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At the World AI Conference 2018 in Shanghai, several technology giants announced to establish AI-related centers in Shanghai. Thus, Amazon Web Services, the cloud services platform of Amazon, will establish the Amazon Web Services AI Research Institute here, to conduct multi-language natural language processing research centered on Mandarin Chinese and provide an open source deep […]
The group of MA Mingming research group of the University of Science and Technology of China have coated sodium polyacrylate (PAAS) with a polymetacrylate (PMA) waterproof layer forming a PMA-PAAS with a core-shell hydrogel fiber (MAPAH fiber). In the MAPAH fiber, the PAAS crystalline region and the amorphous region coexist and can undergo rapid reversible […]
The Ministry of Science and Technology recently confirmed that the rare metal resources of Karakorum in Xinjiang are comparable to the rare metal metallogenic areas in western Sichuan. The exploration and evaluation was done both by remote sensing in the alpine region and rapid verification on ground, and a geologic and mineral resources database was […]
China’s unmanned submersible Hailong 11000 („Sea Dragon“) has recently set a record by diving 5,630 m during tests in the northwestern Pacific Ocean. Carried by the Chinese research vessel Dayang Yihao, or Ocean No.1, the submersible has also completed a series of tasks underwater for 13 hours, including a 4-hour observation. The submersible is a […]
A team around CAS Academician LIU Zhongmin at CAS Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics has developed a ZnAlOx & H-ZSM-5 catalyst, a nano-spinel structured ZnAlOx oxide mixed with nano-H-ZSM-5a zeolite of a high silicon-to-aluminum ratio. This catalyst provided 73.9 % selectivity for aromatics formation from carbon dioxide hydrogenation, with only 0.4 % selectivity from methane. […]
The group around FAN Xiaopeng at Shenzhen’s CAS Advanced Technology Research Institute has analyzed the track and transactions of over 15000 taxis in Shenzhen’s Nanshan district for a better understanding of traffic related to urban business. 50-60 % of business came from consumers within 5 kilometers, which proposes a classification model for Shenzhen business activities: […]
Lithium-sulfur batteries have a high specific capacity (1675 mA h g-1) and energy density (2600 Wh kg-1). However, the poor conductivity of the Li polysulfides (Li2Sn, 4 ≤ n ≤ 8) formed seriously restricts practical applications. ZHANG Junping’s group has now reported laponite as a clay mineral super-electrolyte lithium battery separator. It has a unique […]
The entire vehicle is completely made-up from composite materials, and relies on an automatic driving system which is claimed to have achieved the highest automation level in the world. Japan China news release, September 10, 2018
Located in the Tengger Desert near Zhongwei City, Ningxia Province, a photovoltaic industrial park is being built relying on the advantages of abundant sunshine and wide space. Companies have started to produce solar panels, a photovoltaic power station and other equipment, generating an entire industrial chain for a “silicon valley” in the desert. Xinhuanet news, […]
Due to full coverage by the Beidu satellite system, more and more farms in China use driverless tractors for agricultural work. The example in this photo in from Ninxia Hui Province near the Yellow River where according to local survey by agricultural engineers, the error of the work of agricultural machines equipped with Beidu positioning […]