Scientists studying lunar samples brought back by China's Chang'e-6 mission have identified rare meteorite relics that could reshape our understanding of mass transfer in the Solar System. The study, published in the latest issue of the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, was led by a research team from the Guangzhou Institute of Geochemistry (GIG) under the Chinese Academy of Sciences.
The world's first solar magnetic-field telescope working in the mid-infrared wavelength has passed its final acceptance review and is now officially commissioned. The telescope, known as the Accurate Infrared Magnetic Field Measurements of the Sun (AIMS), not only closes the global gap in mid-infrared solar magnetic-field observations, but also provides a crucial benchmark for erecting future large-scale astronomical facilities at high-altitude sites.
"Everything we do, and everything all animals do, requires energy. That makes energy a unifying currency," John Speakman, a researcher with Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology (SIAT) said at the Recent Advances & Controversies in the Measurement of Energy Metabolism (RACMEM) conference.
Renowned physicist and Nobel laureate Chen Ning Yang passed away in Beijing on Saturday at the age of 103. Yang was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1957, together with Tsung-Dao Lee, for proposing the revolutionary concept of parity nonconservation in weak interactions. Their work made them the first Chinese-born scientists to receive the Nobel Prize.
Research led by Chinese scientists has recently revealed that subtle changes in ocean sulfate concentration can alter the way methane is consumed, acting like a "chemical switch" that regulates global climate, explaining how the Arctic Ocean amplified global warming 56 million years ago. The team led by Zhang Yige, a researcher with the Guangzhou Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, together with its international collaborative team, published the findings in international academic journal Nature Geoscience on Sept 23.
A newly published study has helped advance the understanding of the internal key physiological mechanisms of dryland shrub decline, according to the Northwest Institute of Eco-environment and Resources (NIEER) under the Chinese Academy of Sciences.
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