LONDON Vypredaj Nike Air Force One Low 07 LV8 Sede , Jan. 25 (Xinhua) -- Britain's world famous Oxford University has offered more places to women than men, it was confirmed Thursday.
It prompted the Times newspaper to report it is the first time in history that men have been overtaken in the race for places at Oxford.
Figures show that last year 1,275 women received offers from Oxford compared with 1,165 men. Of those, 1,070 women got the grades to secure their place compared with 1,025 men.
The gender gap at Cambridge has also narrowed with 1,140 men starting their studies last fall compared with 1 Nike Air Force One Low Leather Biele Lacne ,055 women.
The Times said that data, from the universities admissions body Ucas, dates back only to 2012, but men are likely to have outnumbered women since the first Oxford college was established in 1249, though records of education being offered in Oxford date back 1,000 years.
A spokeswoman at Oxford told Xinhua: "We can't say for certain whether this is the first time in history that Oxford has let in more women than men, but it certainly is the first time since 2012 which is as far back as this year's UCAS figures go. And while it's too early to call this a trend based on one year's numbers, it is a welcome sign of progress for female applicants to Oxford."
Women were first admitted to Oxford university when Lady Margaret Hall opened its doors as an all-women college in 1878. Women could only attend lectures and were not allowed to take degrees Panske Nike Air Force One Low Strata Sede Predaj , however. They became full members of the university in 1920.
The Good University Guide for 2018 shows the number of better-off children still dwarfs those from poorer backgrounds.
At Oxford 1,340 students came from the richest homes last year and 105 from the poorest. At Cambridge it was 1,135 to 110.
The number of university applications across the country fell last year, a result of a smaller cohort of 18-year-olds.
The Oxford Mail newspaper, published in the university city, said the new figures also reveal a record number of Asian students admitted to Oxford in 2017.
BEIJING, Jan. 26 (Xinhua) -- Two men and two women have spent 200 days in a simulated space lab in Beijing, setting a record for the longest stay in a self-contained "cabin."
The biomedicine students from Beihang University Panske Nike Air Force One Low Cervene Predaj , the second group of volunteers to stay in Yuegong-1 (Lunar Palace 1), completed the second phase of a 365-day on-ground experiment Friday.
The first group of volunteers stayed in the cabin for 60 days and re-entered the cabin Friday, replacing the second group, and starting the third and final phase of the experiment, which will last 105 days.
The experiment is designed to test a bioregenerative life support system (BLSS), in which animals, plants and microorganisms co-exist in a sealed environment, simulating a lunar base. The experiment also examines the physical and mental conditions of humans in such environment. Oxygen Puma Ignite Evoknit High Biele Lacne , water and food are recycled within the BLSS, creating an Earth-like environment.
A successful 105-day trial was conducted in 2014.
Liu Hong, chief designer of Yuegong-1, said the purpose of the new program was to test the stability of the BLSS when "astronauts" take turns living in the cabin.
"The second stage, during which three unexpected blackouts occurred, has challenged the system as well as the psychological status of the volunteers, but they withstood the test,"she said.
The 200-day stint broke the record set in the former Soviet Union Puma Ignite Limitless Cierne Sede Predaj , where three people stayed for 180 days in a similar closed ecosystem in the early 1970s.
The longest blackout, due to a malfunction of an electric switch in the lab, lasted a whole night in the "comprehensive cabin," the living quarters of the volunteers.
"Luckily, it was in the evening, and the volunteers simply went to bed, without being affected much," Liu recalled Puma Ignite Evoknit Low Cierne Cervene Najlacnejsie , adding psychological data will be analyzed as part of the research.
ISOLATED LIFE
The Yuegong-1 has a total area of only 150 square meters, consisting of two plant cabins and the comprehensive cabin. The volunteers grow fruit -- principally strawberries -- and vegetables.
Yellow meal worms, which are edible and contain high levels of protein and other nutrients, are raised in the cabin. They are ground and mixed with floor to make a bread-like substance or fried on an electric stove in an oil-water mixture.
"Except salt, seasonings and a small amount of pre-stored pork and chicken, everything in the cabin is regenerative," said Liu.
The volunteers have access to the Internet, play chess and darts Puma Match 74 Citi Series Leather Biele Cierne Najlacnejsie , do yoga and ride exercise bikes.
Volunteer Wang Wei said that over the past 200 days, she had learned to make steamed bread, dumplings, buns and even mooncake, a traditional snack for Mid-Autumn festival but one which is rarely made at home.
"I'm planning to cook the Spring Festival family banquet all by myself," Wang, 26, told Xinhua.
Wang and the other three had physical examinations on Friday and will stay in hospital for a week under observation
Wang hopes to graduate from her master's degree this year with a thesis on the effect of light on human physical and mental states.
In the cabin Fenty Puma Rihanna Leather Creepers Biele Modre Vypredaj , they went through a six-week shading experiment, with no natural light.
"It was the toughest time for me," she said. "No sunshine and the pressure from my thesis made me fatigued and a little depressed."
Wang said chatting with her fellows helped her through her anxiety.
She missed many chances to find a job because of the 200-day isolation and has decided to continue studying for a doctorate.
"But the thing I want to do most right now is to eat some oranges. There were only strawberries inside," she said.
PREPARING FOR MOON LIFE
Chief designer Liu said following the experiment, her team would apply to have a mini-BLSS system on bo
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