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10/03/2025

Einstein Probe releases its Science White Paper
EP's cutting-edge instruments and international collaboration drive new discoveries in transient and multi-messenger astronomy

The Science White Paper of the Einstein Probe (EP) mission, led by the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) and jointly developed with the European Space Agency (ESA), the Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics (MPE), and the French National Centre for Space Studies (CNES), has been publishe...

17/06/2024

Chinese scholars jointly develop a roadmap for the development of information technology based on two-dimensional materials

In the paper published in SCIENCE CHINA Information Sciences, more than 100 researchers review the important progress for two-dimensional (2D) materials in future information technology, focusing in particular on microelectronics and optoelectronics. They comprehensively summarize the key advancemen...

12/12/2023

Does rainfall in southern China contribute to air pollution in the North China Plain?
https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1008733

In a paper published in SCIENCE CHINA Earth Sciences, a team of Chinese scientists on climate research presents evidence of the rainfall in southern China contributes to the heavy haze over the North China Plain by triggering an anomalous anticyclone over the Pacific No...

12/12/2023

Exceptional embryonic dinosaur eggs from the Early Jurassic of China indicate leathery egg origin of the earliest dinosaur
https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1009129

In a paper published in National Science Review, a Chinese team of scientists reported the discovery of exceptionally preserved dinosaur eggs from the Early Jurassic of Guizhou Province, southwestern China. The discovery includes at least three adult individuals and five embryonic egg clutches, m...

12/12/2023

VTwins: Inferring causative microbial features from metagenomic data of limited samples
https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1009137

A team led by Prof. Yu Kang from Beijing Institute of Genomics, Chinese Academy of Sciences published an article in Science Bulletin entitled "VTwins: Inferring causative microbial features from metagenomic data of limited samples ". The study developed an open-access tool, Vir...

12/12/2023

Unleashing the power of soft-decision decoding in DNA digital storage
https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1009320

Chinese Academy of Agricultural (CAAS) researchers have achieved soft-decision decoding in DNA digital storage (DDS). For the first time, an accurate error model is incorporated into error-correcting codes decoding, and a series of innovative error correction strategies...

12/12/2023

Biomimetic crystallization for long-pursued –COOH-functionalized gold nanocluster with near-infrared phosphorescence
https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1009324

In a paper published in Science Bulletin, Prof. Di Sun’s group (School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, State Key Laboratory of Crystal Materials, Shandong University) successfully revealed the long-pursued crystallographic structures of –COOH...

12/12/2023

The ocean’s first large swimming apex predators had exceptionally rapid growth
https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1009622

In a recent paper published in National Science Review, an international team of scientists reveal how the first apex predators grew. Amplectobelua symbrachiata, an ocean-dwelling relative of modern arthropods (such as spiders, lobsters and horseshoe c...

12/12/2023

Evidence that ancient Tethys Ocean influenced Earth’s past environments
https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1010570

In a paper published in Science China Earth Science, researchers make a case for how the ancient Tethys Ocean and its associated plate tectonic movements affected Earth’s surface environments. The Tethyan realm—similar to the Indian Ocean and Southeast Asia....

12/12/2023

Metamorphic evolution of the East Tethys tectonic domain and its tectonic implications
https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1010569

In a synthesis paper published in Science China Earth Sciences, a team of Chinese scientists present a general picture of thermal and tectonic evolution at convergent continental margins from a perspective of regional metamorphism along collisional orogens in the Tethys...

12/12/2023

Creating a C4-like vein pattern in rice by manipulating SHORT ROOT and auxin levels
https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1010567

A research paper titled "Creating a C4-like vein pattern in rice by manipulating SHORT ROOT and auxin levels" was published in Science Bulletin by the research teams of Ertao Wang from the Center of Excellence in Molecular Plant Sciences, Chinese Ac...

23/08/2023

Discharge of treated Fukushima nuclear accident contaminated water: macroscopic and microscopic simulations
National Science Review
https://doi.org/10.1093/nsr/nwab209

福岛核废水将于何时到哪里？——清华大学团队的模拟结果 | NSR
8月22日，日本政府宣布定于24日开始将核污水排入海洋，这一决定引发了周边国家乃至全球对于损害人体健康以及污染生态环境等问题的担忧，福岛核废水离我们到底有多远？为了回答这一问题，清华大学的研究团队对福岛核废水的扩散过程进行了模拟，并以动画的形式展现了废水中主要放射性物质——氚的扩散过程，研究成果发表于《国家科学评论》，详情：https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s?__biz=MzA3MzQ5MzQyNA==&mid=2656835593&idx=1&sn=9ed528caa3e75346bf60c657c028321f&chksm=84a686d6b3d10fc0bd04e486eb1e46940c891fd64e20c1f19a7e52d171346ad456c2604ed7bc&token=1267738918&lang=zh_CN