An international team led by researchers from the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the University of Geneva has predicted that the glacial lake outburst flood risk in the Third Pole will potentially almost triple in the future due to continuous ice loss.
China's young people have wholeheartedly answered President XI Jinping's call. A notable development since then has been that Chinese scientists in their 30s are the backbone of some of the country's greatest scientific and technological endeavors.
In a study published online in the journal Nature Nanotechnology, researchers have discovered a new mechanism to develop non-volatile memory devices with ultrahigh speed, Institute of Physics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, said on Tuesday.
Central Asia, one of the largest dryland regions in the Northern Hemisphere, is characterized by scarce precipitation and high evaporation. Chinese researchers have discovered that greenhouse gases and anthropogenic aerosols induced rainfall reduction in northern Central Asia.
A 1.7-meter-long dinosaur larva fossil not belonging to any known genus has been unearthed from the Early Jurassic strata in Lufeng, Yunnan Province, according to Yunan University on Wednesday. The dinosaur, with leaf-shaped teeth in the fossil, is believed to have been herbivorous.
China saw rapid growth in key scientific and technological research areas between 2012 and 2017, boasting an edge in fields including nanotechnology, computer science and engineering, telecommunications, artificial intelligence and environmental governance, according to a report published on Friday.
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