Technology News | A large amount of water was discovered in the Mariner Valley on Mars

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●Recently, the Ministry of Education, the National Development and Reform Commission, the Ministry of Finance and other nine departments issued the "14th Five-Year Plan for Preschool Education Development and Promotion Action Plan", which made arrangements for the overall goal of the reform and development of preschool education in the "14th Five-Year Plan": By 2025, the public service system of preschool education that covers urban and rural areas, has a reasonable layout, and is public welfare and inclusive will be further improved. Specifically, the gross enrollment rate of preschool children in the three years of preschool education nationwide will reach more than 90%, the coverage rate of inclusive kindergartens will reach more than 85%, and the proportion of children in public kindergartens will reach more than 50%. (Source: Science and Technology Daily)

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●On the 16th, the Ministry of Commerce released data showing that from January to November, my country's actual use of foreign capital was 1,042.2 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 15.9%. The actual use of foreign capital in the service industry and high-tech industries increased by 17% and 19.3% year-on-year respectively. Last year, my country's actual use of foreign capital was 999.98 billion yuan, and in the first 11 months of this year, it exceeded 1 trillion yuan. (Source: Xinhua News Agency)

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●The Central Meteorological Observatory announced on the 16th that the fifth round of cold wave this winter has arrived. Affected by the cold air, the temperature in many places has dropped significantly. Strong winds and cooling hit Beijing again, with gusts reaching around level 7. The lowest temperature in Genhe, Inner Mongolia, broke through -40℃, setting a new low in the second half of the year. (Source: China News Service)

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●Recently, the clinical research on drug weight loss by Associate Professor Li Sheyu's team at West China Hospital of Sichuan University has made phased progress. The study found that adding phentermine/topiramate to lifestyle intervention can reduce the average weight of adults participating in the study by 8%, and 48% and 43% of adults lost more than 5% and 10% of their weight due to the use of the drug. The study has been published online in the academic journal The Lancet. (Source: Sichuan University)

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●Recently, the Very Large Telescope Interferometer (VLTI) of the European Southern Observatory (ESO) in Chile has obtained the deepest and clearest image of the area around the supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way to date. This image helped astronomers find a star never seen before near the black hole - S300. By tracking the orbit of this star, the team made the most accurate measurement of the mass of the black hole ever. (Source: Science and Technology Daily)

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●On the 15th local time, the European Space Agency announced that the Mars exploration project jointly implemented by the agency and the Russian State Space Corporation (Roscosmos) has discovered through its Trace Gas Orbiter that there is a large amount of water underground in the central area of ​​the Mariner Valley on Mars. This water may exist in the form of ice or hydrated minerals. It is said that the area of ​​this water-bearing area is equivalent to the size of the entire Netherlands. (Source: CCTV News)

Residents of Brussels, Belgium, line up in front of a "vaccine bus" to receive the new crown vaccine. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Zhang Cheng

●On the 15th local time, the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control released a report saying that the Omicron variant of the novel coronavirus has spread in the community in Europe. According to data model deduction, in the first two months of next year, the number of people infected with the Omicron variant in Europe will exceed that of the Delta strain. (Source: CCTV News)

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●On the 15th local time, the Belgian Paradise Zoo said that a lioness in the zoo tested positive for the new coronavirus. All four lions have been isolated, and each lion has its own enclosure and is away from the public. According to veterinarians, the lioness named "Dana" showed symptoms such as fever, cough and loss of appetite. The results of the new coronavirus tests for "Dana" were all negative. (Source: Reference News)

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