A new report utilizing Big Earth Data reveals that global progress towards the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) has largely stalled over the past decade, with some areas even experiencing regression. The Global-Scale Sustainable Development Scientific Monitoring Report (2025): A Decade of Progress through the Lens of Big Earth Data, released October 27, 2025, at the World Science and Technology Development Forum, provides a comprehensive assessment, finding that only one of 18 SDG indicators is currently on track to meet its 2030 target.
A Chinese scientific expedition team has successfully completed a manned deep-sea diving mission in the Arctic and returned home safely on Oct. 27.
Scientists worldwide are calling for accelerated development and standardization of energy metabolism measurement technologies to tackle pressing global challenges, from ecology under climate change to public health crises. The call to action came during the 6th Recent Advances and Controversies in the Measurement of Energy Metabolism (RACMEM) conference, held in Shenzhen, China, from October 13-17.
Professor Kazuhito Nishimura, a foreign member at the Ningbo Institute of Materials Technology and Engineering (NIMTE) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), was awarded the prestigious 2025 Chinese Government Friendship Award. The award, presented at a ceremony held September 30th at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, recognizes Nishimura's exceptional contributions to China's advancement in cutting-edge materials.
A major milestone was reached in the construction of the Burning Plasma Experimental Superconducting Tokamak (BEST), a compact fusion experiment device in Hefei, Anhui Province, with the successful installation of its first key component: the Dewar base. A placement and assembly ceremony was held on October 1st in Hefei to mark the achievement.
Plant diversity loss is a global crisis demanding collective action to protect this vital resource and integrate it into sustainable development practices. The urgent need for global collaboration to conserve plant diversity was a central theme at the Parallel Forum on Integrated Conservation of Plant Diversity, held during the 5th World Biosphere Reserve Congress in Hangzhou.
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