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China Builds World-class Astronomical Base in Tibet

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China Builds World-class Astronomical Base in Tibet

Chinese scientists are building a world-class observatory base at an altitude above 5,000 meters at Ngari, in the west of China's Tibet Autonomous Region. They have launched a project to detect primary gravitational waves there. They also plan to conduct high-precision detection of cosmic rays and build China's largest optical telescope.

Research News

Sep 22, 2017

IIM Scientists Publish A Review Article on Current Opinion in Elect...

A recent study conducted by Prof. HUANG Xingjiu's team in Institute of Intelligent Machines (IIM), Hefei Institutes of Physical Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, focused on the current situation and the most important developments in the electrochemical determination of arsenic within the last 2 years.
Sep 22, 2017

Chemical Modification to Improve Biocompatibility of Black Phosphor...

The research group led by Prof. YU Xuefeng from Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology of the Chinese Academic of Science, and the research group led by Prof. JIANG Guibin, from Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences of CAS, conducted in vitro and in vivo experiments to investigate the inflammatory effects and biocompatibility of ultra-small BPs (BPQDs) (Bare BPs) and ultra-small BPs with titanium sulfonate ligand (TiL4) modification (TiL4@BPs).
Sep 22, 2017

Auxin Drives Leaf Flattening

A new research led by JIAO Yuling from the Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), showed that spatial auxin signaling defines the expression of two redundant genes WOX1 and PRS, which enables leaf blade expansion and flattening.

Multimedia News

Atmospheric Profiling Synthetic Observation S...

An Atmospheric Profiling Synthetic Observation System (APSOS), aiming to deepen our understanding on the interactions within the whole (neutral) atmosphere layers, have been implemented successfully at CAS Institute of Atmospheric Physics' Huainan station in Anhui Province of China.