The Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) has topped the Nature Index 2024 Research Leaders rankings, with six Chinese universities also ranking among the top 10, according to the CAS website. Nature Index's 2024 Research Leaders, previously known as the Annual Tables, has ranked the leading institutions and countries in the field of natural and health sciences based on their output in Nature Index journals in 2023.

Over 100 government officials, experts, scholars, and organization representatives from home and abroad discussed global geopark and biosphere reserve sustainable development in the Changbai Mountain Nature Reserve in northeast China's Jilin Province on Saturday. At the two-day Changbaishan Global Geopark and Biosphere Reserve Sustainable Development Conference, which kicked off on Saturday, participants exchanged views on ecological protection and harmonious development between humans and nature and shared the latest achievements and ideas on geopark management, ecological protection, scientific research and tourism development.

The development of in-orbit detectors for a joint China-Europe space mission has been completed, and they are poised for integration into a satellite platform located in Europe within the year, according to the mission's chief scientist. The Solar wind Magnetosphere Ionosphere Link Explorer (SMILE) is a joint mission between the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) and the European Space Agency (ESA) that aims to deepen the understanding of the Sun-Earth connection by observing the dynamic interaction between the solar wind and the Earth's magnetosphere.

Chinese scientists are endeavoring to safeguard the smooth and safe operation of a high-speed railway in the windy Gobi Desert by better understanding the movement of sand. New progress has been made in revealing the sediment movement by strong winds along the Lanzhou-Xinjiang high-speed railway, one of northwest China's railway arteries.

Chinese researchers have revealed that the amount of precipitation previously measured on the Qinghai-Xizang Plateau has been underestimated considerably, and called for the establishment of a new observation system to measure precipitation on the plateau.

Chinese researchers have made progress in revealing permafrost dynamics and climate impacts in alpine grasslands on the Qinghai-Xizang Plateau, according to the Northwest Institute of Eco-Environment and Resources (NIEER) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.

Chinese researchers have recently studied the structure of chromospheric umbral waves in sunspots and discovered the driving source of umbral waves, according to the Yunnan Observatories under Chinese Academy of Sciences. Researchers studied the fine structure of chromospheric umbral waves in two sunspots by using the Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph and data from other telescopes.

Chinese scientists have recently obtained the continuous observation data of tropospheric atmosphere over the Qinghai-Xizang Plateau for the first time. The study is carried out by a research team of the Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research (ITP) under the Chinese Academy of Sciences and has obtained observation data for three consecutive years over the plateau.

Multinational researchers have been carrying out a core drilling project in Nam Co, the world's highest saltwater lake in southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region, since early June, providing data on climate and environmental changes on the Qinghai-Xizang Plateau over the past million years. The joint scientific expedition team comprises a lake and environmental change research team from the Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, and scientists and drilling technicians from countries including Germany, Switzerland, the United Kingdom and the United States.

Lijiang station is situated in the transitional zone from the Qinghai-Xizang Plateau to the Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau in northwestern Yunnan, which stands as one of the global biodiversity hotspots, a paramount area for biodiversity conservation, and a repository of biological germplasm resources in China.

The Germplasm Bank of Wild Species in southwest China's Yunnan Province, the largest of its kind in Asia, has preserved over 11,000 kinds of wild plant seeds, according to the Kunming Institute of Botany under the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS).

A team of Chinese scientists has identified a longevity gene that may potentially enhance human resistance to aging and become a new target for managing pests. The findings revealed that, in contrast to the control group, the diminished activity of these specific genes resulted in conspicuous alterations to the mitochondrial structure.