XU Tao: New director of the CAS Institute of Biophysics

CAS has named Prof. XU Tao as new director of its Institute of Biophysics (IOB). The announcement was made at an IOB conference on 5 April. Xu is to succeed Prof. RAO Zihe, who has been appointed president of the Nankai University.     

欧、美、亚一些国家体育测验制度与健身计划综述（摘要）??

通过对国外健身计划综述比较研究,得出各国政府都很重视增强国民体质的研究工作,并关注体育与社会活动的联系。各国制订的健身计划目的明确,都是服从于本国政治、经济在不同时期的发展以及民众健康的需要的。各国体育测验制度经不断修订,已日趋完善。各国的健康计划或措施,均把体育健身活动作为预防疾病、增强国民健康水平的重要内容之一。     

New method for making super-plastic glasses

It was a long-cherished dream for materials scientists to find a nearly ideal metallic alloy with high strength and super-plasticity concurrently as a super-material both extremely strong and exceptionally hard for human use.     

感动生命的故事

A young man was getting ready to graduate college. For many months he had admired a beautiful sports car in a dealer's showroom,and knowing his father could well afford it,he told him that was all he wanted. As Graduation Day approached,the young man awaited signs that his father had purchased the car. Finally,on     

New findings on neuron development

A mature neuron receives inputs from multiple dendrites and sends its output to other neurons via a single axon.This polarized morphology requires proper axonal/dendritic differentiation during development.     

ZHANG Yaping receives Cheung Kong Award

The first prize of the 2006 Cheung Kong Achievement Awards went to Prof. ZHANG Yaping (Ya-ping Zhang), an expert in molecular evolution and population genetics from the CAS Kunming Institute of Zoology (KIZ), and Prof.     

Report examines the Yangtze＇s ＂health＂

The Yangtze River is experiencing a crucial transition in its conservation and development that is faced by many problems and challenges,according to the Yangtze Conservation and Development Report released on April 14 in Changsha, capital of central China's Hunan Province.     

A Climate System Model, Numerical Simulation and Climate Predictability

The implementation of the project has lasted for more than 20 years. As a result, the following key innovative achievements have been obtained, ranging from the basic theory of climate dynamics, numerical model development and its related computational theory to the dynamical climate prediction using the climate system models:     

Planning for energy development in next 30 to 50 years

In order to introduce a sustainable energy system to support China's socio-economic development in the coming three to five decades, a strategic blueprint must be mapped out based on consideration of various domestic and international factors,ranging from resources and the environment to technology, demands and the economy, says CAS President LU Yongxiang.     

浅谈如何加强学生地理能力的培养

本文从地理教学中培养和发展学生对地理图表、事物的观察能力;对地理事物或现象的记忆能力;对地理事物的分析综合等思维能力;独立获取地理知识的自学能力;对地理事物发生、发展及空间分布的想象能力;应用地理知识的实践操作能力等几方面谈地理教学对学生能力的培养.