Tianjin opens staff-less supermarket

Shopping in Tianjin’s 5 floor supermarket is based in IoT, AI and biometrics. In 6 months since the supermarket opened, it is said that no shoplifting has ocurred. Japan China news, July 3, 2018

Sun Yat-sen University reports pilot program on AI to detect cancer

In China, more than 2.7 million people die of cancer every year. Guoliang XU, an endoscopy specialist working at Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center, one of the largest cancer treatment centers in southern China, used endoscopy examination and produced 48 images that...

Queqiao Satellite to bridge China’s lunar cxploration

In Chinese legend, magpies took pity on two lovers separated by the Milky Way, so they created the Queqiao bridge, allowing the couple to be together for one day a year. Queqiao is also the name of a relay satellite which has entered on June 14 the Halo orbit in order...

GM pigs release less pollution

Pigs account for more than 60 percent of Chinese people’s demand for meat, but they also exert major environmental pressure: fecal nitrogen from pig farms accounts for about 20 percent of the country’s total discharge of nitrogen pollutants. Pigs lack three enzymes...

China explores ultra high-speed railway, eventually reaching 1,500 kmh

At the 2018 World Transportation “High-speed Railway Technology Development Forum”, Mr ZHANG Feng of Southwest Jiaotong University reported that China explores a super high-speed railway. The world’s fastest vacuum tube high temperature superconducting linear model...

China to build first Nuclear Technology University

Tianjin will build a university dedicated to nuclear technology research to meet the talent demands of the country’s nuclear industry. The university will be supported by China National Nuclear Corp (CNNC), one of China’s largest nuclear enterprises CAS news release,...

China pioneers ceramic 3D printing in microgravity

One of the first civilizations to make ceramics about 10,000 years ago, China is now developing technology to manufacture ceramics in space. Potential uses of this technology are to build bases on the Moon, Mars or other planets, or to make vessels such as tea cups...