Day: 24. April 2017

China plans experiments related to human reproduction in space

The experiments on China’s space station Tianzhou-1 will study the basic development and maturation of germ cells in a micro-gravity environment, and the developmental potential of human embryonic stem cells, thus taking a first step in investigations concerning human reproduction in space. Scientists on the ground will remotely control the research equipment to change the […]

CAS to invest 10 mill RMB for Cambricon deep learning chip

The Cambricon research project is led by two brothers, CHEN Yunji (陈云霁) and CHEN Tianshi (陈天石), two young full professors at the CAS Institute of Computing Technology. Unlike existing neural networks which require thousands of GPU-based accelerators, Cambricon processors are designed to operate more efficiently and run on much less power. The latest Cambricon-1A chip […]

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