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2 months ago | 
chinadailyasia.com | Yan Dongjie |Hu Meidong
A set of fossils discovered in East China's Fujian province has been identified as the only known unambiguous record of Jurassic birds, pushing back the origin of birds to the late Middle Jurassic period and rewriting the history of avian evolution.
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2 months ago | 
chinadailyhk.com | Yan Dongjie |Hu Meidong
A set of fossils discovered in East China's Fujian province has been identified as the only known unambiguous record of Jurassic birds, pushing back the origin of birds to the late Middle Jurassic period and rewriting the history of avian evolution.
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Jan 13, 2025 | 
chinadaily.com.cn | Yan Dongjie
Scientists have discovered the world's smallest known footprints of the sauropod dinosaur species in the eastern Xizang autonomous region, dating back approximately 170 million years to the Jurassic period, researchers announced Friday.
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Jan 12, 2025 | 
chinadailyhk.com | Yan Dongjie
Researchers developing new methods to help nation achieve carbon goalsEditor's note: China Daily is publishing a series illustrating the country's efforts to achieve its carbon peak and carbon neutrality goalsFor award-winning academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences Zhang Tao, scientific research involves two pursuits — making results available to be further developed to serve society, and making results available in academic papers for further study around the world.
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Jan 9, 2025 | 
chinadaily.com.cn | Yan Dongjie
Chinese scientists have discovered a new species of caecilian in Yunnan province, marking a significant addition to the country's biodiversity, the Kunming Institute of Zoology at the Chinese Academy of Sciences has announced. The discovery of Ichthyophis yangi, a limbless caecilian amphibian, is the second known species of its kind in the country and the first unstriped species of Ichthyophis found in China, according to a paper published last year in the journal Asian Herpetological Research.
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Jan 7, 2025 | 
global.chinadaily.com.cn | Yan Dongjie
By YAN DONGJIE | CHINA DAILY | Updated: 2025-01-08 07:19 "High-level technological self-reliance and self-improvement" topped the list of China's Top 10 Science and Technology Buzzwords for 2024. Experts say the phrase reflects a growing consensus on the importance of technological advancement for the development of Chinese society. The China Association for Science and Technology announced the list on Tuesday, along with the Top 10 Science and Technology News Events of 2024.
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Dec 6, 2024 | 
chinadailyhk.com | Yan Dongjie
At UNCCD COP16 in Riyadh, experts laud sand control success and sharing of expertiseChina has made significant scientific advancements in combating desertification while achieving substantial economic benefits at the same time, and these experiences are worth sharing with the world, foreign experts said.
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Dec 5, 2024 | 
en.qstheory.cn | Yan Dongjie
Workers unload stacks of straw for use in sand-fixation to fight desertification at the edge of a desert in Minqin county, Gansu province, in November. [Zhang Zhimin/Xinhua]Goji berries from the Ningxia Hui autonomous region, raisins and walnuts from the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, and other economic crops grown in the desert have been highly welcomed by people from around the world at the China desertification control achievement exhibition in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
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Dec 4, 2024 | 
chinadaily.com.cn | Yan Dongjie
A wild Siberian tiger was spotted near Changbai Mountain in Northeast China's Jilin province on Tuesday, marking the return of the species to the mountain after a 30-year hiatus, according to the Jilin Provincial Forestry and Grassland Bureau. Staff members from the Changbai Mountain Nature Reserve Management Center captured clear footage of the tiger near a tourist road on the western slope of the mountain.
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Nov 28, 2024 | 
chinadaily.com.cn | Yan Dongjie
The United States and China occupy the top positions in 88 percent of the research fronts across 11 major scientific fields, with other countries around the world comprising the remaining 12 percent, according to a report released recently.
