A remote operated vehicle (ROV) aboard China's research vessel KEXUE (Science), has gathered more than 500 collections of biological samples in 10 dives in two seamounts of the western Pacific Ocean by Thursday. Chinese scientists estimated that there were about 200 species in the collections, including corals, sponges, sea lilies and aplysias.
The Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) has recently signed a framework agreement with the southwestern province of Sichuan to deepen cooperation on scientific and technological innovation. The partnership will see the development of major research infrastructures and projects in Sichuan.
A light-weight, stretchy heat insulation material, which is inspired by polar bear hair, has been developed by Chinese scientists YU Shuhong. Applications in architecture and aerospace sectors in is promising in the future.
China's BeiDou-3 system, a global geolocation network, is expected to be completed in 2020, with a total of 35 satellites, researchers at a conference on the BeiDou Navigation Satellite System (BDS) said.
Scientists found that human's energy expenditure had a maximum possible level of exertion that can sustain in the long term, no matter what the activity is. The study published on Wednesday in the journal Science Advances showed that humans can only burn at 2.5 times their rate of metabolism at rest or the basal metabolic rate, in the long run.
A total of 15 captive-bred Chinese crocodile lizards were released into the wild in south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region last Friday, as scientists continue to monitor how the rare creatures are adapting.
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