Chinese scientists and engineers are developing a space-based computing network that will enable satellites to process data in orbit in real time, paving the way for supercomputing capabilities in space. The initiative, led by the Chinese Academy of Sciences' Aerospace Information Research Institute, took a concrete step earlier this week with the establishment of a joint venture, Xingyun Space AI Technologies, in Hefei, Anhui province.

More than 160 scholars and researchers from China, the United States, Canada, Russia and other countries have recently wrapped up joint field work and academic discussions on the Cambrian explosion and mass extinction in central China's Hunan Province.

Taklimakan Desert in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region and Africa's Sahara Desert may be thousands of miles apart, but they share common challenges in combating desertification.

China's CropWatch system is helping developing countries build their own crop-monitoring capabilities, supporting more timely and informed food security decisions. The technology is being adapted to local needs, while international cooperation is also driving new research and bringing advanced remote sensing tools within reach of more users.

Chinese scientists have cooled a cloud of rubidium atoms aboard China's space station to an equivalent temperature of 9.7 trillionths of a degree above absolute zero, a record low according to the research team.

Chinese scientist Fu Bojie was awarded the 2026 Volvo Environment Prize in Stockholm, Sweden, on Monday for his outstanding contributions to ecological restoration and sustainability research, particularly his work in improving the ecological environment of China's Loess Plateau.

A total of 20 projects, including the "Jiuzhang 4.0" programmable photonic quantum computing prototype, won the 2026 World Internet Conference (WIC) Leading Science and Technology Awards at a ceremony held on Monday in Wuzhen, east China's Zhejiang Province.

How could understanding cell death help treat neurodegenerative diseases? In a CGTN interview, Professor Yuan Junying of the Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, a 2026 WLF Prize laureate in Life Science and Medicine, discusses her landmark discoveries and their potential to advance treatments.

German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier visited the Institute of Atmospheric Physics at the Chinese Academy of Sciences in Beijing, highlighting the importance of China-Germany cooperation in addressing climate change and advancing scientific innovation.

A new study has reconstructed the evolutionary history of terrestrial animals on the Qinghai-Xizang Plateau, offering a clearer picture of how the unique fauna of Earth's "Third Pole" took shape over millions of years.

Infectious diseases know no borders. A virus can travel to another part of the world on a single flight. How prepared is the world for "Disease X" from unknown pathogens? In an interview with CGTN's Health Talk, Gao Fu, member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and virologist, stressed that more cooperation is needed.

Chinese researchers have revealed the shared morphological features of Denisovans, a new branch of ancient hominins, according to a research article recently published in the journal Nature. The researchers from the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology (IVPP) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences obtained ancient protein evidence from Xujiayao hominin fossils, confirming that they belonged to Denisovans.

A Chinese research team has revealed how brain neurons support flexible decision-making. According to a study recently published in Science, rule-related information and sensory information are compared within the same neuron, which itself takes part in cognitive computation.

A new study led by IAP scientists identifies the limits of irrigation technology upgrading in meeting water-saving goals and offsetting climate-induced yield losses, providing a differentiated strategy for coordinated water management, crop breeding and rational water investment to sustain food security.

China's manned submersible Jiaolong recently completed multiple 7,000-meter dive tests and returned safely, reaching a maximum depth of 7,056.9 meters.

Guo Huadong, an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) and a professor at the CAS Aerospace Information Research Institute, outlined the technical advantages and application potential of Moon-based Earth observation at the Satellite Symposium on Space Science in Beijing on Oct. 20.

Chinese scientists have developed a new route for this century-old reaction by using the precisely defined pore environments of zeolites as stand-alone catalysts. This eliminates the need for high-cost precious-metal catalyst, enables convenient separation of catalysts from products, and enhances production efficiency while avoiding the generation of acidic wastewater associated with conventional processes.

The first demonstration unit of China's new-generation, domestically developed medical heavy-ion accelerator has been completed in Huizhou, Guangdong Province, southern China, according to the Institute of Modern Physics (IMP) under the Chinese Academy of Sciences.