China's commercial space company CAS Space on Monday successfully debuted its Kinetica-2 carrier rocket, a medium-lift liquid-fueled vehicle, from the Dongfeng Commercial Space Innovation Pilot Zone in northwest China.

A new study by Chinese scientists suggests that installing solar panels on the outside walls of buildings could generate huge amounts of electricity while also lowering cooling costs and reducing carbon emissions. This research effort, led by researchers from the Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research (IGSNRR) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, was published on Friday in the journal Nature Climate Change.

For years, designing a high-end computer chip meant paying millions of dollars in licensing fees, creating an insurmountable barrier for startups. Now, an open-source "instruction set architecture" called RISC-V is gaining momentum as a collaborative and free alternative to proprietary technology.

The top 10 frontier questions in positioning, navigation and timing (PNT) were unveiled at a forum held in Beijing on Friday, with the aim of guiding the future development of the discipline. The selected frontiers highlight a deep integration between satellite navigation and emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence and quantum sensing.

It turns out honey bees are a lot like people: they put on a better show when they know someone is watching. A new study by Chinese scientists has found that the famous waggle dance of honey bees -- a time-honored way of telling nestmates where to find food -- is not a one-way announcement but a lively two-way conversation shaped by the audience. When no one is paying attention, the dancers get sloppy.

Jinan, the capital of Shandong province is ramping up efforts to develop its aerospace and low-altitude economy sectors, with 195 enterprises now operating in the fields and 80 key projects underway, local authorities said at a news conference on Thursday.

China will provide global researchers with access to ten of its major scientific research facilities this year, as announced during the opening ceremony of the 2026 Zhongguancun Forum (ZGC Forum) Annual Conference held in Beijing on Wednesday.

The Solar wind Magnetosphere Ionosphere Link Explorer (SMILE), a satellite jointly developed by the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) and the European Space Agency (ESA), has completed all pre-launch preparations at the space launch site in Kourou, French Guiana, and is scheduled for launch on April 9 local time, according to the CAS on Thursday.

What if rice could grow like wild grass, surviving year after year? That future might be nearer than we think. Scientists at the Chinese Academy of Sciences have developed a groundbreaking "long-living rice" that can be planted once and harvested multiple times. CGTN's Chen Xuedi details this breakthrough.

In a first for space exploration, a Chinese-led research team has detected negative hydrogen ions on the moon's surface, solving a long-standing mystery on how the solar wind interacts with airless celestial bodies. The discovery was made by a specialized instrument aboard China's Chang'e 6 lander. It reveals that these rare particles are created when the solar wind — a constant stream of charged particles from the sun — slams into the lunar soil.

A Chinese research team has recently achieved a breakthrough in the performance of a new thin-film photovoltaic technology, raising the certified efficiency to 16.6 percent, marking a critical step toward industrialization, said the Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, on Wednesday.

The Technology and Engineering Center for Space Utilization (CSU) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) announced on Wednesday that the three-satellite constellation based on the Distant Retrograde Orbit (DRO) in the Earth-moon space has been operating in orbit for two years, providing a foundation for future lunar exploration.

China's Large Sky Area Multi-Object Fiber Spectroscopic Telescope (LAMOST) on Tuesday issued its latest dataset, including more than 30 million spectra, to domestic astronomers and international collaborators, cementing its position as the survey project with the highest number of released spectra worldwide.

For decades, farmers and scientists have debated a simple but critical question: Is it better to plow fields before planting or to leave the soil undisturbed? Now, an international research team, led by Shi Qibin from the Institute of Geology and Geophysics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, has found an answer by "listening" to the ground.

Many people with chronic pain find their discomfort manageable during the day but unbearable at night, and a team from China has now uncovered the neural mechanism behind these daily fluctuations. The study, led by Zhang Zhi of the University of Science and Technology of China in eastern Anhui province, was published on Friday in the journal Science.

A new study by Chinese researchers has summarized the generation mechanisms and key influencing factors of abiotic geological hydrogen, a well-concerned clean energy source amidst the global energy transition, according to the Northwest Institute of Eco-Environment and Resources (NIEER) under the Chinese Academy of Sciences.

A new study by Chinese scientists reveals that the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau did not experience a steady, continuous rise, but underwent two distinct cycles of dramatic uplift and fall. By linking deep-underground activities to changes on the plateau's surface, the findings offer new insights into how massive mountain plateaus form.

A research team in Shanghai has identified and cloned a "longevity gene" in wild rice that determines its perennial nature, a breakthrough with significant implications for ecological agriculture and sustainable development. The discovery could make it possible to transform rice from an annual crop into a perennial one.