The greenhouse of the Beijing Botanic Garden run by the Institute of Botany under the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) will reopen to the public Wednesday after a massive renovation since late 2017. The renovation has greatly enhanced the capacity of the garden in conserving and displaying floral diversity, said Wang Yingwei, executive director of the CAS Beijing Botanic Garden.

Chinese scientists have made progress in helping cut down the cost of driverless vehicles used in special areas like airports or scenic parks. According to a research team at the Hefei Institute of Physical Science affiliated to the Chinese Academy of Sciences, cost-efficiency could be obtained by optimizing an environment-sensing algorithm and laser radars.

Scientists from Russia and China will cooperate in the exploration of marine life and mineral resources in the deep sea, particularly in the Arctic region, Andrei Adrianov, vice-president of the Russian Academy of Sciences, said at a news conference on Wednesday.

China's leading robot maker Siasun has developed an intelligent operation system, which makes robot remote control possible using a smartphone. Wearing a pair of augmented reality (AR) glasses, an operator is able to receive data in real time, monitor the production process of the robots in the workshop and set a production order with the smartphone.

Chinese researchers have found why cholesterol-control drug gemfibrozil and synthetic chemical pirinixic acid could be used to treat Alzheimer's disease. According to researchers from Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, PPARA is a gene encoding a protein that is a key regulator of lipid metabolism and activates hepatic autophagy.

Chinese scientists have developed a fully bioabsorbable capacitor as an energy storage unit, which can be used for powering implantable medical electronics. The capacitor is 1.5 centimeters long, 1.5 centimeters wide and one millimeter high.

The Zhangjiang Life and Health Industry (Incubator) Alliance ("Alliance") has announced that it would host the “2019 Shanghai International Laboratory Ventilation Equipment Open” between July to September this year at the ATLATL Innovation Cluster, located at the heart of Zhangjiang High-Tech Park.

An international team of astronomers are making observation plans for the Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical Radio Telescope (FAST), by far the largest telescope ever built, expecting discoveries to change human understanding of the universe.

Chinese researchers have identified a gene linked to severe acne in Han Chinese, the largest ethnic group in China. In the new study, researchers applied IBD to analyze data from a 2014 study and identified F13A1, a gene linked to severe acne.

Chinese scientists have developed a new method to improve wound dressings by enhancing their capacity for promoting blood coagulation and wound healing. Scientists from the Institute of Biophysics under the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the University of Science and Technology Beijing have changed the traditional structure of wound dressings by creating a kind of sponge with a three-dimensional layered nanofiber sponge.

The China Spallation Neutron Source (CSNS) – a high-intensity proton accelerator-based stable neutron source – has now completed its first round of operations after officially passing national acceptance and opening to users last summer.

A couple of senior Chinese scientists donated their life savings of 1.5 million yuan (about 223,000 US dollars) to the education foundation of the University of Chinese Academy of Sciences to establish a scholarship on Tuesday. Zheng Ruyong, an 88-year-old academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), and her husband Huang He, also a scientist in his 90s, set up the scholarship to encourage young students to pursue scientific studies.

The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) has announced the launch of the third journal in its Science Partner Journal program, Biomedical Engineering (BME) Frontiers, the official journal of Suzhou Institute of Biomedical Engineering and Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences (SIBET CAS).

Chinese scientists have found a new therapeutic target for rejuvenating aging cells, shedding light on possible gene therapy for osteoarthritis. Osteoarthritis is characterized by the degeneration of articular cartilage, which seriously affects the quality of life of the elderly. Aging and mesenchymal stem cell attrition are considered the main causes of osteoarthritis.

Researchers from China and the United States have created transgenic monkeys carrying a human gene that is important for brain development, and the monkeys showed human-like brain development. Scientists have identified several genes that are linked to primate brain size.

Scientists from the City University of Hong Kong, University of Science and Technology of China, East China Normal University and other research institutions have developed a new type of triboelectric nanogenerator to harvest energy from raindrops and waves.

Physicists in China have revealed plans to build a massive new underground facility in the centre of the country to study gravitational waves and test Einstein’s theory of general relativity to an unprecedented precision. The Zhaoshan Long-baseline Atom Interferometer Gravitation Antenna (ZAIGA), is to be located in eastern Wuhan and cost two billion yuan (about ￡226m). If the project is fully funded, it could be operational by 2025.

An international science group found that a new strategy being rolled out in China could double farmers' incomes while gaining environmental benefits from the land. The study published on Monday in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences showed that intercropping in China's Hainan Province insured farmers against the risk of a single-crop's harvest failing or losing market value.