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An aerial drone photo taken on Sept. 29, 2025 shows the Centrifugal Hypergravity and Interdisciplinary Experiment Facility (CHIEF) in Hangzhou, east China's Zhejiang Province.China on Monday launched the world's largest centrifuge in terms of capacity, capable of generating 300 times Earth's gravity for a load up to 20 tonnes. The machine, coded CHIEF1300, is one of the core components of the Centrifugal Hypergravity and Interdisciplinary Experiment Facility (CHIEF) currently under construction in Hangzhou, east China's Zhejiang Province. It can be harnessed for frontier research spanning deep-ocean and deep-Earth resources extraction, disaster mitigation and prevention, underground waste disposal, and the synthesis of new materials. (Xinhua/Huang Zongzhi)
A Long March-2D carrier rocket carrying test satellites, Shiyan-30 01 and 02, blasts off from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in southwest China's Sichuan Province, Sept. 29, 2025. The two test satellites were launched at 11:00 a.m. (Beijing Time) and entered their preset orbits successfully. The satellites will be mainly used for experimental verification of Earth observation technologies.
BEIJING, Sept. 18 (Xinhua) -- DeepSeek, China's open-source large language model, was featured on the cover of a leading peer-reviewed journal on Wednesday, highlighting its reasoning pipeline and marking a step toward greater transparency in artificial intelligence (AI).
SHANGHAI, Sept. 21 (Xinhua) -- Standing 1.75 meters tall, weighing 32 kilograms and dressed in a blue, short-sleeved shirt, the Xueba 01 embodied robot was recently welcomed as the first robot doctoral student at the Shanghai Theatre Academy (STA).
In recent years, driven by rapid advances in artificial intelligence, robotics, and drone technology, sports have expanded beyond traditional tests of strength and speed. The integration of tech and athletics is fostering new event formats, industrial chains, and consumer experiences.
WENCHANG, Hainan, Sept. 12 (Xinhua) -- China's new-generation manned carrier rocket Long March-10 successfully completed a second static fire test on Friday at the Wenchang Spacecraft Launch Site in the southern island province of Hainan.
