At China's space station orbiting 400 kilometers above the Earth, the Shenzhou-23 astronauts are conducting a rice cultivation experiment designed to last two seed-to-seed cycles. Inside an experimental module about the size of a microwave oven, rice seeds have already germinated, and seedlings are developing.

During China's second Qinghai-Tibet Plateau scientific expedition launched in 2017, eight automatic weather stations were erected on the northern slope, including one at 8,830 meters, boasting the world's highest of its kind. In a major breakthrough, a domestically developed atmospheric observation floating airship ascended near the station to 9,032 meters, setting a new world record for atmospheric science observation.

A group of researchers have found super-Earths (SEs) and mini-Neptunes (MNs) planets followed distinct evolutionary paths, after conducting an in-depth study based on large-sample observational data, according to the National Astronomical Observatories of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.

The Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical radio Telescope (FAST), known as China's "Sky Eye," has completed a key maintenance milestone in southwest China's Guizhou Province. On June 15, engineers finished installing six massive, domestically developed steel cables, fully replacing the core components of its cable-driven suspension system.

China's magnetic resonance imaging technology and products have achieved a remarkable turnaround, moving past technological suppression to attain global leadership and even export independent technologies. Such progress enables more people to access affordable, high-precision medical diagnosis and treatment services. As research and application of superconducting materials have been incorporated into China's 15th Five-Year Plan, Wang Qiuliang predicted that in the future more "Chinese solutions" will bring the benefits of technology to people all over the world.

Using a self-developed model, Chinese scientists have uncovered the origin of global seamounts and recreated the subduction history of the last 270 million years. According to their study published in the journal Nature Geoscience, the formation and evolution of both linearly extending seamount chains and scattered isolated seamounts are intimately associated with the thermal activities of the asthenosphere driven by the upwelling of mantle plumes from the core-mantle boundary.

A fresh study by Chinese scientists has revealed that the cascade effects of increasingly frequent wildfires under climate warming will drive irreversible degradation of permafrost ecosystems of the northern high-latitude permafrost zone, according to the Northwest Institute of Eco-Environment and Resources (NIEER), Chinese Academy of Sciences.

The world's largest transparent spherical neutrino detector located in south China's Guangdong Province released its first findings in the journal Nature Wednesday. JUNO completed the high-precision measurement of two key oscillation parameters based on the analysis of valid data collected over 59 days from Aug. 26 to Nov. 2, 2025. The measurement accuracy reduced the associated uncertainties by a factor of 1.6 compared to the combined experimental results in the past decades.

Scientists have discovered the world's deepest and largest collection of whale remains on the ocean floor, a site they call a "whale necropolis." The study, conducted by the Institute of Deep-sea Science and Engineering (IDSSE) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences in collaboration with the University of Pisa in Italy and Earth Sciences New Zealand in Wellington, has been published in the latest issue of the journal Nature.

Chinese and Kenyan scientists on Monday renewed their partnership to advance a green transition by protecting biodiversity hotspots that sustain rural livelihoods and support ecological resilience. Speaking at a joint scientific conference in Nairobi, the Kenyan capital, researchers from both countries emphasized that collaborative research and knowledge sharing are key to securing Africa's green and resilient future.

A study aboard China's space station Tiangong is expected to identify the regulatory mechanisms of a type of liver cell's metabolism and provide a new approach to treating fatty liver disease. This seven-day on-orbit experiment, concluded last week, was designed to elucidate the effects of space-associated biological phase separation on lipid metabolism under microgravity conditions.

Chinese scientists have released research results documenting technological breakthroughs in combating black soil degradation and boosting modern agricultural development through the use of modern precision practices.

China has made a new breakthrough in high-performance axial flux motors, injecting fresh momentum into the country's booming electric drive industry. Leveraging independently developed high-performance materials, this new generation of electric motor, featuring a more compact size, lighter weight, and higher energy efficiency, has entered mass production and applications, according to its developer.

Chinese astronomers have conducted observations and analyses of star clusters in the outer halo of the Andromeda Galaxy -- the Milky Way's cosmic neighbor -- hoping to uncover the growth story of this galaxy from these celestial "time capsules."

A recent study has found that small reservoirs around the world are losing water storage capacity at a notable rate, which could affect billions of people facing water shortages. According to the research published in the journal Nature Sustainability, the world's reservoirs lose, on average, 7.3 percent of their storage capacity every decade. Small reservoirs, which make up the vast majority, are the hardest hit.

For the supergiant isopod, a distant relative of the common pill bug found in gardens with the size of a chunky tablet, this extreme fasting ability is simply an everyday strategy for surviving in one of the most food-starved habitats on Earth. Now, Chinese scientists have cracked the mystery of these supergiant isopods. The answer lies in a gene "hijacked" from bacteria and reprogrammed to work like a finely tuned energy-saving switch. A joint research led by the Institute of Oceanology published their findings in the international journal Cell.

Chinese scientists on Saturday rolled out LangYa 2.0, a major upgrade that moves beyond basic sea variables to predict complex marine phenomena including typhoons, extreme rainfall and storm surges.

​Once one of the world's worst environmental disasters, Aral Sea region is seeing signs of renewal. Scientists in Uzbekistan are working with Chinese partners to cultivate salt-tolerant plants that can survive in the harsh, salt-covered soil left behind by the shrinking lake.