Profile: Xue Qikun, a pioneering physicist and tireless innovator
Xue Qikun (front L) discusses with students at a laboratory in Tsinghua University in Beijing, capital of China, Oct. 17, 2017. Xue Qikun won China’s top sci-tech award for the…
China emerges in foreground of basic sciences, fostering global collaborations
BEIJING, June 24 (Xinhua) — Xue Qikun, a top-tier physicist in China, has earned the moniker “7-11 Professor” from his colleagues due to his rigorous work schedule, starting his day…
China honors outstanding scientists, sci-tech innovations
Li Deren (1st R), an academician of both the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) and the Chinese Academy of Engineering (CAE) from Wuhan University, and his wife (2nd R), pose…
Researchers find natural few-layer graphene in Chang’e-5 lunar soil samples
BEIJING, June 24 (Xinhua) — Chinese researchers have for the first time discovered natural few-layer graphene in the lunar soil samples brought back by the Chang’e-5 mission, following observation and…
Chinese researchers discover naturally occurring few-layer graphene in the Chang’e-5 lunar samples for 1st time
Photo shows China’s first lunar sample at the opening ceremony on the Space Day of China on April 24, 2021. (Photo: Deng Xiaoci/GT) Chinese researchers have recently discovered a naturally…
Chinese researchers discover new species of perleidid fish
Xu Guanghui, a researcher at the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, displays a 249-million-year-old fossil of “Teffichthys wui” in Beijing on June 23,…
Two scientists win China’s top sci-tech award
BEIJING, June 24 (Xinhua) — Photogrammetry and remote sensing expert Li Deren and condensed matter physicist Xue Qikun, won China’s top sci-tech award for year 2023 Monday. Li has dedicated…
Feature: A Malaysian student’s fascination with biological sciences, China
This file photo taken in April 2024 shows Malaysian junior student Tan Pei Wei during an outing at Jinhai Lake in Pinggu District of Beijing, capital of China. (Xinhua) TIANJIN,…
Chinese enterprises explore sci-tech innovations for clean energy
BEIJING, June 22 (Xinhua) — In the midst of a powerful typhoon and turbulent waves, a 12-megawatt wind turbine operates steadfastly, harnessing nature’s force to generate clean energy. This impressive…
China-France space science satellite launched successfully
China successfully launches the Space Variable Objects Monitor, a space science satellite co-developed by China and France, to its preset orbit at the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in Southwest China’s…