News of the month
2022/11 A 1:1 model of China’s space station showcased at Airshow China
http://en.people.cn/n3/2022/1110/c90000-10169473.html Visitors view the 1:1 model of China’s space station combination showcased at the 14th China International Aviation and Aerospace…
2022/10 Beidou Satellite Positioning System is now applied in over 120 countries and regions
http://j.people.com.cn/n3/2022/1024/c95952-10162830.html According to a presentation at the UN, Beidou has already been applied in more than 120 countries and regions…
2022/09 Chinese consortium releases “Carbon planet beta” digital earth
http://m.stdaily.com/index/kejixinwen/202209/90adabf19bee493abf8d77cc74cf9fab.shtml At the 2022 China International Fair for Trade in Services (CIFT), StellarView and a team from Tsinghua University have presented…
2022/08 Yanchang Petroleum will start up 500,000 t coal to fuel ethanol plant in September 2022
https://www.chinadaily.com.cn/a/202207/26/WS62df3ea0a310fd2b29e6e57b.html The technology used at the plant, which is located in Yulin, Shaanxi province, has been developed by the CAS…
2022/07 Genome sequence of a 14000 year-old woman (“Mengzi Ren”) shows deep genetic ties to the first Native Americans
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2022.06.016 https://www.cas.cn/syky/202207/t20220718_4841915.shtml Genome sequencing of the 14,000-year-old human remains of the “Mengzi Ren (MZR)” by Zhang Xiaoming and colleagues from…
2022/06 World’s first desert ring railroad circles the Taklimakan desert along 2700 km
An impressive 45 sec video on the construction can be found under http://j.people.com.cn/n3/2022/0616/c95952-10110621.htmlundefined
2022/05 China’s Jimu Airship reaches 9000 m altitude in Himalaya region
China’s self-developed floating airship, designed for atmosphere observation, reached a record altitude of 9,032 meters in Tibet Autonomous Region. Developed…
2022/04 China’s “Earth 2.0” satellite, to be launched in 2026, is hoped to find a dozen of earth-like planets
China is planning an “Earth 2.0” mission to detect exoplanets similar to Kepler-186f. Scientists have discovered more than 5,000 exoplanets…
