The tusk shell, a tubular-shelled mollusk found in oceans worldwide, has long baffled scientists with its odd shape and uncertain evolutionary history. But a new genomic study published in PNAS has fi
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Fu Qiaomei becomes first Chinese scientist to win UNESCO-Al Fozan Prize
Chinese archaeogenetics scientist Fu Qiaomei (L2) receives UNESCO-Al Fozan International Prize for the Promotion of Young Scientists in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) in Paris
Chinese scientists achieve new breakthrough in hybrid potato breeding
BEIJING, May 5 (Xinhua) — Chinese scientists have made a new breakthrough in hybrid potato breeding by using evolutionary genomics to identify deleterious mutations, which may help shorten the breedi
China announces top 10 paleontological advances of 2022
BEIJING, March 17 (Xinhua) — The Palaeontological Society of China (PSC) on Friday announced the country\’s top 10 paleontological advances of 2022.The selected breakthroughs include the Silurian foss