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Nov 15, 2024
Chang'e-6 Lunar Samples Reveal 2.83-billion-year-old Basalt with Depleted Mantle
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The Moon has a global dichotomy, with its near and far sides having different geomorphology, topography, chemical composition, crustal thickness, and evidence of volcanism. To better understand this dichotomy, Professor XU Yigang's team from the Guangzhou Institute of Geochemistry of the Chinese Academy of Sciences investigated lunar soil samples from the far side South Pole-Aitken (SPA) Basin of the Moon returned by the Chang'e-6 mission.
Nov 11, 2024
Chinese Scientists Achieve Possible Breakthrough in Plant Diseases

Chinese scientists have discovered a small molecule in plant cells that can trigger immunity. This molecule, which has been patented, holds the potential to be developed into a broad-spectrum biopesticide, aiding plants such as crops in resisting diseases.
Nov 04, 2024
Over 7,000 Officials, Scholars Discuss Smart Education at 21st Beijing Forum

The 21st Beijing Forum was held on Friday, bringing together over 7,000 officials and scholars to discuss innovations in smart education and new engineering education and unveiling a white paper on digital intelligent education development. Gong Qihuang, president of Peking University and academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, highlighted that universities, as key hubs for talent development, technological innovation, and cultural exchange, are now expected to meet higher standards and fulfill greater responsibilities in tackling common challenges.
Nov 04, 2024
Educators and Scholars Convene for Collaborative Advancement in Global Education

Held under the theme "Education for all, the unknown and the future", the plenary session of the 25th China Annual Conference & Expo for International Education (CACIE) was held at the China National Convention Center in Beijing on Oct. 31, 2024.
Oct 31, 2024
Scientists Uncover New Mechanism in Plant Cold Sensing

Cold damage is a major challenge in rice production, and identifying key gene modules in signaling pathways is a crucial means of addressing this issue. A Chinese research team has recently discovered a part of the plant’s cell membrane that helps plants sense when it's cold.
Oct 30, 2024
Chinese Scientists Extract World's Longest Ice Core Outside Polar Regions

Chinese scientists announced Tuesday that they had successfully extracted a 324-meter ice core from the thickest glacier on the Qinghai-Xizang Plateau -- the longest ice core ever drilled on the plateau and the longest globally outside the polar regions.
Oct 30, 2024
Chinese Scientists Make Discovery in Midlatitude Asian Deserts

Chinese scientists recently discovered that the modern-like landscape of the Taklimakan Desert in the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region began taking shape approximately 300,000 years ago with speculation that the initial formation of the desert dates back about 1.8 million years ago.
Oct 30, 2024
2024 World Laureates Forum Wraps up in Shanghai

The 2024 World Laureates Forum concluded in Shanghai on Oct 27 after three days of intense scientific discourse and collaboration, drawing nearly 300 scientists and dignitaries from about 20 countries and regions.
Oct 24, 2024
Scientists Gather in Xishuangbanna for Long Term Ecological Research

The joint efforts by long-term ecological research networks can bridge gaps between societal needs and scientific imperatives on concerns at regional and global scales, by data sharing, research collaborations and capability building in the science. This is what brings ecologists from 19 countries together for the Third Open Science Meeting (OSM) of the International Long-Term Ecological Research Network (ILTER) held in Xishuangbanna of southwestern China's Yunnan Province on Oct. 15.
Oct 29, 2024
Scientists Use Biomass to Make Ethylene Glycol

Chinese scientists have recently launched trial production of bio-ethylene glycol from straw sugar, creating a more eco-friendly way to make as much as 1,000 metric tons a year of the industrial compound, experts said.

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Chang'e-6 Lunar Samples Reveal 2.83-billion-year-old Basalt with Depleted Mantle
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Chinese Scientists Achieve Possible Breakthrough in Plant Diseases

Over 7,000 Officials, Scholars Discuss Smart Education at 21st Beijing Forum

Educators and Scholars Convene for Collaborative Advancement in Global Education

Scientists Uncover New Mechanism in Plant Cold Sensing

Chinese Scientists Extract World's Longest Ice Core Outside Polar Regions

Chinese Scientists Make Discovery in Midlatitude Asian Deserts

2024 World Laureates Forum Wraps up in Shanghai

Scientists Gather in Xishuangbanna for Long Term Ecological Research

Scientists Use Biomass to Make Ethylene Glycol

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Chang'e-6 Lunar Samples Reveal 2.83-billion-year-old Basalt with Depleted MantleSource

Chinese Scientists Achieve Possible Breakthrough in Plant Diseases

Over 7,000 Officials, Scholars Discuss Smart Education at 21st Beijing Forum

Educators and Scholars Convene for Collaborative Advancement in Global Education

Scientists Uncover New Mechanism in Plant Cold Sensing

Chinese Scientists Extract World's Longest Ice Core Outside Polar Regions

Chinese Scientists Make Discovery in Midlatitude Asian Deserts

2024 World Laureates Forum Wraps up in Shanghai

Scientists Gather in Xishuangbanna for Long Term Ecological Research

Scientists Use Biomass to Make Ethylene Glycol

Chang'e-6 Lunar Samples Reveal 2.83-billion-year-old Basalt with Depleted Mantle
Source