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Newly Discovered Wasp Uses Dead Ants To Protect Nest

The 'Bone-house Wasp' uses the scent of dead ants to deter parasitic invaders, study shows.

IHEP Becomes First Asian Member of Physics Literature Database

China's Institute of High Energy Physics (IHEP) is the first Asian member of the INSPIRE high energy physics literature database.

Arctic Foxes Trace Ancestry To Tibet

Scientists say that the newly identified Tibetan fox is the ancestor of modern day arctic foxes, suggesting that animals used the Tibetan Plateau as a stepping stone to Arctic adaptation.

Sweet Success For Sorghum Sugar

A research project investigating the use of sorghum as a sugar crop has been awarded a joint grant from the University of Queensland and the Chinese Academy of Sciences.

New Pterosaur Fossils Unearthed In China

Fossils found at the Turpan-Hami Basin provide new information about the biology of pterosaurs from the Early Cretaceous.

CAS Goes Open Access

The Chinese Academy of Sciences and the National Natural Science Foundation of China will require research articles to be deposited into open access repositories.

CAS & MPG Celebrate 40 Years Of Partnership

The 40 years of partnership between CAS and MPG have seen over 250 Ph.D.s jointly trained by both national science institutions.

Nepal And China Set Up Geography Research Center

The Sino-Nepal Joint Research Center for Geography will study the ecology and environment of the southern and northern slopes of the Himalayas.

Sino-Danish Center To Promote Science Education

The Sino-Danish Center, jointly developed by the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the Danish ministry of higher education and sciences, will facilitate research collaboration.