China becomes the first middle-income country to join the ranks of the world's 25 most-innovative economies, according to the Global Innovation Index (GII) released on Monday.
Scientists have started to develop a sample machine that will play a part in the development of a new era supercomputer capable of a billion-billion calculations per second.
Researchers with Huazhong University of Science and Technology in central China's Hubei Province have successfully manufactured metal parts and molds using new 3D printing technology, sources with the university announced on Friday. The new metal 3D printing technology addresses existing problems in traditional metal 3D printing methods, said Zhang Hai'ou, leader of the 3D printing technology research team at the university.
China is scheduled to launch its first high-capacity broadband satellite by the end of 2018, and to begin satellite communications services by 2019, according to the satellite system's blueprint.
China plans to increase spending on research and development from the current 2.2 percent of gross domestic product to 2.5 percent by 2020, Li Meng, vice-minister of science and technology, said on Friday.
Scientists in Shanghai have come up with a way to obtain accurate test results from microscopic DNA samples, paving the way for breakthroughs in the detection of cancer and venereal disease.
China has completed production of a massive amphibious aircraft that it plans to use to fight forest fires and perform marine rescue missions.
China has completed production of a massive amphibious aircraft that it plans to use to fight forest fires and perform marine rescue missions.
China aims to become an innovation powerhouse by 2020, according to a newly adopted national plan on scientific and technological innovation during the 13th Five Year Plan period.
A red-crowned crane with broken beak has an artificial beak made of titanium alloy.
China's space scientists have developed the country's largest sun simulator, which is expected to boost its effort to operate rovers on other planets.
New designs by Chinese engineers using local technology pushes performance to new limits.