An international team of scientists said a fossil dating back to about 130 million years ago suggests male mosquitoes likely sucked blood in ancient times.
Despite technical setbacks concerning key tokamak components, construction of the world's largest fusion experiment machine, the ITER Tokamak, continues in the department of Bouches-du-Rhone in southern France.
A white paper has revealed that the Chinese scientific research community displayed a high degree of acceptance and support for open science, with 78 percent of respondents in favor of making the disclosure of research data a common practice.
In recent years, China has contributed technology and experience to monitor and improve the ecology of Central Asia countries, turning the dream of a "Green Silk Road" into reality.
A new study shows that the middle ear structure of modern mammals began to evolve as early as the Cretaceous period.
Chinese scientists have recently revealed the unique evolution process of feeding organs in early elephantiforms through research on mandibles and trunks.
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