Groundwater across High Mountain Asia is rapidly declining due to combined climate and human pressures,…
Browsing: Chinese Academy of Sciences
Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) is China’s premier national scientific institution and a global leader in research across a wide spectrum of disciplines, including physics, chemistry, biology, earth sciences, and engineering. Founded in 1949, CAS plays a central role in advancing China’s scientific and technological capabilities, with hundreds of affiliated research institutes and thousands of scientists contributing to cutting-edge discoveries. From space exploration to climate science and artificial intelligence, CAS is at the forefront of major scientific breakthroughs. This page features the latest research findings, innovations, and publications emerging from the Chinese Academy of Sciences.
Ancient fossils from South China reveal the earliest bony fishes and shed new light on…
New findings from central China are reshaping our understanding of early human innovation. An international…
A redesigned catalyst appears to sidestep a major bottleneck in CO2-to-methanol conversion by separating where…
A newly identified mechanism reveals how proton motion can subtly yet powerfully influence triplet energy…
Unusual potassium isotope signatures in Chang’e-6 lunar samples point to extreme conditions created by the…
Tiny crystal “seeds” could solve a hidden flaw in perovskite solar cells—unlocking high efficiency at…
Forty-Hz auditory stimulation increased amyloid clearance markers in aged primates and produced lasting effects, supporting…
A long-standing mystery in bile acid biology has been solved. Bile acids are often introduced…
In 2025, Earth’s oceans quietly broke another heat record—fueling a hotter, more extreme future. A…
The air around us may be carrying vastly more microscopic plastic than scientists ever realized.…
Ultrafast UV-C light just took a leap forward, opening the door to lightning-fast communications and…
A new method for engineering natural killer cells could make cancer immunotherapy more efficient, scalable,…
Scientists working with China’s fully superconducting Experimental Advanced Superconducting Tokamak (EAST) have reached a long-predicted…
A new twist on bromine-based flow batteries could make large-scale energy storage cheaper, safer, and…
Earth’s water may have survived its fiery beginnings by hiding deep within the mantle. Around…
Accurate new mass measurements of two rare isotopes reshape our understanding of a crucial reaction…
Chinese researchers have identified black holes as the likely source of the high-energy component of…