The Experimental Advanced Superconducting Tokamak (EAST), dubbed China's "artificial sun," maintained a steady-state high-confinement plasma operation for a remarkable 1,066 seconds on Monday, setting a new world record and marking a breakthrough in the quest for fusion power generation.

A research group led by Prof. ZHANG Tao at the Ningbo Institute of Materials Technology and Engineering (NIMTE) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), in collaboration with Prof. Zhang Zhenjie at Nankai University, proposed a novel imine-to-olefin transformation strategy to synthesize single-crystal sp² carbon-linked covalent organic frameworks (sp²c-COFs), provides insight into the future development of organic semiconductor applications.

A celestial body recently discovered by the Purple Mountain Observatory of the Chinese Academy of Sciences has been confirmed as a comet by the International Astronomical Union (IAU). The IAU's Minor Planet Center confirmed the discovery on Thursday and designated the object, first spotted the comet on Jan. 5, C/2025 A3 (Tsuchinshan).

China's National Wild Plant Germplasm Resource Center, built and operated by the Chinese Academy of Sciences' Kunming Institute of Botany, reported 65 new plant taxa discoveries in 2024, of which 40 were new species.

The Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) announced the 2024 Outstanding Science and Technology Achievement Prize on Thursday, recognizing two scientists and 14 scientific achievements. The Outstanding Science and Technology Achievement Prize of CAS, established in 2002, recognizes individuals or research groups who have made significant contributions to major achievements within the past five years. Nominations and reviews are conducted every two years.

Chinese researchers have discovered a peculiar crystal growth pattern in the lunar samples from the Chang'e-5 mission. The findings may serve as an indicator of extreme non-equilibrium crystallization, providing a reference for future studies into crystal growth mechanisms on airless celestial bodies and in other extreme conditions.

In a rapidly advancing world, a new wave of Chinese innovators are pushing the boundaries of science and technology. These pioneers are not just imagining the future -- they're making it happen.

China's Tiangong Space Station is expected to host its first scientific research project conducted by scientists from Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) as early as this year. The project will contribute to the green emission reduction cause in the Greater Bay Area, offering robust data support for China's carbon peaking and neutrality goals, as well as carbon emission plans for partner countries and regions along the Belt and Road.

A Chinese research team has successfully developed a strong flow linear plasma device named as “Chixiao” to provide a scientific and technological tool for the development of core materials for the research of “artificial sun,” the controlled nuclear fusion experimental devices, Xinhua News Agency reported on Tuesday.

In 2025, six zebrafish are set to journey to China's space station, assisting scientists in exploring how the space environment impacts the muscle and skeletal development of vertebrates. This research is expected to bolster long-term human survival in space and pave the way for interplanetary habitation.

A collaborative team of scientists from China and other countries has mapped the most refined chimpanzee brain atlas to date, providing novel insights into the evolution of the human brain, the Science and Technology Daily reported on Tuesday. The study was published in the journal The Innovation.

Researchers from the Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, Chinese Academy of Sciences have discovered a Zosterophyllum plant species dating back about 410 million years in Duyun City, southwest China's Guizhou Province, offering new insights into the process of "plant colonization of land."

China observed a novel quantum state of matter, counterflow superfluidity, in atomic ultracold quantum simulation experiments, according to the University of Science and Technology of China on Thursday. This finding, titled “Counterflow superfluidity in a two-component Mott insulator​,” was published in the internationally renowned academic journal Nature Physics.

Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) has launched the construction of the Advanced Attosecond Laser Infrastructure (AALI), including facilities in Dongguan in south China's Guangdong Province and Xi'an in northwest China's Shaanxi Province, to generate attosecond laser, which will help scientists "see" the ultrafast particles in the microscopic world and facilitate cutting-edge research and high-tech industries.

Researchers have unearthed a fossil of an ornithischian dinosaur in Chongqing Municipality, southwest China, and identified it as the earliest of its kind ever found in Asia. The discovery was jointly conducted by researchers from Yunnan University, the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology, and Chongqing Planning and Natural Resources Bureau.

International scientists have stated that it has become the new norm for the world's ocean temperatures to consistently break warming records. According to the study published in Advances in Atmospheric Sciences, both sea surface and deeper water temperatures have reached record highs in 2024 since human instrumental observations began in the 19th century.

The year 2024 witnessed a number of new records for extreme weather, most prominently characterized by torrential rains and floods that swept across the globe, according to scientists led by researchers at the Institute of Atmospheric Physics (IAP) under the Chinese Academy of Sciences.

During their first public appearance since their return from space two months ago, Shenzhou XVIII crew members discussed some of the variety of experiments they conducted aboard the Tiangong space station, including "space-based fish feeding".