The National Academy of Sciences of the United States announced on April 30 the election of 120 members and 24 international members in recognition of their distinguished and continuing achievements in original research. Prof. WANG Yifang, director of the Institute of High Energy Physics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences was the only scientist from the Chinese mainland to be elected an international member this year.
Hefei Institutes of Physical Science (HFIPS) of Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) and the Brazilian Institute of Energy and Nuclear Research (IPEN) signed a cooperation agreement on April 9th. The agreement focuses on expanding the The Alliance of National and International Science Organizations for the Belt and Road Regions (ANSO) Atmospheric Observation Network to Brazil.
An opening ceremony for the China-Kazakhstan Joint Laboratory for Remote Sensing Technology and Application was held in Almaty on March 27, 2024, marking the official start of the operation of the laboratory. The opening ceremony signifies the pragmatic cooperation between China and Kazakhstan. XIEG and KazNU will collaborate in scientific research, technological development, and personnel training at the laboratory, better benefiting the people in both countries.
Centre for Artificial Intelligence and Robotics (CAIR), Hong Kong Institute of Science & Innovation of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, officially unveiled its latest development, a large multimodality model - CARES Copilot 1.0, tailored for the medical field, on March 11 at the Hong Kong Science Park.
Recently, the experimental advanced superconducting tokamak (EAST), also known as the Chinese "artificial sun," started operation with over a hundred Chinese and foreign scientists conducting joint physics experiments on Science Island before China's Spring Festival. This is to demonstrate and address technical challenges for the international nuclear fusion research and engineering megaproject ITER.
A new report by Chinese scientists, released on December 7 in northeast China's Shenyang city, has urged enhanced prevention and management of extreme forest fires, stronger scientific research, and more international cooperation on fire carbon emissions in order to address global climate change.
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