Beijing is backing its artificial intelligence push with vast sums of money. Having already spent billions on research programs, China is readying a new multibillion-dollar initiative to fun... Read more
Gansha Wu was a veteran engineering manager at Intel Corporation and director of Intel Labs China when two events upended his world last year. First, he listened to the veteran technology wr... Read more
A smaller system makes on-the-spot detection easier and cheaper As the role of pesticides in the decline of pollinator populations and their potential effect on health becomes clearer, it is... Read more
China’s proposal is like a credit score that could encompass your entire life, from work performance to Internet activity. China’s proposals for a “social credit system... Read more
Jing Yuechen, the founder of an Internet start-up here in the Chinese capital, has no interest in overthrowing the Communist Party But these days she finds herself cursing the nation’s smoth... Read more
Over 360 million lbs of light olefins have been produced at a plant in Nanjing, China, using breakthrough technology that converts coal to chemicals used in the making of plastic. UOP LLC, a... Read more
Rare earth metals are important components in green energy products such as wind turbines and eco-cars. But the scarcity of these metals is worrying the EU. The demand for metals such as neo... Read more
The majority of millennials think they’re innovative people. They want to work at–and give their money to–innovative companies that are good for society. In spite of all th... Read more
This illuminates an amazing future for quick start-up of electric vehicles and launching of aircrafts. Graphene sheets are immensely strong, lightweight and excellent at conducting electrici... Read more
A supply of clean, affordable energy depends on little-known substances There’s one problem with the silicon age: its magic depends on elements that are far scarcer than beach sand. So... Read more
If Bitcoin is a bubble, as its critics contend, it is showing signs of deflating. A rapid succession of moves by governments around the world has cast doubts on the legitimacy of the virtual... Read more
By 2017, all of that year’s end-of-life refrigerators, televisions, mobile phones, computers, and other electrical and electronic products could fill a line of 40-ton trucks around three qua... Read more
China cemented its reputation as the fastest rising star on the space scene this weekend by landing a rover on the moon—a challenging feat pulled off by only two nations before: the U.S. and... Read more
One team has already made a cat ‘disappear’ with a device that has huge military potential Mainland scientists are increasingly confident of developing the world’s first in... Read more
High-power, self-cleaning solar panels might be coming soon to a roof near you. There are two obvious problems with photovoltaic cells, solar panels. First, they are very shiny and so a lot... Read more
