CORAL MONOGRAPH
Chinese researchers have recently published a monograph on hermatypic corals in the Zhongsha Islands in the South China Sea, providing valuable first-hand information for studying their diversity and distribution pattern.
From 2019 to 2021, the South China Sea Institute of Oceanology under the Chinese Academy of Sciences organized a series of comprehensive scientific expedition voyages to the Zhongsha Islands. In the process, experts identified and recorded a total of 200 hermatypic coral species belonging to 16 families and 58 genera.
GREEN AVIATION
Low-carbon technologies are playing more roles in sustaining Chinese airports’ green transformation, facilitating the civil aviation sector to move toward the country’s “dual carbon” goal.
The civil aviation sector will promote safe and efficient SAF (sustainable aviation fuels) substitution, promote airport electrification and clean energy application, and strengthen energy conservation and intensive utilization, according to the Civil Aviation Administration of China.
WORLD ROBOT CONFERENCE
The World Robot Conference 2023 (WRC 2023) will be held in Beijing from August 16 to 22, at which cutting-edge achievements and the latest robot industry exhibits will be unveiled, the China Association for Science and Technology (CAST) said Tuesday at a press conference.
Consisting of three sections, including forum, exhibition, and competition, the WRC 2023 will focus on the frontier trends of robot technology and industry, show the application scenarios of robot innovation in various sectors, and hold high-level brain-computer interface and man-machine cooperation competitions, said Xu Guanghong, an official of the CAST.