1+ day, 1+ hour ago   (216+ words) URUMQI - A science museum focused on pterosaurs, a winged reptile closely related to dinosaurs, opened on Sunday in Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region in Northwest China. The world's first of its kind, this museum is located in a national geopark in…...

2+ day, 22+ hour ago   (407+ words) China unveiled geological mapping and mineral exploration systems powered by artificial intelligence technologies on Friday, marking a shift from decades of expert-driven fieldwork to more accurate, comprehensive and efficient data — and algorithm-based predictions. The two systems — AI-GeoMapping and AI-OreSeeking — were…...

3+ day, 3+ hour ago   (319+ words) China has achieved major progress in its strategic mineral exploration push, with geological exploration investment rising for a fifth consecutive year in 2025 and 200 new non-oil and gas mineral deposits discovered nationwide, according to a mineral resources report issued on Friday....

3+ day, 9+ hour ago   (793+ words) A heavy-lift helicopter swung over a mountain clearing in Guangyuan, Sichuan province, a cable dangling from its belly. Below, workers grabbed the hook, clipped it to a bundle of drilling equipment wrapped in heavy-duty straps, and watched it rise toward…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (585+ words) A breakthrough technology that converts hard-to-process iron ore into high-grade concentrate has been deployed at the world's largest such facility in Anshan, Liaoning province, marking a major milestone in China's effort to reduce its reliance on imported iron ore. Construction…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (207+ words) China has made a major breakthrough in copper and gold exploration in the Chating region of Xuancheng, Anhui province, with the discovery expected to establish a large-scale resource base in East China, the Ministry of Natural Resources said on Tuesday....

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (489+ words) Chinese scientists have identified 132,867 rock glaciers across 16,500 square kilometers of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau in the first comprehensive inventory of its kind. While glaciers are what come to mind when people think of the plateau's "solid reservoir", the number and significance…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago   (152+ words) An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.9 struck eastern Japan early Sunday, with its epicenter in southern Ibaraki Prefecture, according to the Japan Meteorological Agency. The quake was felt across a broad area of Japan, including its northeastern and central…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (381+ words) While the Antarctic ice sheet has lost mass at an average rate of about 140.5 billion metric tons a year over the past two decades, satellite data showed a striking reversal from 2021 to 2023, when the ice sheet gained 695 billion tons — the…...