Chinese scientists are in a battle to save one of the last large animal species living in the Yangtze River – and a complete ban on fishing in the region is helping them. At the Institute of Hydrobiology in Wuhan, just 5km (3.1 miles) from the banks of the river, the preserved bodies of the now-extinct river dolphin (baiji in Chinese) and paddle fish sit silently behind panes of glass.
Chinese researchers on Wednesday said that they have confirmed the presence of a dugong – one of the oldest marine mammals on Earth and the inspiration behind mermaid legends – in waters off Yongshu Reef in China's Nansha Islands area. This marks the first such sighting in the area and in the central South China Sea over the last three decades.
The world's largest transparent spherical detector began operation in China on Tuesday, making it the world's first operational ultra-large scientific facility dedicated to neutrino research with ultra-high precision. Having completed the filling of its 20,000-tonne liquid scintillator detector, the Jiangmen Underground Neutrino Observatory (JUNO) in south China's Guangdong Province began taking data after more than a decade of preparation and construction.
Chinese and international researchers have been continuing with their second scientific expedition to the Qinghai-Xizang Plateau over the past eight years, with part of their efforts focused on the study of glacier ice cores that hold significant clues about the Earth's climatic and environmental shifts.
China has achieved a series of milestones in the field of brain-computer interface technology this year, notably in the clinical translation of invasive techniques, bringing new hope to patients with neurological disorders. These developments signify that China is among the forerunners of this cutting-edge field, scientists said.
China's top academic institutions on Wednesday released the list of qualified candidates for the 2025 academician selections. In the list, a total of 639 candidates were qualified for the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) academician selection, while 660 candidates earned qualifications for the Chinese Academy of Engineering (CAE) academician selection.
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