ANN/CHINA DAILY – Mutated rice seeds brought from space may provide new species on Earth and result in higher yields than their terrestrial counterparts. At a scientific research demonstration base in Wuhan, Hubei province, workers from Hubei Jinguang Agricultural Technology Co recently completed harvesting space rice from 20 hectares of paddies where they had planted […]
ANN/CHINA DAILY – A new batch of relics, including thousands of bronze coins, have been unearthed from the remains of a mint dating back more than 2,000 years in Xi’an, the capital of Northwest China’s Shaanxi province. Apart from the coins of different face values and shapes, more than 100 ash pits, three house ruins, […]
ANN/CHINA DAILY – Chinese astronauts have successfully grown rice seedlings onboard the Tiangong space station and this experiment that may yield key insights into how astronauts can cultivate food to support long-term space missions, experts said recently. While there have been other rice experiments in space, the one being conducted on Tiangong is the first […]
ANN/CHINA DAILY – China spearheaded and published the world’s first international standard on stem cell research on Saturday, signalling that the country has become a globally recognised front-runner in this cutting-edge field that may revolutionise medicine, experts said. The document, named ISO 24603, lists the various requirements and regulations for cultivating and using human and […]
ANN/CHINA DAILY – Shanghai’s decision to boost the development of the artificial intelligence (AI) industry will promote the city’s digital transformation and its efforts to build itself into an international AI highland, experts said recently. Last Thursday, the city’s legislature passed a regulation on boosting AI, marking the first such effort in China at the […]