Beijing starts trial with self-driving taxis

The test area opened to the public by Beijing City has a total distance of about 700 km and covers dozens of locations, including living and working. The rides are for free, and a screen in the back seat displays the car’s speed, estimated duration, distance,...

China expects to have 610 million doses of Corona vaccine by year-end

According to a speaker of the State Council, China will set the price in a company-centric manner, but also adhere to the following principles: (1) the price will be based on the attributes and principles of public good, based on cost, not supply and demand, (2) The...

Sinopec reports well-drilling at nearly 9000 m depth

Sinopec reported on October 23, 2020, that they had reached a depth of 8,874.4 m in onshore directional well drilling at the Shunbei oil and gas field in Northwest Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous region. The oil and gas field there has an average depth of over 8,000 m,...

Tsinghua University explores memristors for neural signal analysis

The group around WU Huaqiang has demonstrated that memory resistor- or memristor-based systems are capable to analyze signals in the analog domain with high efficiency. As a proof-of-concept demonstration, memristor arrays were used to implement the filtering and...

Chinese Academy of Sciences sets up philosophy institute

The Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) will set up a philosophy institute to promote the coordination between science and philosophy. The institute will focus on philosophical issues related to scientific and technological developments and will consist of five research...