Chinese scientists in dark matter and space science are having a discussion at the National Space Science Center under the Chinese Academy of Sciences on Dec 24, 2015. At 5:55 pm that day, the Dark Matter Particle Explorer Satellite Wukong, China’s first telescope tasked with searching for signs of the elusive dark matter, sent home its first set of observation data, after it was launched a week earlier. [Photo/Xinhua]
Staff members work at the 5G Innovation Lab in the China Academy of Telecommunication Research in Beijing, on Jan 7, 2016. China launched experiments for 5G technology research nd development on Jan 7. The IMT2020 (5G) Promotion Group is a platform to stimulate the equipment and chip industry in the 5G technology experiments.[Photo/Xinhua]
Jiang Fengyi, professor at Nanchang University and a leading scholar in the silicon-substrate LED technology, observes a silicon-substrate blue LED chip on Dec 29, 2015. The birth of silicon-substrate blue LEDs marks China as the third country in the world, after Japan and the United States, to master the blue LED technology with independent intellectual property rights, and the only country to start mass production of silicon-substrate LED chips.[Photo/Xinhua]
Professor Ni Hemin takes care of a cloned, genetically modified cow Niu Niu’s cub at the experimentation base of Beijing University of Agriculture in Beijing, capital of China, on Sept 15, 2015. [Photo/Xinhua]
Staff members of Nanpi Eco-Agricultural Experimental Station under the Chinese Academy of Sciences in Cangzhou, North China’s Hebei province, examine the growth situation of crops on Apr 26, 2015. The station concentrates on research in saline-alkali soil improvement, grain yield increase from medium- and low-yield fields and saline water irrigation, to provide technological support for agricultural development in the Bohai Rim region. [Photo/Xinhua]
A CTD rosette is lowered into water to measure the salinity, temperature, depth and concentration of particles from China’s icebreaker Xuelong (Snow Dragon) in Antarctica, on Dec 29, 2015. China’s 32nd Antarctic expedition team started its most expansive marine environmental assessment in waters around the Antarctic Peninsula on Dec 29. [Photo/Xinhua]
Industrial robots are displayed during a robot and intelligent equipment expo in Chongqing, Southwest China, on Sept 16, 2015.[Photo/Xinhua]
Technicians inspect the operation of photovoltaic panels on the rooftop of a manufacturing shop of an enterprise in Gaomi, East China’s Shandong province, on May 17, 2015.[Photo/Xinhua]
Visitors look at a smart home model at a smart city exhibition held in Hangzhou, East China’s Zhejiang province, on Jan 10, 2016. [Photo/Xinhua]
