame ring 7 meters in diameter. During its flight, the balloon rises 60 meters above the ground. The flame is made of water and light with beams of light from 40 LED spotlights that pass through a cloud of mist created by 200 high-pressure misting nozzles. Paris, France on August 7, 2024. Photo by Kelly Linsale / bePress Photo Agency/bppa.be/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Paris 2024 - Illustration

In photos in the streets of Paris, tourists are in very large numbers. Shop, restaurant and emblematic place where foreign but also French tourists frequent. The structure is 30 meters high with a flame ring 7 meters in diameter. During its flight, the balloon rises 60 meters above the ground. The flame is made of water and light with beams of light from 40 LED spotlights that pass through a cloud of mist created by 200 high-pressure misting nozzles. Paris, France on August 7, 2024. Photo by Kelly Linsale / bePress Photo Agency/bppa.be/ABACAPRESS.COM

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India: At Least 1 Dead, Several Injured After Delhi Airport Roof Collapses Amid Heavy Rains 2

At least 1 person died and several were injured after a portion of the roof at Indira Gandhi International Airport Terminal 1 in New Delhi collapsed amid heavy rains on Friday morning, June 28. Authorities said the roof and the support beams collapsed on cars parked in the pick-up and drop area. All departures from Terminal 1 were temporarily suspended as a safety measure. NOTE: A previous item mentioned 8 injured. As there are conflicting reports of the number of people injured, the exact figure is being confirmed.

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India: At Least 1 Dead, Several Injured After Delhi Airport Roof Collapses Amid Heavy Rains

At least 1 person died and 8 were injured after a portion of the roof at Indira Gandhi International Airport Terminal 1 in New Delhi collapsed amid heavy rains on Friday morning, June 28. Authorities said the roof and the support beams collapsed on cars parked in the pick-up and drop area. All departures from Terminal 1 were temporarily suspended as a safety measure.

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Chinese crane manufacturer embraces innovation

STORY: Chinese crane manufacturer embraces innovation SHOOTING TIME: May 7, 2024 DATELINE: May 18, 2024 LENGTH: 0:01:28 LOCATION: ZHENGZHOU, China CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of Weihua Group 2. SOUNDBITE (English): LI GUOQIANG, Chairman of Weihua Group STORYLINE: Headquartered in Henan, Weihua Group is a leading crane manufacturer in China. In recent years, the company has been actively embracing innovation. SOUNDBITE (English): LI GUOQIANG, Chairman of Weihua Group "We are now in the intelligent lightweight workshop for the production of crane main beams, where this intelligent robotic welding production line can help us achieve the speed of producing one crane main beam per hour. In the past, the operating systems and core components of intelligent cranes were mostly based on European standards. In recent years, we have been increasing our investment in scientific research year by year and have independently developed the industrial crane's underlying operating system known as AICrane, whic

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XINHUA PHOTOS OF THE DAY

(240507) -- BEIJING, May 7, 2024 (Xinhua) -- A tourist takes pictures of light beams at the bottom of a giant karst sinkhole in Leye County, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, on May 5, 2024. (Xinhua/Jin Haoyuan)

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Cooling Tower For Coal-fired Units Construction in Zhangye

ZHANGYE, CHINA - MARCH 6, 2024 - A tower crane lifts steel beams at the construction site of a steel structure cooling tower of the 2｡ﾁ1000 MW coal-fired unit expansion project of Gansu Power Plant Zhangye in Zhangye city, Gansu province, China, March 6, 2024.

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Cooling Tower For Coal-fired Units Construction in Zhangye

ZHANGYE, CHINA - MARCH 6, 2024 - Technicians check the lifting of steel beams at the construction site of the steel structure cooling tower of the 2｡ﾁ1000 MW coal-fired unit expansion project of Gansu Power Plant Zhangye in Zhangye city, Gansu province, China, March 6, 2024.

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Cooling Tower For Coal-fired Units Construction in Zhangye

ZHANGYE, CHINA - MARCH 6, 2024 - Technicians check the lifting of steel beams at the construction site of the steel structure cooling tower of the 2｡ﾁ1000 MW coal-fired unit expansion project of Gansu Power Plant Zhangye in Zhangye city, Gansu province, China, March 6, 2024.

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(EyesOnSci) CHINA-SHANGHAI-OPTICAL DISK-RESEARCHERS (CN)

(240303) -- SHANGHAI, March 3, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Researcher Zhao Miao observes experiment materials at a laboratory in the Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences in east China's Shanghai, Feb. 29, 2024. A three-dimensional nanoscale optical disk memory with petabit capacity has been developed at the Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, according to an article published on Feb. 22 in Nature. The research team managed to increase the capacity of optical data storage to the petabit level by extending the planar recording architecture to three dimensions with hundreds of layers, while also breaking the optical diffraction limit barrier of the recorded spots. The minimum spot size and lateral track pitch are 54 nm and 70 nm, respectively. The team developed an optical recording medium based on a photoresist film doped with aggregation-induced emission dye, which can be optically stimulated by femtosecond laser beams. The new tech

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(EyesOnSci) CHINA-SHANGHAI-OPTICAL DISK-RESEARCHERS (CN)

(240303) -- SHANGHAI, March 3, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Researcher Ruan Hao works at a laboratory in the Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences in east China's Shanghai, Feb. 29, 2024. A three-dimensional nanoscale optical disk memory with petabit capacity has been developed at the Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, according to an article published on Feb. 22 in Nature. The research team managed to increase the capacity of optical data storage to the petabit level by extending the planar recording architecture to three dimensions with hundreds of layers, while also breaking the optical diffraction limit barrier of the recorded spots. The minimum spot size and lateral track pitch are 54 nm and 70 nm, respectively. The team developed an optical recording medium based on a photoresist film doped with aggregation-induced emission dye, which can be optically stimulated by femtosecond laser beams. The new technology marks the world's

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(EyesOnSci) CHINA-SHANGHAI-OPTICAL DISK-RESEARCHERS (CN)

(240303) -- SHANGHAI, March 3, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Researcher Zhao Miao debugs experiment equipment at a laboratory in the Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences in east China's Shanghai, Feb. 29, 2024. A three-dimensional nanoscale optical disk memory with petabit capacity has been developed at the Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, according to an article published on Feb. 22 in Nature. The research team managed to increase the capacity of optical data storage to the petabit level by extending the planar recording architecture to three dimensions with hundreds of layers, while also breaking the optical diffraction limit barrier of the recorded spots. The minimum spot size and lateral track pitch are 54 nm and 70 nm, respectively. The team developed an optical recording medium based on a photoresist film doped with aggregation-induced emission dye, which can be optically stimulated by femtosecond laser beams. The new techno

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(EyesOnSci) CHINA-SHANGHAI-OPTICAL DISK-RESEARCHERS (CN)

(240303) -- SHANGHAI, March 3, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Researcher Zhao Miao debugs experiment equipment at a laboratory in the Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences in east China's Shanghai, Feb. 29, 2024. A three-dimensional nanoscale optical disk memory with petabit capacity has been developed at the Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, according to an article published on Feb. 22 in Nature. The research team managed to increase the capacity of optical data storage to the petabit level by extending the planar recording architecture to three dimensions with hundreds of layers, while also breaking the optical diffraction limit barrier of the recorded spots. The minimum spot size and lateral track pitch are 54 nm and 70 nm, respectively. The team developed an optical recording medium based on a photoresist film doped with aggregation-induced emission dye, which can be optically stimulated by femtosecond laser beams. The new techno

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(EyesOnSci) CHINA-SHANGHAI-OPTICAL DISK-RESEARCHERS (CN)

(240303) -- SHANGHAI, March 3, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Researchers perform an experiment at a laboratory in the Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences in east China's Shanghai, Feb. 29, 2024. A three-dimensional nanoscale optical disk memory with petabit capacity has been developed at the Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, according to an article published on Feb. 22 in Nature. The research team managed to increase the capacity of optical data storage to the petabit level by extending the planar recording architecture to three dimensions with hundreds of layers, while also breaking the optical diffraction limit barrier of the recorded spots. The minimum spot size and lateral track pitch are 54 nm and 70 nm, respectively. The team developed an optical recording medium based on a photoresist film doped with aggregation-induced emission dye, which can be optically stimulated by femtosecond laser beams. The new technology marks the

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(EyesOnSci) CHINA-SHANGHAI-OPTICAL DISK-RESEARCHERS (CN)

(240303) -- SHANGHAI, March 3, 2024 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on Feb. 29, 2024 shows experiment materials in the Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences in east China's Shanghai. A three-dimensional nanoscale optical disk memory with petabit capacity has been developed at the Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, according to an article published on Feb. 22 in Nature. The research team managed to increase the capacity of optical data storage to the petabit level by extending the planar recording architecture to three dimensions with hundreds of layers, while also breaking the optical diffraction limit barrier of the recorded spots. The minimum spot size and lateral track pitch are 54 nm and 70 nm, respectively. The team developed an optical recording medium based on a photoresist film doped with aggregation-induced emission dye, which can be optically stimulated by femtosecond laser beams. The new technology marks the worl

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(EyesOnSci) CHINA-SHANGHAI-OPTICAL DISK-RESEARCHERS (CN)

(240303) -- SHANGHAI, March 3, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Reseachers wear masks at a laboratory in the Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences in east China's Shanghai, Feb. 29, 2024. A three-dimensional nanoscale optical disk memory with petabit capacity has been developed at the Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, according to an article published on Feb. 22 in Nature. The research team managed to increase the capacity of optical data storage to the petabit level by extending the planar recording architecture to three dimensions with hundreds of layers, while also breaking the optical diffraction limit barrier of the recorded spots. The minimum spot size and lateral track pitch are 54 nm and 70 nm, respectively. The team developed an optical recording medium based on a photoresist film doped with aggregation-induced emission dye, which can be optically stimulated by femtosecond laser beams. The new technology marks the world's firs

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(EyesOnSci) CHINA-SHANGHAI-OPTICAL DISK-RESEARCHERS (CN)

(240303) -- SHANGHAI, March 3, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Researchers perform an experiment at a laboratory in the Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences in east China's Shanghai, Feb. 29, 2024. A three-dimensional nanoscale optical disk memory with petabit capacity has been developed at the Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, according to an article published on Feb. 22 in Nature. The research team managed to increase the capacity of optical data storage to the petabit level by extending the planar recording architecture to three dimensions with hundreds of layers, while also breaking the optical diffraction limit barrier of the recorded spots. The minimum spot size and lateral track pitch are 54 nm and 70 nm, respectively. The team developed an optical recording medium based on a photoresist film doped with aggregation-induced emission dye, which can be optically stimulated by femtosecond laser beams. The new technology marks the

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(EyesOnSci) CHINA-SHANGHAI-OPTICAL DISK-RESEARCHERS (CN)

(240303) -- SHANGHAI, March 3, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Researchers perform an experiment at a laboratory in the Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences in east China's Shanghai, Feb. 29, 2024. A three-dimensional nanoscale optical disk memory with petabit capacity has been developed at the Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, according to an article published on Feb. 22 in Nature. The research team managed to increase the capacity of optical data storage to the petabit level by extending the planar recording architecture to three dimensions with hundreds of layers, while also breaking the optical diffraction limit barrier of the recorded spots. The minimum spot size and lateral track pitch are 54 nm and 70 nm, respectively. The team developed an optical recording medium based on a photoresist film doped with aggregation-induced emission dye, which can be optically stimulated by femtosecond laser beams. The new technology marks the

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(EyesOnSci) CHINA-SHANGHAI-OPTICAL DISK-RESEARCHERS (CN)

(240303) -- SHANGHAI, March 3, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Researchers perform an experiment at a laboratory in the Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences in east China's Shanghai, Feb. 29, 2024. A three-dimensional nanoscale optical disk memory with petabit capacity has been developed at the Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, according to an article published on Feb. 22 in Nature. The research team managed to increase the capacity of optical data storage to the petabit level by extending the planar recording architecture to three dimensions with hundreds of layers, while also breaking the optical diffraction limit barrier of the recorded spots. The minimum spot size and lateral track pitch are 54 nm and 70 nm, respectively. The team developed an optical recording medium based on a photoresist film doped with aggregation-induced emission dye, which can be optically stimulated by femtosecond laser beams. The new technology marks the

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Photo Essay: The Old Teahouse in Pengzhen Town, Chengdu, China

CHENGDU, CHINA - JULY 24, 2015 - (FILE) Photo taken on 24 July 2015 shows the Ancient Pengzhen Town Teahouse located on the old street in Pengzhen Town, about 30 km in the west of Chengdu, China's Sichuan province. The old house is a bungalow, nameless, no sign, with an area of 200-300 square meters, facing the streets on its two sides. The front and back doors are all made of wooden boards. The main wooden hall beams hanging overhead inside the teahouse slants a bit down and the walls are discolored by damps and crumbling with age, which all tells us the old teahouse still lives in the remote history. When you enter the old teahouse, you will see the old tea tables, old bamboo chairs, old tea customers, old teapots, giving people a feeling of being in the another world. Here there is no hustle and bustle of the cities, no shadows of reckless people, but rather a simple and leisure mode of live, attracting numerous visitors each year to experience the simple and unsophisticated life style.

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Photo Essay: The Old Teahouse in Pengzhen Town, Chengdu, China

CHENGDU, CHINA - JULY 24, 2015 - (FILE) Photo taken on 24 July 2015 shows the Ancient Pengzhen Town Teahouse located on the old street in Pengzhen Town, about 30 km in the west of Chengdu, China's Sichuan province. The old house is a bungalow, nameless, no sign, with an area of 200-300 square meters, facing the streets on its two sides. The front and back doors are all made of wooden boards. The main wooden hall beams hanging overhead inside the teahouse slants a bit down and the walls are discolored by damps and crumbling with age, which all tells us the old teahouse still lives in the remote history. When you enter the old teahouse, you will see the old tea tables, old bamboo chairs, old tea customers, old teapots, giving people a feeling of being in the another world. Here there is no hustle and bustle of the cities, no shadows of reckless people, but rather a simple and leisure mode of live, attracting numerous visitors each year to experience the simple and unsophisticated life style.

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Photo Essay: The Old Teahouse in Pengzhen Town, Chengdu, China

CHENGDU, CHINA - JULY 24, 2015 - (FILE) Photo taken on 24 July 2015 shows the Ancient Pengzhen Town Teahouse located on the old street in Pengzhen Town, about 30 km in the west of Chengdu, China's Sichuan province. The old house is a bungalow, nameless, no sign, with an area of 200-300 square meters, facing the streets on its two sides. The front and back doors are all made of wooden boards. The main wooden hall beams hanging overhead inside the teahouse slants a bit down and the walls are discolored by damps and crumbling with age, which all tells us the old teahouse still lives in the remote history. When you enter the old teahouse, you will see the old tea tables, old bamboo chairs, old tea customers, old teapots, giving people a feeling of being in the another world. Here there is no hustle and bustle of the cities, no shadows of reckless people, but rather a simple and leisure mode of live, attracting numerous visitors each year to experience the simple and unsophisticated life style.

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Photo Essay: The Old Teahouse in Pengzhen Town, Chengdu, China

CHENGDU, CHINA - JULY 24, 2015 - (FILE) Photo taken on 24 July 2015 shows the Ancient Pengzhen Town Teahouse located on the old street in Pengzhen Town, about 30 km in the west of Chengdu, China's Sichuan province. The old house is a bungalow, nameless, no sign, with an area of 200-300 square meters, facing the streets on its two sides. The front and back doors are all made of wooden boards. The main wooden hall beams hanging overhead inside the teahouse slants a bit down and the walls are discolored by damps and crumbling with age, which all tells us the old teahouse still lives in the remote history. When you enter the old teahouse, you will see the old tea tables, old bamboo chairs, old tea customers, old teapots, giving people a feeling of being in the another world. Here there is no hustle and bustle of the cities, no shadows of reckless people, but rather a simple and leisure mode of live, attracting numerous visitors each year to experience the simple and unsophisticated life style.

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Photo Essay: The Old Teahouse in Pengzhen Town, Chengdu, China

CHENGDU, CHINA - JULY 24, 2015 - (FILE) Photo taken on 24 July 2015 shows the Ancient Pengzhen Town Teahouse located on the old street in Pengzhen Town, about 30 km in the west of Chengdu, China's Sichuan province. The old house is a bungalow, nameless, no sign, with an area of 200-300 square meters, facing the streets on its two sides. The front and back doors are all made of wooden boards. The main wooden hall beams hanging overhead inside the teahouse slants a bit down and the walls are discolored by damps and crumbling with age, which all tells us the old teahouse still lives in the remote history. When you enter the old teahouse, you will see the old tea tables, old bamboo chairs, old tea customers, old teapots, giving people a feeling of being in the another world. Here there is no hustle and bustle of the cities, no shadows of reckless people, but rather a simple and leisure mode of live, attracting numerous visitors each year to experience the simple and unsophisticated life style.

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Photo Essay: The Old Teahouse in Pengzhen Town, Chengdu, China

CHENGDU, CHINA - JULY 24, 2015 - (FILE) Photo taken on 24 July 2015 shows the Ancient Pengzhen Town Teahouse located on the old street in Pengzhen Town, about 30 km in the west of Chengdu, China's Sichuan province. The old house is a bungalow, nameless, no sign, with an area of 200-300 square meters, facing the streets on its two sides. The front and back doors are all made of wooden boards. The main wooden hall beams hanging overhead inside the teahouse slants a bit down and the walls are discolored by damps and crumbling with age, which all tells us the old teahouse still lives in the remote history. When you enter the old teahouse, you will see the old tea tables, old bamboo chairs, old tea customers, old teapots, giving people a feeling of being in the another world. Here there is no hustle and bustle of the cities, no shadows of reckless people, but rather a simple and leisure mode of live, attracting numerous visitors each year to experience the simple and unsophisticated life style.

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Photo Essay: The Old Teahouse in Pengzhen Town, Chengdu, China

CHENGDU, CHINA - JULY 24, 2015 - (FILE) Photo taken on 24 July 2015 shows the Ancient Pengzhen Town Teahouse located on the old street in Pengzhen Town, about 30 km in the west of Chengdu, China's Sichuan province. The old house is a bungalow, nameless, no sign, with an area of 200-300 square meters, facing the streets on its two sides. The front and back doors are all made of wooden boards. The main wooden hall beams hanging overhead inside the teahouse slants a bit down and the walls are discolored by damps and crumbling with age, which all tells us the old teahouse still lives in the remote history. When you enter the old teahouse, you will see the old tea tables, old bamboo chairs, old tea customers, old teapots, giving people a feeling of being in the another world. Here there is no hustle and bustle of the cities, no shadows of reckless people, but rather a simple and leisure mode of live, attracting numerous visitors each year to experience the simple and unsophisticated life style.

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Photo Essay: The Old Teahouse in Pengzhen Town, Chengdu, China

CHENGDU, CHINA - JULY 24, 2015 - (FILE) Photo taken on 24 July 2015 shows the Ancient Pengzhen Town Teahouse located on the old street in Pengzhen Town, about 30 km in the west of Chengdu, China's Sichuan province. The old house is a bungalow, nameless, no sign, with an area of 200-300 square meters, facing the streets on its two sides. The front and back doors are all made of wooden boards. The main wooden hall beams hanging overhead inside the teahouse slants a bit down and the walls are discolored by damps and crumbling with age, which all tells us the old teahouse still lives in the remote history. When you enter the old teahouse, you will see the old tea tables, old bamboo chairs, old tea customers, old teapots, giving people a feeling of being in the another world. Here there is no hustle and bustle of the cities, no shadows of reckless people, but rather a simple and leisure mode of live, attracting numerous visitors each year to experience the simple and unsophisticated life style.

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Photo Essay: The Old Teahouse in Pengzhen Town, Chengdu, China

CHENGDU, CHINA - JULY 24, 2015 - (FILE) Photo taken on 24 July 2015 shows the Ancient Pengzhen Town Teahouse located on the old street in Pengzhen Town, about 30 km in the west of Chengdu, China's Sichuan province. The old house is a bungalow, nameless, no sign, with an area of 200-300 square meters, facing the streets on its two sides. The front and back doors are all made of wooden boards. The main wooden hall beams hanging overhead inside the teahouse slants a bit down and the walls are discolored by damps and crumbling with age, which all tells us the old teahouse still lives in the remote history. When you enter the old teahouse, you will see the old tea tables, old bamboo chairs, old tea customers, old teapots, giving people a feeling of being in the another world. Here there is no hustle and bustle of the cities, no shadows of reckless people, but rather a simple and leisure mode of live, attracting numerous visitors each year to experience the simple and unsophisticated life style.