An international collaborative study led by the Institute of Atmospheric Physics introduces an innovative aerosol optical depth retrieval algorithm that combines deep learning and transfer learning. The proposed algorithm holds promise for application to other multi-spectral sensors aboard geostationary satellites.

Chinese scientists are studying how the diversity of tree species in artificial forests could affect their carbon storage capacity. China is home to the world's largest expanse of artificial forests, comprising over a third of the global total. Scientists have found that more such forests don't necessarily translate into more carbon storage capacity. The location, the selection of tree species, the timing and maintenance all could make a difference.

Chinese scientists have revealed the characteristics of the metabolic changes of primates during pregnancy, which is expected to help study the mechanism of diseases during pregnancy. Pregnancy induces dramatic metabolic changes in females, but the intricacies of this metabolic reprogramming remained unclear, especially in primates, according to Huang Shiqiang with the Institute of Zoology under the Chinese Academy of Sciences, one of the corresponding authors of the study.

A team of Chinese scientists has mapped out how hippocampus neurons connect with other areas in the brain of a mouse. The hippocampus is a part of the brain that plays a major role in learning, memory and feelings. The team's results revealed some previously unknown principles of organization concerning hippocampal axon projections, generating more clues to how our brain works and suggesting potential targets for brain diseases.

A team of Chinese and New Zealand researchers has developed a type of membrane that can work for more than 5,000 hours to efficiently convert carbon dioxide into formic acid, a useful liquid chemical. Researchers from Huazhong University of Science and Technology, University of Science and Technology of China and University of Auckland designed the proton-exchange membrane system.

The world's first solar magnetic-field telescope working in the mid-infrared wavelength has achieved a breakthrough by improving its measurement accuracy, according to Chinese scientists. Scientific data shows that the AIMS telescope has carried out precise measurements of solar vector magnetic fields for the first time with an accuracy exceeding the 10 Gauss level, said Wang Dongguang, chief engineer of Huairou Solar Observing Station of National Astronomical Observatories, under the Chinese Academy of Sciences.

Chinese researchers have published a paper in the journal Nature Communications, reporting the successful cloning and survival to three years of a healthy rhesus monkey. The monkey, named ReTro, is the world's first cloned rhesus monkey to reach adulthood.

Chinese archaeologists have discovered a batch of fossils of multicellular eukaryotes that date back to 1.63 billion years ago, setting the world's oldest record of such fossils. These well-preserved microfossils, Qingshania magnifica, were found in the Yanshan Mountains of north China, according to the findings published in the journal Science Advances this week.

Chinese researchers have discovered a new species of gecko, which they have named Gekko kaiyai, in the Dabie Mountains in east China's Anhui Province. The discovery was jointly made by researchers from Anhui University, Nanjing Normal University and Chengdu Institute of Biology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, and was published in the journal Animals.

The hinterland of the Qinghai-Xizang Plateau, reputed as the "roof of the world" or the world's third pole, has been inhabited since 50,000 years ago, rather than 40,000 years as previously known, according to the latest archaeological study of a prehistoric cave site.

Chinese space scientists have revealed in a paper the scientific goals and payloads mounted on the country's lunar probe Chang'e-7 that will investigate the water ice in the shadow pit near the south pole of the moon.

CAS Space, a Beijing-based rocket maker owned by the Chinese Academy of Sciences, conducted the third flight of its Kinetica 1 rocket model, formerly known as ZK 1A, on Tuesday. The Kinetica 1 Y3 rocket lifted off at 12:03 pm from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwestern China and then placed five satellites into their preset orbit, the company said in a news release.