ROME, Oct. 16 (Xinhua) -- The Aerospace Information Research Institute of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (AIRCAS) won the 2026 Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) Achievement Award on Friday for developing the CropWatch, a global cloud-based crop monitoring service platform.

A Chinese-developed airborne wind power system has completed a full-cycle test at an altitude of 4,000 meters, marking a step toward the engineering application of high-altitude wind power technology, Beijing Daily reported on Wednesday.

The catastrophic mudslide that struck the China-Nepal border on August 26 was triggered by a large-scale glacier collapse in Nepal with a close link to the impacts of global climate change, said Amodmani Dixit, a senior Nepalese geologist and seismologist, in an interview, calling for deeper practical cooperation of the two countries to address climate-related disasters in the Himalayas.

A research team led by Prof. LIU Lihua from the Aerospace Information Research Institute of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (AIRCAS) has recently completed field tests of a newly developed UAV‑borne transient electromagnetic (TEM) system in Inner Mongolia and other regions.

JINAN, May 8 (Xinhua) -- Inside the Jinan Satellite Assembly, Integration and Testing Base in east China's Shandong Province, cutting-edge facilities such as 20-tonne vibration test stands and anechoic chambers now occupy the former grounds of major steel producer Jigang Group following its transformation into a manufacturer for the aerospace industry.

BEIJING, April 28 (Xinhua) -- The Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) on Tuesday revealed an artificial intelligence (AI) model system supporting scientific research, empowering multiple scientific domains including mathematics, physics and biology. This marks a transition in AI-driven scientific research from fragmented and isolated exploration toward collaborative, efficient and platform-based innovation.