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  • WHO: Processed Meat Causes Cancer

    Lyon, France, Oct. 26 2015 – The International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), the cancer agency of the World Health Organization (WHO), has evaluated the carcinogenicity of the consumption of red meat and processed meat.
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  • Latest Results: Only One Third US 4th and 8th-Graders Proficient in Reading

    Washington, DC, Oct. 28, 2015, — nationsreportcard.gov released latest National Achievement Level Results (NALR) today. This year, students had an average score in reading of 223 points at grade 4 and 265 points at grade 8 on separate 0-500 point scales. The 2015 average score was not significantly different at grade 4 and was 2 points lower at grade 8 compared to 2013. Scores at both grades were higher in 2015 than those from the earliest reading assessments in 1992 by 6 points at grade 4 and 5 points at grade 8.
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  • Apple Closes Fiscal 2015 with Record Revenue of $234 Billion

    iPhone, Apple Watch & App Store Drive Revenue Growth of 22%

    CUPERTINO, California — October 27, 2015 — Apple® today announced financial results for its fiscal 2015 fourth quarter ended September 26, 2015. The Company posted quarterly revenue of $51.5 billion and quarterly net profit of $11.1 billion, or $1.96 per diluted share. These results compare to revenue of $42.1 billion and net profit of $8.5 billion, or $1.42 per diluted share, in the year-ago quarter. Gross margin was 39.9 percent compared to 38 percent in the year-ago quarter. International sales accounted for 62 percent of the quarter’s revenue.
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    iPhone 6s was released during the quarter(file photo).
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  • Pianist George Li Returns to NPR’s From The Top

    By Beatrice Lee, bostonese.com columnist

    Boston, Oct. 23, 2015, — Harmony Zhu, 9-year-old piano prodigy from New Jersey, recently visited Jordan Hall of New England Conservatory (NEC). She participated in the From The Top recording of National Public Radio (NPR) and shared the stage with George Li, who won the silver medal at the 15th Tchaikovsky International Piano Competition. This edition of From the Top will be released to NPR stations around the nation on November 30.
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    George Li and David Loebel wave to the audience after the performance(bostonese.com file photo).
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  • Huawei Servers Help Tencent Deliver Largest Social Network in Asia

    Background

    Tencent ranks as the largest Internet enterprise in Asia and third largest services provider worldwide, after Google and Amazon. It serves the most users in China and is Asia’s first Internet enterprise with over USD $100 billion market value. Tencent provides a wide range of online services, gaining strength in mobile services, including gaming, social communities, advertising, reading, videos, music, and eCommerce, which are top-ranking in China’s Internet and mobile industries.

    Challenges

    To support heavy Internet service traffic, Tencent installed over 300,000 servers running on the live network and has purchased nearly 10 percent of all servers in the Chinese market in recent years.
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    Eric Xu speaks at a tech conference in 2014(file photo).
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  • First Mandarin-Speaking MP Elected as Liberal Party Wins Landslide Victory in Canada

    By Xinming Li, bostonese.com

    Toronto, Canada, Oct. 22, 2015, — History was made during elections on Oct. 19 in Canada. For the first time in Canada’s electoral history a Mandarin-speaking member of Parliament was elected as Liberal Party won a Landslide victory nationwide.
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  • Nov. 22 — Application Deadline for CABA High School Student Research Award

    CABA High School Student Research Award

    Purposes of the Award Program

    The CABA High School Research Award is a Chinese-American Biomedical Association (CABA) program that encourages young students to develop and retain an interest in biomedical research and the life sciences. This award recognizes the accomplishments and efforts of eligible students in research and science programs through the CABA network.
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    (from left)Current and former CABA presidents: Susan Qu, Zhiyong Yang and Shiwen Lin (bostonese.com file photo).
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  • Today Is Back-to-the-future Day in the White House

    It’s an important day in American history (or, at least, in American cinematic history):

    It’s the date to which Marty McFly traveled into the “future” in Back to the Future Part II.

    We’ve come a long way in the 30 years that have passed since the original Back to the Future came out. Now, we’re going to talk about where we’re going in the next 30.

    All day long, we’re hosting a series of conversations with scientists and innovators across the government and the country. You’ll be able to ask them questions, watch videos explaining their cutting-edge developments, and share your answer to the question above: What does 2045 look like?

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  • IBM Reports Disappointing Q3 2015 Results

    ARMONK, N.Y.(BUSINESS WIRE), Oct. 19, 2015, –IBM (IBM) today announced third-quarter 2015 diluted earnings from continuing operations of $3.02 per share, down 13 percent year-to-year. Operating (non-GAAP) diluted earnings from continuing operations were $3.34 per share, compared with operating diluted earnings of $3.68 per share in the third quarter of 2014, a decrease of 9 percent.
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    The tile of the June 2011’s report of IBM’s centennial on China Press newspaper means: 100 Brilliant Years, IBM Changed the World(file photo).
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  • Joyce Xi to Speak at Stanford on Her Father Prof. Xi’s Arrest

    San Jose, Oct. 18, 2015, — What would you do if your family was awakened at dawn by FBI Agents, some with guns drawn, who entered your home and arrested you without telling you why? In this Post-Patriot Act America, do ordinary citizens have constitutional rights that protect against reckless investigations and prosecutions? What are the civil liberties implications for all Americans if Asian American scientists, engineers and researchers are being subjected to reckless federal criminal investigations for economic espionage because of their ethnicity, national origin or race? What are the academic freedom implications for professors and researchers if routine international collaborations can be monitored by the FBI and misconstrued as criminal activity?

    These are some questions Joyce Xi, daughter of Prof. Xiaoming Xi, will address in a talk at Stanford Law School on Oct. 21.
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    Prof. Xi’s profile on Temple University’s website(file photo).
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