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The World's Most Powerful Hypergravity Machine - China

An aerial drone photo taken on September 29, 2025 shows the Centrifugal Hypergravity and Interdisciplinary Experiment Facility (CHIEF) in Hangzhou, east China's Zhejiang Province. China on Monday launched the world's largest centrifuge in terms of capacity, capable of generating 300 times Earth's gravity for a load up to 20 tonnes. The machine, coded CHIEF1300, is one of the core components of the Centrifugal Hypergravity and Interdisciplinary Experiment Facility (CHIEF) currently under construction in Hangzhou, east China's Zhejiang Province. It can be harnessed for frontier research spanning deep-ocean and deep-Earth resources extraction, disaster mitigation and prevention, underground waste disposal, and the synthesis of new materials. Photo by Huang Zongzhi/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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The World's Most Powerful Hypergravity Machine - China

This photo taken on September 29, 2025 shows a launching ceremony of the centrifuge coded CHIEF1300, one of the core components of the Centrifugal Hypergravity and Interdisciplinary Experiment Facility (CHIEF), in Hangzhou, east China's Zhejiang Province. China on Monday launched the world's largest centrifuge in terms of capacity, capable of generating 300 times Earth's gravity for a load up to 20 tonnes. The machine, coded CHIEF1300, is one of the core components of the Centrifugal Hypergravity and Interdisciplinary Experiment Facility (CHIEF) currently under construction in Hangzhou, east China's Zhejiang Province. It can be harnessed for frontier research spanning deep-ocean and deep-Earth resources extraction, disaster mitigation and prevention, underground waste disposal, and the synthesis of new materials. Photo by Huang Zongzhi/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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The World's Most Powerful Hypergravity Machine - China

This photo taken on September 29, 2025 shows an exterior view of the Centrifugal Hypergravity and Interdisciplinary Experiment Facility (CHIEF) in Hangzhou, east China's Zhejiang Province. China on Monday launched the world's largest centrifuge in terms of capacity, capable of generating 300 times Earth's gravity for a load up to 20 tonnes. The machine, coded CHIEF1300, is one of the core components of the Centrifugal Hypergravity and Interdisciplinary Experiment Facility (CHIEF) currently under construction in Hangzhou, east China's Zhejiang Province. It can be harnessed for frontier research spanning deep-ocean and deep-Earth resources extraction, disaster mitigation and prevention, underground waste disposal, and the synthesis of new materials. Photo by Huang Zongzhi/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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The World's Most Powerful Hypergravity Machine - China

This photo taken on September 29, 2025 shows an interior view of the Centrifugal Hypergravity and Interdisciplinary Experiment Facility (CHIEF) in Hangzhou, east China's Zhejiang Province. China on Monday launched the world's largest centrifuge in terms of capacity, capable of generating 300 times Earth's gravity for a load up to 20 tonnes. The machine, coded CHIEF1300, is one of the core components of the Centrifugal Hypergravity and Interdisciplinary Experiment Facility (CHIEF) currently under construction in Hangzhou, east China's Zhejiang Province. It can be harnessed for frontier research spanning deep-ocean and deep-Earth resources extraction, disaster mitigation and prevention, underground waste disposal, and the synthesis of new materials. Photo by Huang Zongzhi/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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The World's Most Powerful Hypergravity Machine - China

This photo taken on September 29, 2025 shows the centrifuge coded CHIEF1300, one of the core components of the Centrifugal Hypergravity and Interdisciplinary Experiment Facility (CHIEF), in Hangzhou, east China's Zhejiang Province. China on Monday launched the world's largest centrifuge in terms of capacity, capable of generating 300 times Earth's gravity for a load up to 20 tonnes. The machine, coded CHIEF1300, is one of the core components of the Centrifugal Hypergravity and Interdisciplinary Experiment Facility (CHIEF) currently under construction in Hangzhou, east China's Zhejiang Province. It can be harnessed for frontier research spanning deep-ocean and deep-Earth resources extraction, disaster mitigation and prevention, underground waste disposal, and the synthesis of new materials. Photo by Huang Zongzhi/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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The World's Most Powerful Hypergravity Machine - China

An aerial drone photo taken on September 29, 2025 shows the Centrifugal Hypergravity and Interdisciplinary Experiment Facility (CHIEF) in Hangzhou, east China's Zhejiang Province. China on Monday launched the world's largest centrifuge in terms of capacity, capable of generating 300 times Earth's gravity for a load up to 20 tonnes. The machine, coded CHIEF1300, is one of the core components of the Centrifugal Hypergravity and Interdisciplinary Experiment Facility (CHIEF) currently under construction in Hangzhou, east China's Zhejiang Province. It can be harnessed for frontier research spanning deep-ocean and deep-Earth resources extraction, disaster mitigation and prevention, underground waste disposal, and the synthesis of new materials. Photo by Huang Zongzhi/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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The World's Most Powerful Hypergravity Machine - China

Staff members manage the operation of the centrifuge coded CHIEF1300 via a safety monitoring system in Hangzhou, east China's Zhejiang Province, on September 29, 2025. China on Monday launched the world's largest centrifuge in terms of capacity, capable of generating 300 times Earth's gravity for a load up to 20 tonnes. The machine, coded CHIEF1300, is one of the core components of the Centrifugal Hypergravity and Interdisciplinary Experiment Facility (CHIEF) currently under construction in Hangzhou, east China's Zhejiang Province. It can be harnessed for frontier research spanning deep-ocean and deep-Earth resources extraction, disaster mitigation and prevention, underground waste disposal, and the synthesis of new materials. Photo by Huang Zongzhi/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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FRANCE. NEW CALEDONIA, BIG ISLAND, NICKEL EXTRACTION INDUSTRY Photo by Stephane Frances/Only France/ABACAPRESS.COM

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FRANCE. NEW CALEDONIA, BIG ISLAND, NICKEL EXTRACTION INDUSTRY Photo by Stephane Frances/Only France/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Stephane Sejourne Speaks to The Media - Brussels

Stephane Sejourne, Executive Vice-President of the European Commission, responsible for Industrial Strategy and Prosperity, addresses the media in Belgium, Brussels on March 25, 2025. The EU unveils 47 priority projects for the extraction, processing and recycling of rare earths and strategic metals on European soil, in order to reduce dependence on China and secure supplies for industry, the Critical raw materials act, the plan to secure its metal supplies. Photo by Monasse T/ANDBZ/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Stephane Sejourne Speaks to The Media - Brussels

Stephane Sejourne, Executive Vice-President of the European Commission, responsible for Industrial Strategy and Prosperity, addresses the media in Belgium, Brussels on March 25, 2025. The EU unveils 47 priority projects for the extraction, processing and recycling of rare earths and strategic metals on European soil, in order to reduce dependence on China and secure supplies for industry, the Critical raw materials act, the plan to secure its metal supplies. Photo by Monasse T/ANDBZ/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Stephane Sejourne Speaks to The Media - Brussels

Stephane Sejourne, Executive Vice-President of the European Commission, responsible for Industrial Strategy and Prosperity, addresses the media in Belgium, Brussels on March 25, 2025. The EU unveils 47 priority projects for the extraction, processing and recycling of rare earths and strategic metals on European soil, in order to reduce dependence on China and secure supplies for industry, the Critical raw materials act, the plan to secure its metal supplies. Photo by Monasse T/ANDBZ/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Stephane Sejourne Speaks to The Media - Brussels

Stephane Sejourne, Executive Vice-President of the European Commission, responsible for Industrial Strategy and Prosperity, addresses the media in Belgium, Brussels on March 25, 2025. The EU unveils 47 priority projects for the extraction, processing and recycling of rare earths and strategic metals on European soil, in order to reduce dependence on China and secure supplies for industry, the Critical raw materials act, the plan to secure its metal supplies. Photo by Monasse T/ANDBZ/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Stephane Sejourne Speaks to The Media - Brussels

Stephane Sejourne, Executive Vice-President of the European Commission, responsible for Industrial Strategy and Prosperity, addresses the media in Belgium, Brussels on March 25, 2025. The EU unveils 47 priority projects for the extraction, processing and recycling of rare earths and strategic metals on European soil, in order to reduce dependence on China and secure supplies for industry, the Critical raw materials act, the plan to secure its metal supplies. Photo by Monasse T/ANDBZ/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Stephane Sejourne Speaks to The Media - Brussels

Stephane Sejourne, Executive Vice-President of the European Commission, responsible for Industrial Strategy and Prosperity, addresses the media in Belgium, Brussels on March 25, 2025. The EU unveils 47 priority projects for the extraction, processing and recycling of rare earths and strategic metals on European soil, in order to reduce dependence on China and secure supplies for industry, the Critical raw materials act, the plan to secure its metal supplies. Photo by Monasse T/ANDBZ/ABACAPRESS.COM

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