China to Host the 40th IUPAC Congress

Under the joint auspices ofthe International Union ofPure and Applied Chemis-try (IUPAC), China Association forScience and Technology, CAS, Na-tional Natural Science Foundation ofChina, Ministry of the Science andTechnology, Ministry of Education,and China Petroleum & ChemicalCorporation, the Chinese ChemicalSociety (CCS) will organize the 40thIUPAC Congress from August 14 19, 2005, in Beijing. The meetingwill be held in conjunction with the43rd IUPAC General Assembly fromA…     

CAS Scientists Find New Anti-SARS Compounds

Scientists from the CAS Shang-hai Institute of MateriaMedica (SIMM) and the Na-tional Center for Drug Screening(NCDS) have identified severalnovel compounds that could be po-tential weapons to combat the SARSepidemic. This was announced at anews briefing held by the CASShanghai Institutes for BiologicalSciences on June 19 in Shanghai.The scientists found that a singlenatural compound dubbed ZZ-1could effectively inhibit the replica-tion of SARS virus in vitro. Whenthe compound w…     

Scientists Find a New Species of Rain-pool Frog in Western Thailand

<正>Researchers from the Kunming Institute of Zoology,Chinese Academy of Sciences and their collaborators have recently discovered a new species of rain-pool frog from specimens collected from Ban Tha Khanun,Thong Pha Phum District,Kanchanaburi Province,Thailand,and named it as Fejervarya muangkanensis sp.nov.According to the American Museum of Natural     

Russian Scientists Visit CAS for Further S＆T Cooperation

CAS President Lu Yongxiangmet on March 25 in Beijingwith a delegation from theRussian Academy of Sciences(RAS). The delegation, which washeaded by RAS Vice President N.A. Plate, came to participate in theacademic activities dedicated to the10th Anniversary of CAS-RAScooperation. Lu swapped ideas onfurther cooperation and exchangeswith his Russian counterpart.CAS and RAS signed an agree-ment on S&T cooperation on De-cember 18, 1992 in Beijing.Since then encouraging progresshas b…     

Regulations for CAS Visiting Professorships for Senior International Scientists

Article I These regulations are made in accordance with the Chinese Academy of Sciences （CAS） ＂Package Program for Talent Training ＆ Recruitment＂ and ＂Guidelines of the Chinese Academy of Sciences for the Implementation of the Program for Attracting Overseas Scientists and Experts and Cultivating Talent through International Exchange＂, to guide the implementation of the ＂CAS Visiting Professorships for Senior International Scientists＂ （hereinafter referred to as the ＂Visiting Professorships Program＂）.     

CAS Scientists Probe Close Binary Stars

A research project to probeclose binary stars was ac-cepted on May 8 by anevaluation panel under the sponsor-ship of the CAS Kunming Branch insouthwest Chinas Yunnan Province.A sky-watching project, underthe title of An Observational Studyon Special Physical Processes Tak-ing Place in Close Binary Stars, wasinitiated and completed by a re-search team with Prof. QianShengbang as its head at YunnanObservatory, a research affiliate ofthe National Astronomical Observa-tories of CAS.Bin…     

Scientists Find a Magnetic Null in Nature

An international team has found the first in situ evidence for the existance of a null point in the central area of magnetic reconnection. The discovery was reported in the July issue of Nature Physics.     

Scientists Find a New Target of Chronic Hepatitis B Infection-induced Hepatocellular Carcinoma Transformation

正Chronic hepatitis B virus infection plays a central role in the development of hepatocellular carcinoma(HCC).It is of great scientific significance and application value to prevent HCC transforming from chronic hepatitis B.Prof.MENG Songdong's research group at the Institute of Microbiology,Chinese Academy of Sciences     

CAS Scientists Develop China''s First RFQ Accelerator

With the support of the National Program on Key Basic Research Projects (dubbed the "973Program"), researchers from the CAS Institute of High Energy Physics (IHEP) have developed the first high-power Radio Frequency Quadrupole (RFQ) accelerator in China.     

CAS Scientists Advance in Debris Flow Research

After nearly two decades ofarduous work, CAS scien-tists have achieved remark-able progress in probing debris flowsin Jiuzhaigou, a well-known touristattraction in northwest SichuanProvince.At an appraisal meeting held re-cently in Chengdu, a project entitledA Comprehensive Research of De-bris Flow Hazards in Jiuzhaigou,was spoken highly of by a panel ofexperts for the fresh findings fromthe projects long-time exploration.The progress is the result of ex-plorative efforts for 18 consecuti…     

CAS Scientists Recognized For Innovation on Superconducting Materials

<正>Two physicists from CAS have received the 2015 Bernd T.Matthias Prize for Superconducting Materials,one of the highest international prizes awarded for innovative contributions to the field.CHEN Xianhui from the University of Science and Technology of China and ZHAO Zhongxian from the Institute of Physics received their certificates of honor     

CAS Gives Out its First International Cooperation Award for Young Scientists

During a workshop convened on June 7, 2012 in Beijing, CAS President BAI Chunli conferred the first CAS International Cooperation Award for Young Scientists on five visiting young foreign scientists and     

CAS Astronomers Find Chromospheric Apparent Fan-shaped Jets Nearby Sunspots

<正>Using high-quality Hα observations from the New Vacuum Solar Telescope(NVST), Dr. LI Ting from the National Astronomical Observatories of the Chinese Academy of Sciences(NAOC) and partners first report apparent fan-shaped jets generated during the interaction between primary fan-shaped jets and nearby facula magnetic structure.     

Recent Achievements Scored by CAS Scientists in Life Sciences

Rice Genome Project for Oryza sativa L. Ssp. Indica After 17-month hard work, the scientists of the CAS Beijing Genomics Institute accomplished the draft sequence of the rice genome for Oryza sativa L. Ssp. Indica in October, 2001, and the data were unconditionally shared by the whole world. About 270,000 people had visited Chinese rice genome website by May 2003.     

HK, CAS Scientists Reveal Mystery of Sperm Maturation

Arecent study conducted by researchers from Hong Kong and CAS scientists has uncovered the secret of sperm maturation.     

Recent Achievements Scored by CAS Scientists in Fundamental Sciences

Atomistic Study of Surface Kinetics in Growth of Nanostructures and Thin Films With further functionality diversity and size miniaturization of optoelectronic devices, surface-based nanostructures and thin films with reduced dimensionalities have attracted much attention, by which some new-concept devices with novel functionality may be developed. Atomic-level understanding of surface dynamics at the initial stage of growthis of vital importance for controlling the formation and properties of these structures and thus the functionality of the devices made from them.     

Recent Achievements Scored by CAS Scientists in Environmental Sciences

A Precursory Study on Hydrocarbon Re-exploration The flagship oilfields in east China used to play a role of main forces in sustaining the development of the national economy. By now,however, they have entered their waning period after more than four decades of intensive exploitation.