The World Academy of Sciences (TWAS) announced the election of 52 new Members on Oct. 2 (local time) in Buenos Aires, Argentina at the Academy's 24th General Meeting. The forty-six new Fellows and six Associate Fellows from 19 countries bring the total TWAS Membership to 1115. Among them, nine are from the Chinese mainland, with two from the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) included.
The TWAS-Lenovo Science Prize, one of the most prestigious prizes given to scientists in the developing world, has been awarded to Chilean theoretical physicist Claudio Bunster Weitzman for his contributions to understanding gravity and the quirky physics of tiny, fundamental particles of matter. Chilean theoretical physicist Claudio Bunster Weitzman is the 2013 winner of the TWAS-Lenovo Prize.
Three researchers from the Chinese Academy of Sciences are awarded the TWAS Prizes for 2013 at the Academy's 24th General Meeting in Buenos Aires, Argentina on 30 September 2013. ZHU Yongguan of the Institute of Urban Environment, XU Guoliang of the Institute of Biochemistry and Cell Biology and ZHANG Linxiu of the Center for Chinese Agricultural Policy will each won a cash award of USD 15,000.
Over the past 30 years, tremendous changes have swept across the world's science landscape. Just since the start of the 21st century, developing countries have more than doubled their expenditure on R&D. The investments have paid off in growing numbers of researchers and publications, and in surging economic growth, especially in such countries as Brazil, India, and my own country, China.
Immacolata Pannone, scientific expert in the Bilateral and Multilateral Scientific and Technological Unit of the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and Mme. Shuqin Fu, past director of the TWAS Regional Office for East & Southeast Asia within the Chinese Academy of Sciences, are honored during a ceremony on 1 October during the 24th TWAS’s General Meeting, held this year in Buenos Aires. They will receive plaques that commemorate their tireless efforts to support TWAS in its mission.
A renowned book about China's flora has been translated into English and was published in September after a 25-year international effort, said the Institute of Botany of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS). Named "Flora of China," the book is the largest of its kind. The Chinese edition of the book is composed of 80 volumes and 125 books, the last of which was published in 2004.
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