ANNUAL SPECIAL|CAS Research 2024 in Retrospect The year 2024 witnessed a series of important breakthroughs in fundamental research made by scientists at the Chinese Academy of Sciences(CAS).As a special presentation,B...
On January 16,the Chinese Academy of Sciences(CAS)awarded the winners for its annual prizes,including the Outstanding S&T Achievement Prizes,Young Scientist Prizes,and International S&T Cooperation Prizes.Also granted...
Hydrogenation catalysts frequently impose a compromise between activity and selectivity,where maximizing one property inevitably diminishes the other.Researchers from the Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics(DICP)of t...
Hydrogen storage-a key hurdle for clean energy-has advanced with a pilot plant producing 150 tons of magnesium hydride annually since January 10,2025.Developed by a research team at the Dalian Institute of Chemical Ph...
Researchers from the Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology(IGDB)of the Chinese Academy of Sciences,with collaborators,identified two sorghum genes(SbSLT1 and SbSLT2)that block Striga-a parasitic plant,also k...
The brain’s cellular landscape-a battleground where neurons and glial cells vie for survival-shapes cognition from infancy to old age.Researchers from the Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology(IGDB)of the C...
The hadal zone-Earth’s deepest oceanic trenches below 6,000 meters-has long been considered a lifeless abyss.Researchers from the Institute of Hydrobiology(IHB)and the Institute of Deep-Sea Science and Engineering(ID...
Sorghum,a drought-resistant cereal crop crucial for global food security,typically produces single seeds per spikelet.A team of researchers from the Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology(IGDB)of the Chinese ...
The“longevity protein”SIRT5 could hold the key to delaying age-related muscle decline.A study led by researchers from the Institute of Zoology(IOZ)of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and Capital Medical University in...
A high-profile event in 2024 for the science community and the public as well,the Chang’e-6(CE-6)mission repeatedly hit headlines from March to June 2024.First in March 2024,the launching of the Queqiao-2,a relay sat...