As the country looks to commercial companies to drive innovation, it has a golden opportunity to support open science and increase its output in key areas.
Absolutely. China is primarily a technological powerhouse by this stage but all based on either buying up patents or improving existing tech. Their fusion reactor is on par with ITER’s or better, while the US did something fundamentally new, attempting fusion with lasers. This illustrates the difference: they are following, not leading the scientific endeavour.
Absolutely. China is primarily a technological powerhouse by this stage but all based on either buying up patents or improving existing tech. Their fusion reactor is on par with ITER’s or better, while the US did something fundamentally new, attempting fusion with lasers. This illustrates the difference: they are following, not leading the scientific endeavour.