Zhai Guangming: A brave heart

​China's 9.6 million square kilometers of territory contains rich oil and gas resources.

Yin Wenying: 'I spend my life studying the tiny'

On the Tianmu Mountain in August, Yin Wenying turned over stones, brushed aside fallen leaves, dug up piles of soil, and stumbled upon a tiny off-white "thing" wriggling. Upon the discovery, her heart skipped a beat — could it be a proturan?

Zhang Jinzhe: 'A bosom buddy' of his young patients

Zhang Jinzhe has been practicing medicine for 70 years and serves as the chief physician at Beijing Children’s Hospital affiliated with Capital Medical University.

Wang Wencai: The 'most unassuming academician'

On November 16, as the leaves were falling off the trees in Beijing, Wang Wencai passed away at the age of 96.

Scientists speed breed rice on edge of desert

Thanks to soilless farming, artificial lighting and other technologies, rice now being planted on the edge of the Taklimakan Desert in the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region has a significantly shorter growth cycle.

Shenzhou XVI crew members share space stories

China awards young female scientists

An award dedicated to young female scientists was presented to 20 individuals and five teams in Beijing on Sunday.

He Zehui: Never fail the expectation of the motherland

She was one of the pioneers of China's atomic energy physics industry, one of the founders of the Institute of Modern Physics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, and also one of the first female academicians in the field of physics. She was Academician He Zehui, known as "China's Madame Curie".