First drugstore with robotic pharmacist opens in Shandong

A pilot drug store in Shandong has officially opened. This pharmacy is similar to a supermarket, but it is manned by a robotic pharmacist “Little Joe”. The level of the robotic pharmacist is equivalent to a pharmacist with 10 years of experience. He can diagnose the...

In 2016, China contributed 11 % to Nature papers

According to a Nature symposium in Guangzhou, Chinese researchers published more than 90 original research papers in Nature in 2016, accounting for about 11 percent, compared with 0.4 percent in 1997. CAS news release, March 26, 2018

Fudan University launches human phenotype research project

The first phase of the project is aimed at understanding how cancer and other complicated diseases develop by addressing the relationships and internal mechanisms between genes and phenotypes. As a first step, the project will produce a reference atlas for complete...

The CASEarth Big Science Project

The project, inaugurated at March 1, 2018, aims to build a global and open international big earth data science center over the next 5 years. A team of 129 institutions from home and abroad with a total of more than 1200 researchers will focus on three areas of work....