Researchers Uncover Origin and Abundance of Lunar Surface Water
Recently, there has been a lot of focus on the abundance, distribution, and origin of lunar surface water due to its vital role in future…
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Mass Extinction Traced to Ozone Depletion: Fossil Pollen “Sunscreen” Evidence Emerges
Scientists from China, Germany, and the UK led by Prof. LIU Feng from the Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology of the Chinese Academy of…
Important Advance in Quantum Science: Coherent Manipulation of Spin Qubits at Room Temperature
A team headed by Professor Wu Kaifeng from the Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics (DICP) in the Chinese Academy of Sciences recently announced success in…
A Golden Solution to Pollution? Scientists Have Developed a New Method of Reducing Carbon Dioxide
The conversion of carbon dioxide (CO2) into carbon monoxide (CO) through electrochemical reactions has the potential to reduce pollution levels by removing CO2 from the…
Directly Challenging Our Understanding of Nuclear Force: Scientists Discover Strongest Isospin Mixing Ever Observed
Researchers from the Chinese Academy of Sciences’ Institute of Modern Physics and their collaborators have identified the most significant isospin mixing observed in beta-decay experiments,…
Extraordinary Discovery May Substantially Change Our Understanding of the Mechanism of Photosynthesis
Light-Driven CO2 Assimilation by Photosystem II and Its Relation to Photosynthesis Photosynthesis is the greatest natural process converting sunlight into chemical energy on a massive…
120-Million-Year-Old Fossil Shows Modern Bird Skull Evolved From a Mixture of Dinosaur and Bird Features
A new study from researchers at the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the Field Museum of Natural…
Unusual Exotic Clasts in Chinese Lunar Samples Indicate Unexplored Terrane on Moon
Chang’e-5 is a Chinese lunar exploration mission with the goal of collecting and returning samples from the Moon. It was launched on November 24, 2020…
20 Times Larger Than the Milky Way: Large Atomic Gas Structure Discovered
The atomic gas structure was discovered using the Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical Telescope. Atomic gas is the fundamental material from which all galaxies are formed. The…
Surprising Findings – New Samples Shed Light on the Moon’s History and Makeup
The new study analyzed soil samples brought back from the Chang’E-5 mission. According to a study that examined soil samples returned as part of the…
New Study Sheds Light on Oceanic Dark Matter
Photosynthesis is used by marine bacteria to take in carbon dioxide. Scientists may be able to determine whether or not ocean bacteria are involved in…
New Electrocatalysts Developed for Green Production of Ammonia
Scientists have demonstrated the use of controllably synthesized single-atom catalysts (SACs) to depict the relationship between electrocatalytic nitrogen reduction reaction (NRR) performance and single-atom (SA)…
Shocking 439-Million-Year-Old “Shark” Forces Scientists To Rethink the Timeline of Evolution
The ancient shark was found in China and is humans’ oldest jawed ancestor. The apex predators of the ocean are often shown as living sharks….
Scientists Warn of a Rare Third-Year La Nina – Risk of Intense Cold Surges in Eurasia
El Niño–Southern Oscillation (ENSO) is an irregular periodic variation in winds and sea surface temperatures over the tropical eastern Pacific Ocean that affects the climate…
New Findings Rewrite the Evolutionary Story of “Fish to Human”
The discovery of a fossil “treasure hoard” illuminates the rise of fishes. Researchers from the Chinese Academy of Sciences‘ Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology…
TanSat Successfully Detects Human-Caused CO2 for the First Time
An international research team has identified carbon dioxide from human activities by analyzing measurements from the TanSat mission and the Copernicus Sentinel-5 Precursor mission. This…
439-Million-Year-Old Fossil Teeth Overturn Long-Held Views About Evolution
Rare Chinese fossil teeth have changed scientists’ beliefs about the evolution of vertebrates. An international team of scientists has found toothed fish remains that date…
Why Does the Government Invest in Clean Energy Innovation?
The study indicates that the primary drivers behind governmental investment in energy innovation are international collaboration and technological competition with China. Some European nations have…
