Chinese scientists believe they may have found the origin of the deadly SARS virus in a remote cave in Yunnan province, where they identified a single population of horseshoe bats that harbor virus strains with all the genetic building blocks. The strain could easily have arisen from such bats. Scientists also warned that the ingredients are in place for a similar disease to emerge again.
The 40-day expedition, organized by the Ministry of Agriculture, will be conducted in the main stream of the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze spanning from Yichang to Shanghai, as well as the river's largest tributaries and the lakes of Dongting and Boyang. A total of 165 Yangtze finless porpoises have been visually identified during a survey expedition along the Yangtze River, a significant increase from previous research in 2012.
The InterAcademy Partnership (IAP), the global network of science, engineering and medical academies, published on Wednesday a “Supporting the Sustainable Development Goals: A Guide for Merit-Based Academies”, a latest product of the IAP-Research project, “Improving Scientific Input to Global Policymaking”, which focuses on how the academies can support the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
About 200 scholars from over 20 countries or international organizations gathered here Wednesday at a "Digital Belt and Road" conference to discuss promotion of sustainable development of countries along the Belt and Road with the help of Earth observation technologies and big data.
The Xinjiang Institute of Ecology and Geography (XIEG) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences is boosting natural science cooperation with Mongolia’s Khovd University, with the recent establishment of their first joint field station in west Mongolia, dedicated to research on grassland ecosystem.
China’s new manned submersible, named Shenhai Yongshi, or deep-sea warrior, equipped with excellent acoustic system, was officially delivered to its client last Friday, and will serve marine scientific research for the next 30 years.
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