The Yangtze River, China's longest waterway, once faced a severe biodiversity crisis after decades of overfishing. But five years into an unprecedented 10-year fishing ban, scientists are seeing surprising signs of ecological recovery.

China and several Central Asian countries are planning to develop a satellite constellation to share remote-sensing data and tackle common threats, such as earthquakes, agricultural pests and glacial floods. The tech cooperation agreement was signed on Thursday at the ongoing 9th China-Eurasia Expo held in Urumqi, capital of northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. Called "Tianwu Constellation," the space-based monitoring network will comprise an initial system of five satellites, according to scientists involved in the project.

The team for China's Qingzhou cargo spacecraft test vehicle released its second batch of in-orbit scientific and engineering results Monday, demonstrating significant advancements in space precision detection, cost-effective space operations, future space medicine, and space biology.

Researchers from the Dunhuang Academy and the Northwest Institute of Eco-Environment and Resources (NIEER) under the Chinese Academy of Sciences have systematically integrated recent field surveys and experimental data, revealing that biocrusts can benefit rammed-earth sections of the Great Wall.

Scientists and engineers announced significant progress regarding two key superconducting magnets related to fusion reactors on Saturday in Hefei, Anhui province. One of them is the Toroidal Field superconducting magnet, which weighs 582 metric tons. It successfully passed a comprehensive review by an expert panel on Saturday. This magnet is currently the largest of its kind in the world for fusion reactors.

A little more than a month after scientists warned that climate change is causing widespread oxygen loss in the world's rivers, a new study delivers a hopeful message: targeted interventions can reverse this trend, even as global temperatures climb. Published on Friday in the journal Nature Geoscience, the research found that oxygen levels in China's inland waters actually increased between 2005 and 2022, despite surface waters warming at a rate of 1.2 degrees Celsius per decade. The main factor behind this improvement wasn't nature, but substantial investment in wastewater management.

Chinese researchers have developed a first-of-its-kind human embryo-disc model capable of providing a controllable platform for generating organ-seed cells in vitro, laying the groundwork for future organ cultivation and regenerative medicine therapies. The breakthrough was published in the journal Cell on Wednesday.

Researchers were surprised, and a little nervous, when a Yangtze finless porpoise calf nicknamed "Little 26" was born head-first last month at the Chinese Academy of Sciences' Institute of Hydrobiology in Wuhan.

Chinese scientists have for the first time mapped the entire brain of the primitive, fish-like lamprey by constructing a spatial single-cell atlas, offering an unprecedented view into the deep evolutionary origins of the vertebrate brain. The complete cell atlas, published as the cover story in the journal Science, provides the most detailed look yet at the brain of an ancient lineage that diverged from the ancestors of all jawed vertebrates.

China took a major step toward opening its scientific data to the world on Tuesday with the official launch of Data Express, the country's first English-language academic journal dedicated to data papers. The journal was announced at a conference in Beijing hosted by the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), which oversees the journal.

For more than 170 years, scientists believed this iconic Himalayan plant was a single species. But new research by the Kunming Institute of Botany (KIB), Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) has revealed that the famous "tower rhubarb" is actually four distinct species.

A new study by Chinese scientists provides valuable scientific insights for assessing the thermal stability of engineering projects in cold regions and guiding ecological management in areas affected by aeolian desertification, according to the Northwest Institute of Eco-Environment and Resources (NIEER) under the Chinese Academy of Sciences.

The newly launched Solar wind Magnetosphere Ionosphere Link Explorer (SMILE), a collaborative satellite mission between China and Europe, has successfully entered its designated orbit. This mission marks a groundbreaking advance in solar-terrestrial exploration. Using innovative soft X-ray imaging -- a global first -- SMILE will achieve panoramic imaging of the Earth's magnetosphere.

A male Yangtze finless porpoise calf born at the Institute of Hydrobiology under the Chinese Academy of Sciences has reached one month of age and is developing well. Nicknamed "Xiao 26 (Little 26)" by researchers, the calf was born on May 22 to an 18-year-old female porpoise named Fujiu.

Chinese researchers have developed a novel technology for semi-cloning in zebrafish, according to a recent research article published in the journal Cell Research. The researchers from the CAS Center for Excellence in Molecular Cell Science used fresh haploid cells at the blastocyst stage to generate fertile semi-cloned zebrafish. After optimization, the success rate increased to around 30 percent.

Chinese researchers have developed a new platform that enables the comprehensive characterization of individual neurons by simultaneously capturing their gene-expression profile, morphology and functional activity, a breakthrough that could advance understanding of how the brain works and how neurological disorders develop.

Chinese scientists have identified a new feathered dinosaur species dating back approximately 120 million years, offering fresh physical evidence to help unravel the evolutionary path of dinosaur flight. The exceptionally well-preserved fossil, unearthed in northeast China's Liaoning Province, retains clear imprints of extensive feathers surrounding its skeleton.

Chinese scientists have identified a mechanism that helps crops withstand intense midday sunlight, a breakthrough that could boost yields and improve resilience to environmental stress. The findings, published on June 18 in the peer-reviewed journal Cell by researchers from the Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology under the Chinese Academy of Sciences and their collaborators, address a phenomenon known as crops' midday "lunch break."