People’s Daily selects China’s 8 major S&T achievements in 2019

According to the journal, these are: developing clonal seeds from hybrid rice WANG Kejian, from the China National Rice Research Institute and the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, conducted simultaneous genome engineering of meiosis and fertilization genes to...

First exoplanet discovered by a Chinese scientist named “Wangshu”

The exoplanet “Wangshu” (god of the moon) and its sun “Xizhi” (goddess of the sun) are located in the constellation altar, about 440 light years from earth. The names were given by a second-year high-school student XU Yi-Xu who attends to the 6th Junior High...

Zhejiang research center launches first urine-based HPV test

Human papilloma virus (HPV) can cause cervical cancer.  9-valent vaccine can neutralize 90% of cancer-causing subtypes, but cannot protect women who have already been infected with HPV. Chen Yiyou, Chief Scientist of Nuohui Health Research Center in...