China develops deep UV (DUV) laser device

The key feature is a potassium beryllium fluoroborate (KBBF) prism which transforms laser light into DUV at 177,3 nm. China claims to be the only nation in posession of this technology. CAS news release, Sept. 9, 2013

Number of diabetics in China exceeds 100 million

According to a team around the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention,representative tests on about 10.000 adults have shown that diabetes has risen to 12,1 % of the male and 11 % of the female population and the situation is at “alert”. About 70 % don’t...