<p>According to reports, China is building a dam on the Tibetan plateau using artificial intelligence while ensuring there is no&nbsp;human intervention.</p>

<p>The grand structure will reportedly be built through AI using 3D printing techniques. The Yangqu hydropower plant is set to be completed in the next two years&nbsp;and will reportedly provide electricity to Henan province.</p>

<p>China has been focused on building large hydroelectric power plants with the Three Gorges Dam being the biggest which reportedly provides electricity to east, central and south China's Guangdong province.&nbsp;</p>

<p><a href="https://www.wionews.com/world/record-floods-raise-questions-about-chinas-three-gorges-dam-313169">Also Read:&nbsp;Record floods raise questions about China's Three Gorges Dam</a></p>

<p>The Xiluodu hydropower station on the Jinsha Jiang river is another giant project which was undertaken by Chinese authorities. It&nbsp;became operational in 2014. It is reported to be the major source of renewable energy for the country as China looks to reduce emissions and its dependency on coal.</p>

<p>The Longtan hydroelectric power plant on the Hongshui river is another large electricity generator which feeds Guangdong, Zhejiang and Jiangsu provinces including capital Beijing and Shanghai.</p>

<p><strong>Watch:&nbsp;Growing list of Dams in the US are in 'poor condition'</strong></p>

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<p>Scientists have been studying the efficiency of dams through Artificial intelligence especially for monitoring purposes in order to locate risky dams including keeping a check on embankments and predicting the effect of heavy rainfall on the dam.</p>

<p>Artificial intelligence techniques also help to track dam maintenance and repairs remotely with data which can ensure mapping of electricity generation over a period of time.</p>

<p>China depends greatly on hydroelectricity which is its second-biggest source of energy after coal with authorities hard pressed to meet carbon neutral goals by 2060.&nbsp;</p>

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According to reports, China is building a dam on the Tibetan plateau using artificial intelligence while ensuring there is no human intervention. The grand structure will reportedly be built through AI using 3D printing techniques.

According to reports, China is building a dam on the Tibetan plateau using artificial intelligence while ensuring there is no human intervention. The grand structure will reportedly be built through AI using 3D printing techniques. The Yangqu hydropower plant is set to be completed in the next two years and will reportedly provide electricity to Henan province. China has been focused on building large hydroelectric power plants with the Three Gorges Dam being the biggest which reportedly provides electricity to east, central and south China's Guangdong province. Also Read: Record floods raise questions about China's Three Gorges Dam The Xiluodu hydropower station on the Jinsha Jiang river is another giant project which was undertaken by Chinese authorities. It became operational in 2014. It is reported to be the major source of renewable energy for the country as China looks to reduce emissions and its dependency on coal. The Longtan hydroelectric power plant on the Hongshui river is another large electricity generator which feeds Guangdong, Zhejiang and Jiangsu provinces including capital Beijing and Shanghai. Watch: Growing list of Dams in the US are in 'poor condition' Scientists have been studying the efficiency of dams through Artificial intelligence especially for monitoring purposes in order to locate risky dams including keeping a check on embankments and predicting the effect of heavy rainfall on the dam. Artificial intelligence techniques also help to track dam maintenance and repairs remotely with data which can ensure mapping of electricity generation over a period of time. China depends greatly on hydroelectricity which is its second-biggest source of energy after coal with authorities hard pressed to meet carbon neutral goals by 2060. (With inputs from Agencies) Watch WION LIVE HERE ×

China eyes AI powered 3D-printed dam on Tibetan plateau: Report

<p>Scientists have found viruses nearly 15,000-years-old in two ice samples taken from the Tibetan Plateau in China. Most of those viruses, which survived because they had remained frozen, are unlike any viruses that have been cataloged to date.<br />
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The findings, published in the journal Microbiome, may help understand how viruses have evolved over centuries. For this study, the scientists also created a new, ultra-clean method of analysing microbes and viruses in ice without contaminating it.<br />
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"These glaciers were formed gradually, and along with dust and gases, many, many viruses were also deposited in that ice," said lead author Zhi-Ping Zhong, a researcher at The Ohio State University`s Byrd Polar and Climate Research Centre who also focuses on microbiology.<br />
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"The glaciers in western China are not well-studied, and our goal is to use this information to reflect past environments. And viruses are a part of those environments," Zhong added.<br />
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The team analysed ice cores taken in 2015 from the Guliya ice cap in western China. The cores are collected at high altitudes -- the summit of Guliya, where this ice originated, is 22,000 feet above sea level.<br />
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When they analysed the ice, they found genetic codes for 33 viruses. Four of those viruses have already been identified by the scientific community. But at least 28 of them are novel. About half of them seemed to have survived at the time they were frozen not in spite of the ice, but because of it.<br />
<br />
"These are viruses that would have thrived in extreme environments," said Matthew Sullivan, Professor of microbiology at Ohio State.<br />
<br />
"These viruses have signatures of genes that help them infect cells in cold environments -- just surreal genetic signatures for how a virus is able to survive in extreme conditions," he added.<br />
<br />
Four of the viruses in the Guliya ice cap cores had previously been identified and were from virus families that typically infect bacteria. The researchers found the viruses in concentrations much lower than have been found to exist in oceans or soil.<br />
<br />
The analysis showed that the viruses likely originated with soil or plants, not with animals or humans, based on both the environment and the databases of known viruses.</p>


Scientists have found viruses nearly 15,000-years-old in two ice samples taken from the Tibetan Plateau in China. Most of those viruses, which survived because they had remained frozen, are unlike any viruses that have been cataloged to date.

Scientists have found viruses nearly 15,000-years-old in two ice samples taken from the Tibetan Plateau in China. Most of those viruses, which survived because they had remained frozen, are unlike any viruses that have been cataloged to date. The findings, published in the journal Microbiome, may help understand how viruses have evolved over centuries. For this study, the scientists also created a new, ultra-clean method of analysing microbes and viruses in ice without contaminating it. "These glaciers were formed gradually, and along with dust and gases, many, many viruses were also deposited in that ice," said lead author Zhi-Ping Zhong, a researcher at The Ohio State University`s Byrd Polar and Climate Research Centre who also focuses on microbiology. "The glaciers in western China are not well-studied, and our goal is to use this information to reflect past environments. And viruses are a part of those environments," Zhong added. The team analysed ice cores taken in 2015 from the Guliya ice cap in western China. The cores are collected at high altitudes -- the summit of Guliya, where this ice originated, is 22,000 feet above sea level. When they analysed the ice, they found genetic codes for 33 viruses. Four of those viruses have already been identified by the scientific community. But at least 28 of them are novel. About half of them seemed to have survived at the time they were frozen not in spite of the ice, but because of it. "These are viruses that would have thrived in extreme environments," said Matthew Sullivan, Professor of microbiology at Ohio State. "These viruses have signatures of genes that help them infect cells in cold environments -- just surreal genetic signatures for how a virus is able to survive in extreme conditions," he added. Four of the viruses in the Guliya ice cap cores had previously been identified and were from virus families that typically infect bacteria. The researchers found the viruses in concentrations much lower than have been found to exist in oceans or soil. The analysis showed that the viruses likely originated with soil or plants, not with animals or humans, based on both the environment and the databases of known viruses.

15,000-year-old viruses discovered in Tibetan glacier ice, most of them were unknown to humans: Study

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China eyes AI powered 3D-printed dam on Tibetan plateau: Report

15,000-year-old viruses discovered in Tibetan glacier ice, most of them were unknown to humans: Study