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The Qinchan CANDU nuclear reactor in China uses software by Ottawa-based QNX that is similar to the operating system of Research In Motion’s new PlayBook tablet.

China will soon lead world in scientific discover, US researchers say

China has its eye on becoming the top science nation in the world, a position held for decades by the...

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Rare earth elements

Ren Limin, a worker at the Jinyuan Company's smelting workshop, pours the rare earth metal Lanthanum into a mould near the town of Damao, in China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region October 31, 2010. The near monopoly China has in producing 97 per cent of the world's supply of rare earths has been well-known among industrial users for years, but came under the international spotlight after reports Beijing halted shipments to Japan over a territorial dispute with Tokyo last month.

US researchers urge government to ease back on rare earths production

The United States should not try to stockpile precious elements for new energy technologies, experts...


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Jordan Gutierrez of SFU is founder of the world's largest Latin American online bookstore

Briefs from Sun's latest Innovation page

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