The model overcomes existing forecasting challenges, as it does not need historical records to make predictions.
Scientists are studying China’s Meihua Fortress to see how it managed to withstand repeated attacks over centuries.
Experiment opens ‘intriguing pathways’ for future research, with possible implications for computing or communications.
Celebrated mathematician Yau Shing-Tung says the country’s mathematics research is not yet at the level of the US in the 1940s.
Researchers in China and the US have pinpointed a gene defect that opens an interspecies door.
A top physicist is ‘confident’ Chinese scientists can build the world’s largest collider, as debate of the project continues.
‘Aqueous batteries with high energy density are possible, offering a development option for grid-scale energy storage, and even electric vehicles’: researchers.
Study finds anti-ageing component that can be extracted from bodily fluids to extend life of laboratory mice.
Chinese spacecraft begins 53-day journey to collect soil and rocks and bring them back to Earth for scientific study.
Zhang Yongzhen, who camped outside his Shanghai lab after parent hospital shut him out, has provoked wave of public sympathy and questioning of treatment meted out to noted virologist.
Researchers make a major advance towards achieving the ‘holy grail’ of renewable energy, nuclear fusion.
Scientist defends collaboration with Wuhan lab as yielding ‘direct public health benefits’ for the US, with virus work saving ‘countless lives’.
Fossilised footprints in Fujian province point to new type of dinosaur that is one of the biggest known raptors – far larger than the human-sized ‘aggressive hunters’ shown in blockbuster films.
Four YF-100K engines pass ignition test to ‘fully verify’ their compatibility and individual reliability, chief designer said.
Almost 10 years after the ‘Made in China 2025’ targets were drawn up, we investigate just how many have been achieved.
Chinese researchers detail how technology has transformed the region’s textile industry and led to record surge in exports.
Chinese-built Cosco vessel to help cut emissions as the battery-powered ship begins weekly service.
Yang Xiaoming has lost his post as NPC deputy over alleged ‘serious violations of discipline and law’, NPC Standing Committee says, as China cracks down on corruption in the healthcare sector.
Lunar lander designed to be the first to bring materials back from the surface that faces away from Earth.
Electric-driven robots are quieter, more efficient, less costly to operate and less prone to breakdowns.
33 people were also injured when level-three storm hit around 3pm on Saturday, authorities say.