Chinese Academy of Sciences (@CAS_

Chinese Academy of Sciences

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Chinese Academy of Sciences

@CAS__Science

Exploring the frontier of science for the benefit of humanity.

Joined October 2024

Chinese Academy of Sciences
@CAS__Science
Jan 23, 2025
🌟 BREAKING RECORD IN FUSION RESEARCH! 🌟 The Experimental Advanced Superconducting Tokamak (EAST), China's "artificial sun," just set a new world record with 1,066 seconds of stable, high-energy plasma! 🔥 A huge leap in the global quest for clean, limitless fusion energy.
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Chinese Academy of Sciences
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Mar 8, 2025
✨ Breaking Boundaries, Shaping the Future ✨ This International Women's Day, we celebrate the brilliance and determination of women in science! Join us as we spotlight five extraordinary female scientists from the Chinese Academy of Sciences. From exploring the cosmos to
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Chinese Academy of Sciences
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Aug 26, 2025
🌌 Big news in particle physics: JUNO is live! The Jiangmen Underground Neutrino Observatory has begun collecting data with its 20,000-ton liquid detector 700m underground in China. JUNO will: ☀️ Detect solar, reactor, Earth & supernova neutrinos 🧩 Pin down neutrino mass
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Chinese Academy of Sciences
@CAS__Science
Jan 16, 2025
🌙🔬 Lunar samples from China's Chang'e-5 mission revealed that the Moon's magnetic field was still active around 2 billion years ago – much longer than previously thought! 🧲🚀 🔑 Key Takeaways: 🔹 The lunar dynamo lasted into the Moon's middle age. 🔹 The field was <10% of
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Chinese Academy of Sciences
@CAS__Science
Jun 17, 2025
📢 Announcing the 4th AsiaEvo Conference! 🧬 Theme: Biological Evolution and Interdisciplinary Frontiers 📍 Location: Kunming, China 📅 Date: Dec 8-11, 2025 Join researchers from across Asia & beyond for 4 days of cutting-edge science, global speakers, and vibrant exchange!
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Chinese Academy of Sciences
@CAS__Science
Mar 13, 2025
"A passion for astrophysics, a mission to the stars!" ⚛️ Prof. Dai Y.Sophia, an astronomer at the Chinese Academy of Sciences, found her spark for physics in childhood moments—watching a pendulum swing and a ball roll down a slope, igniting her curiosity for the laws of the
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Chinese Academy of Sciences
@CAS__Science
Jan 29, 2025
🎉 Happy Chinese New Year in the Year of the Snake! 🐍 🔬 As we embrace the Year of the Snake, our journey in science takes on new heights. From fresh discoveries to inspiring stories, we're ready for a year of progress and exploration. 🚀 Today marks the first step of an
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Chinese Academy of Sciences
@CAS__Science
Jan 22, 2025
Big Facility for Big Science 🌌 FAST – The World's Largest Radio Telescope 🌌 ✨ Key Facts: 🔹 500 meters wide – the size of 30 football fields 🔹 4000+ reflectors and 2000+ adjustable units for incredible precision 🔹 Detects signals from 13 billion light-years away 🔹
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Chinese Academy of Sciences
@CAS__Science
Jan 17, 2025
💫 Ever wondered what the universe sounds like? 🔭 Here on Earth, the Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical Radio Telescope (FAST) – the world's largest and most sensitive radio telescope – listens carefully from the quiet hills of Guizhou, China. 🌌 With high precision, FAST
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Chinese Academy of Sciences
@CAS__Science
Aug 28, 2025
#BiosphereStories The 5th World Congress of Biosphere Reserves (5th WCBR) will take place in Hangzhou from September 22 to 27, 2025. As a vital part of UNESCO's Man and the Biosphere Programme (MAB), Biosphere Reserves are not just protected areas — they are exceptional platforms
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Chinese Academy of Sciences
@CAS__Science
Apr 18, 2025
Over 100 red sprites danced above the Himalayas in May 2022 - lightning above the storm! ⚡ New research links the biggest sprite event in South Asia to massive lightning strikes in a giant Himalayan thunderstorm. 🎥 Hit play to watch the skies come alive. 🔗 Learn more
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Chinese Academy of Sciences
@CAS__Science
Jan 24, 2025
🚨 Breakthrough in Brain Mapping! 🧠 Chimpanzee Brainnetome Atlas (ChimpBNA) is the most detailed chimp brain atlas ever created. This new atlas offers fresh insights into how chimpanzees and humans evolved differently despite sharing a common ancestor millions of years ago. 🐒
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Chinese Academy of Sciences
@CAS__Science
Aug 21, 2025
#BiosphereStories Biosphere Reserves in China — Maolan 🌏Designated by UNESCO since 1996 📍Located in Guizhou Province, southwest China 📏Covering an area 6.5 times the size of Macau 🌲The "Noah's Ark" of karst landscapes 🧪A "natural laboratory" for global karst ecosystem
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Chinese Academy of Sciences
@CAS__Science
Jun 25, 2025
🌱Seeds tell stories. A data breakthrough from China brings together 110,000+ records revealing how plants adapt, reproduce, and survive. 📊The Chinese Seed Trait Database (CSTD) is now open to the world: 🌍118 traits | 3,897 species | All across China 📚Built from nearly 700
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