Rock samples collected from the moon's far side by China's Chang'e-6 lunar probe have provided groundbreaking insights into the evolution of the lunar body's magnetic field. Analysis of the samples, published on Thursday in the journal Nature, indicates the unexpected resurgence in strength of the moon's magnetic field 2.8 billion years ago, following a sharp decline around 3.1 billion years ago. The find challenges the prevailing theory that the moon's lunar dynamo remained in a low-energy state after that decline.
The world's largest transparent spherical detector started filling with ultrapure water Wednesday, signifying that the construction of the neutrino research facility has reached its last critical stage. The ultrapure water, which has been filtered through multiple stages of the water purification system, is injected at a flow rate of 100 tonnes per hour into the detector pool of the Jiangmen Underground Neutrino Observatory (JUNO).
Underneath a granite hill in southern China, a massive detector is nearly complete that will sniff out the mysterious ghost particles lurking around us. The Jiangmen Underground Neutrino Observatory will soon begin the difficult task of spotting neutrinos: tiny cosmic particles with a mind-bogglingly small mass. The detector is one of three being built across the globe to study these elusive ghost particles in the finest detail yet. The other two, based in the United States and Japan, are still under construction.
A research team led by academician Yu Shuhong developed a new bio-based high-fiber food thickener by isolating cellulose nanofibers (CNFs) from straw, opening up new possibilities for the efficient utilization of agricultural waste, according to the Institute of Advanced Technology of the University of Science and Technology of China on Tuesday.
A dinosaur fossil specimen discovered in 2007 in southwest China's Yunnan Province has been identified as a new genus of early Jurassic sauropodomorph dinosaur -- Lishulong wangi. The findings have been published in the international multidisciplinary academic journal PeerJ.
A research team from the Chinese Academy of Sciences' South China Botanical Garden has discovered a new species of Youngia in southwest China's Sichuan Province. Details of the discovery have been published in a recent edition of Phytotaxa, an international scientific journal. The new species, which has been named Youngia muliensis, was found growing on a hillside near a highway in Muli County of Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture, according to Chen Yousheng, one of the researchers.
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