China's AI development is so fast that some people believe the country will beat the U.S. and become the world leader in this area.
North China's Tianjin Municipality has announced plans to set up funds worth 100 billion yuan (15.7 billion U.S. dollars) to support the artificial intelligence industry, and a 10-billion-yuan fund to promote intelligent manufacturing.
A research team in Taiwan has developed a chip with nanoparticles that can detect proteins related to cancer in around half an hour.
Chinese researchers have developed a new method to turn carbon dioxide, the main greenhouse gas, into clean liquid fuel such as methanol.
China should harness opportunities arising from the development of artificial intelligence technologies, the core driving force for a new round of industrial revolution, to achieve intelligent manufacturing and high-quality growth, government officials and business leaders said at the ongoing Second World Intelligence Congress in Tianjin on Wednesday.
A genome study of 107 different species of mammals showed that people's distant ancestors, the small, furry creatures that scurried around the feet of the dinosaurs 66 million years ago, were mostly insect eaters.
Two flight engineers of the United States space agency NASA completed the fifth spacewalk of this year out of the International Space Station on Wednesday.
Haiyan, a Chinese underwater glider, has set an endurance record among its domestic peers after working for 119 days in the South China Sea.
The month-long deep-sea exploration of the South China Sea ended Wednesday with the discovery of polymetallic nodules and ancient hydrotherm which will help in exploiting metal resources.
Researchers, entrepreneurs, and policymakers gathered at the second World Intelligence Congress in north China's Tianjin Municipality Wednesday to explore AI.