Researchers from the Northwest Institute of Eco-Environment and Resources (NIEER) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences transformed used wind turbine blades into porous sand barrier. This initiative is a significant win in both countering desertification and addressing waste management challenges in new-energy industry.

A recent study has made significant progress in uncovering the microscopic mechanism behind heavy-ion cancer therapy, which is expected to optimize cancer treatment strategies and promote the development of new radiotherapy technologies. The findings, led by researchers from the Institute of Modern Physics (IMP) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and their collaborators, were recently published as a highlighted paper in the journal Physical Review X.

Researchers from the University of Science and Technology of China, led by Sun Cheng, have developed a scoring system named TIMES, which quantifies spatial distribution patterns of immune cells within the tumor microenvironment to assess relapse likelihood with 82.2 percent accuracy. The system is the world's first liver cancer recurrence prediction tool integrating spatial immune data.

Chinese and foreign astronomers have unveiled the first three-dimensional (3D) map of the properties of interstellar dust in the Milky Way. This breakthrough will provide critical support for precise astronomical observation, and for studies in the areas of astrochemistry and galactic evolution. It was based on data from China's Large Sky Area Multi-Object Fiber Spectroscopic Telescope (LAMOST) and the European Space Agency's Gaia space observatory.

Recently, the research expedition on the "edge-locking" project around the Taklimakan Desert has concluded successfully. Researchers from institutions like Xinjiang Academy of Forestry and Xinjiang Institute of Ecology and Geography of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, conducted a 16-day on-site inspection along the 3,046-kilometer edge of the desert. They collected data to help build a key technical system for efficient forest and grass belts, and improve desert control.

A research team at the Chinese Academy of Sciences' Institute of Physics (IOP) has recently succeeded in creating single-atom-layer metals with a thickness of just one 200,000th of the diameter of a human hair, an achievement expected to pioneer a new realm of two-dimensional (2D) metal research and trigger material innovation.

A new study, conducted by researchers from the Northwest Institute of Plateau Biology (NWIPB) under the Chinese Academy of Sciences, has uncovered the substantial impact of altitude on the gut microbiota of the plateau pika, a small mammal, on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau in the west of China, helping to reveal the microbial adaptation mechanism of plateau animals.

A new study has revealed that a region of the Turpan-Hami Basin in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region was an "oasis of life" for terrestrial plants during a catastrophic biological crisis that occurred on Earth about 252 million years ago. The study, led by researchers from the Chinese Academy of Sciences' Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, was published in the Science Advances journal on Thursday.

Chinese and Brazilian researchers have unearthed a nearly complete fossilized skeleton of a previously unknown pterosaur species in Jianchang County, northeast China's Liaoning Province. The study, conducted by researchers from the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology (IVPP) under the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Jilin University, Regional University of Cariri, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro and other institutions, was recently published in the journal Annals of the Brazilian Academy of Science.

After earning his PhD in 2009, Jiang Peng, now 47, joined the team behind the world's largest single-dish radio telescope and now serves as its chief engineer. As a deputy to the National People's Congress, he hoped to see astronomy more integrated into primary and secondary school curricula to ignite children's first spark of scientific curiosity.

Researchers from Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology under the Chinese Academy of Sciences, and Shanghai Jiao Tong University have developed a carbon-based nanomaterial from agricultural waste biomass such as straw, leaves and weeds, that can enhance plant photosynthesis and potentially boost crop growth, Science and Technology Daily reported on Monday.

Chinese researchers exploring the ocean's deepest realm have found thriving biodiversity despite of the harsh conditions of the deep. The revelations stem from the ongoing Mariana Trench environment and ecology research project, a collaborative effort initiated in 2021 by Shanghai Jiao Tong University, the Institute of Deep-sea Science and Engineering of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, BGI Group and other esteemed Chinese scientific institutions.

Prominent scientists outlined a dual strategy to cement China's sci-tech leadership — accelerating breakthroughs in fundamental research while revolutionizing science education for youth, during the two sessions. Fang Zhong, director of the Institute of Physics at the Chinese Academy of Sciences and a member of the 14th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, provoked discussion as he framed physics as "a discipline of beauty and consequence".

A new study, conducted by researchers from the Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research under the Chinese Academy of Sciences, has identified the types and formation mechanisms of heavy precipitation in the southeastern Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, shedding light on critical meteorological processes in the region.

China has hit another milestone in the development of its next-generation "artificial sun," with one of its key systems passing expert review and acceptance procedures on Sunday, achieving an internationally advanced development and operational capability standard.

A group of Chinese researchers have synthesized a novel bio-based polyester nanocomposite with impressive comprehensive performance and reprocessability, according to a recent research article published in the journal Nano-Micro Letters.

A new lizard species has been discovered in Chengdu, the capital of southwest China's Sichuan Province, according to the Chengdu Nature Reserve and Wildlife Protection Center. Named Scincella chengduensis sp. nov., the species belongs to the genus Scincella. The newly identified species has a slender, medium-sized body, with a snout-vent length ranging from 28.4 to 43.2 mm.

Researchers from the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) and the Chinese Society for Plant Biology have constructed a comprehensive integrated transcriptomic atlas for soybeans, the first spatio-temporal map of the whole-life organ development of the domestic soybean.