China has pledged to have carbon dioxide emissions peak before 2030 and achieve carbon neutrality before 2060. On Wednesday, scientists at the Chinese Academy of Sciences outlined how China hopes to meet these goals.

China has reached another landmark in its quest for a fusion reactor with the latest experiment on an "artificial sun" last Friday in Hefei, Anhui Province. The experimental advanced superconducting tokamak (EAST) broke the world record of achieving a plasma temperature of 120 million degree centigrade for 101 seconds.

An international team, including members from the University of Science and Technology of China, recently published details in the journal Science about an engineered electrode material with a potential to be used in advanced batteries.