AI tokens are becoming the basis for delivering and pricing AI services in China, evolving beyond a technical metric. Daily AI token consumption has surged over 1,000-fold since early 2024, reaching 140 trillion in March.
The Comprehensive Research Facility for Fusion Technology (CRAFT) aims to generate electricity by creating a miniature sun at over 100 million degrees Celsius, trapped in a magnetic cage. The assembly includes a toroidal-field magnet (magnetic cage) and a central solenoid (igniter), with the CRAFT toroidal field coil being a core component to prevent container melting at extreme plasma temperatures.
China's Academy of Sciences has launched a new research program focused on low-altitude hypersonic flight technology, potentially leading to new weapons that could challenge the US Navy. The program aims to overcome challenges like extreme heating and electromagnetic disturbances.
Researchers discover the Earth's deepest and most extensive whale fossil graveyard, with fossils dating back 5.3 million years, reshaping understanding of whale-fall ecosystems and cetacean evolution.
China deployed a research platform at Scarborough Shoal, prompting concerns from the Philippines' National Task Force for the West Philippine Sea. China's foreign ministry stated the activity is legitimate scientific research, while the Philippines detected a floating platform resembling an antenna.
Genetically modified cotton shows 23.8% yield increase and improved resistance to Verticillium wilt, a devastating fungal disease.
A 62-year-old CAS academician, identified as Zhou, was reportedly taken away by disciplinary inspectors in late April. His details have since been removed from the official CAS website. His research areas include spatial data mining and hydrology.
A 62-year-old CAS academician, Zhou, has reportedly been taken away by disciplinary inspectors in late April. His details have since been removed from the official CAS website. Zhou's research areas include spatial data mining and hydrology.
Gu Songfen, chief designer of China's J-8 fighter jet family and an aerodynamics expert, has died at 96. He was a key figure in China's aviation development and received numerous prestigious awards for his contributions.
As AI computing demands outpace traditional copper interconnect capabilities, photonics (light-based tech) gains investment and attention for its lower-loss optical links, with China's Yuanjie Technology seeing an 11x stock surge.
China is using advanced technology, including materials developed for lunar missions, to combat desertification in Xinjiang. New projects aim to protect arable land from erosion and safeguard food security.
In the sci-fi novel The Three-Body Problem, humans build “gravitational wave antennas” to broadcast to the cosmos. Now, Chinese scientists have made a step forward in turning that idea into hardware – only in reverse. Science and Technology Daily reported on Saturday that a team from the Institute of Mechanics at the Chinese Academy of Sciences had developed the optical core of a giant space detector to listen to the universe. The detector is part of a space-based gravitational wave project...
Chinese researchers have developed light-driven micromotors for uranium extraction, addressing a strategic challenge as the country rapidly expands its nuclear power fleet. The sponge-like particles, measuring just 2 micrometres across, have been engineered with a modified internal chemical structure to remain stable in water over long periods.
Say “open source” and “China” and most people will think of its world-conquering artificial intelligence (AI) large language models. Its open-source computer chips are just as significant. These chips are based on the RISC-V architecture (pronounced risk-five). At last month’s Zhongguancun Forum science festival in Beijing, experts celebrated the establishment in China of a complete RISC-V ecosystem. Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) researchers recently unveiled their latest Xiangshan processor...
