Laboratory building delivered for super hyper-gravity experiment facility

The laboratory building of the Centrifugal Hyper-gravity and Interdisciplinary Experiment Facility, a key state sci-tech infrastructure, was delivered for operation in Hangzhou, the provincial capital of Zhejiang in east China on Jan 3.

Equipment installation and debugging are underway in the building, with trial operation expected in March.

With a total investment of 2.1 billion yuan (around 286 million U.S. dollars) and covering an area of over 59,000 square meters, the Centrifugal Hyper-gravity and Interdisciplinary Experiment Facility will be the world's largest and most powerful of its kind upon completion.

The whole project is scheduled to enter full operation by the end of 2026.

Laboratory building delivered for super hyper-gravity experiment facility

The U.S. dollar strengthened in late trading on Wednesday.

The dollar index, which measures the greenback against six major peers, went up 0.52 percent to 100.092 at 15:00 (1900 GMT).

In late New York trading, the euro declined to 1.1516 dollars from 1.1542 dollars in the previous session, and the British pound fell to 1.3341 dollars from 1.3360 dollars in the previous session.

The U.S. dollar bought 159.41 Japanese yen, higher than 159.00 Japanese yen in the previous session. The U.S. dollar rose to 0.7902 Swiss francs from 0.7847 Swiss francs, and it advanced to 1.3701 Canadian dollars from 1.3697 Canadian dollars. The U.S. dollar climbed to 9.3346 Swedish kronor from 9.2737 Swedish kronor.

U.S. dollar ticks up

U.S. dollar ticks up