Chinese Academy of Sciences

Health

Natural Compound Shows Promise in Protecting Against Inflammatory Bowel Disease

A common food flavoring compound could hold the key to preventing ulcerative colitis, a debilitating inflammatory bowel disease.

Dec 14, 2024

Technology

Novel Light-Bending Technology Could Transform Data Security and Transmission

Scientists have developed an optical system that manipulates light beams in ways that could dramatically enhance both the security and capacity of data transmission.

Dec 2, 2024

Earth & Environment

Scientists Discover How to Calculate Citywide Cooling Effects of Urban Trees

Summary: A groundbreaking study has developed a new tool to help cities plan their tree-planting initiatives for maximum cooling impact.

Nov 5, 2024

Technology

AI's Hidden Environmental Cost: China Study Reveals Massive Carbon Footprint

Summary: A groundbreaking study has revealed the staggering environmental impact of artificial intelligence systems, with researchers estimating they could emit over 102 million tons of CO₂ annually.

Nov 1, 2024

Technology

From Beetles to Bottles: Innovative Yarn Quenches Thirst with Fog

In research published (DOI: 10.1007/s10118-024-3109-5) on April 10, 2024, in the Chinese Journal of Polymer Science, scientists from the Beijing Institute of…

Sep 29, 2024

Physics

Milky Way's Dark Matter Halo Shape Revealed by Galactic Disk Warp

Astronomers have unveiled the shape of our galaxy's dark matter halo by observing the Milky Way's warped disk.

Jul 5, 2024

Technology

'Artificial Atoms' Power First Intercity Quantum Communication Link

Researchers have successfully deployed quantum dots, often called 'artificial atoms', in a groundbreaking quantum communication experiment between two German cities.

Jul 3, 2024

Technology

Chinese reactor mineralizes CO2 with help of coal waste

As industrialization continues to drive up CO2 emissions, a key contributor to global warming, researchers from Shanghai Jiao Tong University have developed a…

Jun 14, 2024

Earth & Environment

Brace for a potentially record-breaking winter after sweltering summer and autumn

The scorching heatwaves of 2023's summer and autumn shook the world, raising a pertinent question: Will this lead into the warmest winter the globe has ever witnessed?

Dec 1, 2023

Uncategorized

Gene Therapy Breakthrough: Navigating Parkinson's Circuitry for Lasting Relief

Researchers from the Shenzhen Institute of Advanced Technology (SIAT) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) and their collaborators have unveiled a…

Nov 3, 2023

Life

Paleontologists find new fossil link in bird evolution

Birds, believed to have evolved from theropod dinosaurs in the Late Jurassic, pose a challenge to researchers due to a scarcity of early Avialae fossils from that era.

Sep 7, 2023

Life

Early ancestral bottleneck could’ve spelled the end for modern humans

A groundbreaking method called FitCoal has shed light on a severe population bottleneck in early human history, potentially threatening the future of humanity as we know it today.

Sep 2, 2023

Health

Chinese make big step toward artificial hibernation for humans

Hibernation is a state that some animals enter during the winter in order to survive adverse conditions.

Dec 23, 2022