15+ hour, 45+ min ago   (407+ words) China unveiled geological mapping and mineral exploration systems powered by artificial intelligence technologies on Friday, marking a shift from decades of expert-driven fieldwork to more accurate, comprehensive and efficient data — and algorithm-based predictions. The two systems — AI-GeoMapping and AI-OreSeeking — were…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago   (489+ words) Chinese scientists have identified 132,867 rock glaciers across 16,500 square kilometers of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau in the first comprehensive inventory of its kind. While glaciers are what come to mind when people think of the plateau's "solid reservoir", the number and significance…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (428+ words) Whether in science or art, people tend to favor stories of sudden inspiration: an element discovered by chance or a flash of insight that gives birth to a masterpiece. But most of the time, things do not happen that way....

3+ week, 1+ hour ago   (305+ words) Cave people who dwelled inside stone caverns were once known as "stone people" who stood guard outside caves of paintings. Leaping deer sketched on cliffsides and scratched into monoliths. Flint chipped into blades that pierced the hides of woolly rhinoceroses…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago   (381+ words) While the Antarctic ice sheet has lost mass at an average rate of about 140.5 billion metric tons a year over the past two decades, satellite data showed a striking reversal from 2021 to 2023, when the ice sheet gained 695 billion tons — the…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (272+ words) While the Antarctic ice sheet has been losing mass at roughly 140.5 billion metric tons per year over the past two decades, satellite data revealed a striking reversal from 2021 to 2023 — the ice sheet gained 695 billion tons, the largest increase on record....

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (145+ words) China Daily New multi-camera system creates panoramic images of seafloor at 1,500-meter depth A multi-camera observation system developed by a research team at Xidian University in Xi'an, Shaanxi province, recently completed equipment trials after creating highly detailed, measurable images of…...

3+ mon, 1+ week ago   (258+ words) These black silhouettes encapsulate the core theme of Only Tree Knows, a groundbreaking natural art exhibition. Jointly organized by the Shanghai Natural History Museum and the Pudong Biyun Art Museum, the exhibition runs from May 1 to Aug 31. It brings together…...

3+ mon, 1+ week ago   (416+ words) The International Organization for Standardization has issued the world's first international standard for karst critical zones, marking a major step toward unified monitoring of these fragile yet vital ecosystems worldwide. The standard, titled Specification of Monitoring Technology for Karst Critical…...

3+ mon, 3+ week ago   (355+ words) The International Organization for Standardization has issued the world's first international standard for karst critical zones, marking a major step toward unified monitoring of these fragile yet vital ecosystems worldwide. The standard, titled Specification of Monitoring Technology for Karst Critical…...