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Recently, in the Beilonghu Wetland Park in Zhengzhou City, Henan Province, a pair of wild warty-nosed swans naturally bred and hatched 9 baby swans, which was very cute. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Zhu Xiang
Message stations
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● On April 17, Hao Chun, director of the China Manned Space Engineering Office, introduced that in 2022, the mainland will complete the on-orbit construction of the space station, and a total of 6 flight missions are planned, namely: the launch of the Tianzhou-4 cargo spacecraft in May; the launch of the Shenzhou 14 manned spacecraft in June, and 3 astronauts stationed in the core module and stay in orbit for 6 months; the launch of the space station Qingtian experimental module in July, docking with the Tianhe core module; the launch of the Dream Day experimental module and the core module docking in October, after which the space station three modules form the "T" basic configuration. The completion of the construction of the Chinese space station in orbit will be completed; it will be followed by the launch of the Tianzhou-5 cargo spacecraft and the Shenzhou-15 manned spacecraft, which are composed of 3 astronauts, and the Shenzhou 14 astronauts will stay in orbit for 6 months after rotating in orbit. (Source: Science and Technology Daily)
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● On April 17, Hao Chun, director of the China Manned Space Engineering Office, introduced that next year it plans to launch the continent's first large-scale space survey telescope to carry out wide-area sky survey observations, and will carry out cutting-edge scientific research in the formation and evolution of cosmic structure, dark matter and dark energy, exoplanets and solar system objects, and is expected to achieve a number of major innovative achievements. (Source: Science and Technology Daily)
New discoveries
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Recently, an international team of astronomical researchers found that the South African Radio Telescope captured a strong microwave in the deep space of the universe, 5 billion light-years away from The Earth. Astronomy calls it Giant Vein Zee. It is reported that this is the most distant giant vein found from the earth so far. It is produced when two galaxies collide, and the microwave emitted has to travel 580 kilometers through space to reach Earth. (Source: CCTV News Client)
Pure technology
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●Recently, the research group of Academician Guo Guangcan of the University of Science and Technology of China, Shi Baosen and Ding Dongsheng, used artificial intelligence methods to achieve precision detection based on Riedelberg atomic multi-frequency microwaves, which provided an important reference for the cross-combination of precision measurement and neural networks. It is reported that the Reedberg atom has a large electric dipole moment, which can produce a strong response to weak electric fields, and has been favored as a very promising microwave measurement system in recent years. (Source: Science and Technology Daily)
Look at the world
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The latest news from Springer Nature, a leading academic publishing institution around the world, said that it and the Figshare repository of Digital Science recently launched a free pilot project to better support authors of scientific papers to share data openly. The pilot project will initially include the Nature series of research journals and journals with an academic editing model, covering areas such as neuroscience, ecology and evolution, chemistry, energy, cancer and transplantation. (Source: China News Network)
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Nasa recently announced that the second unmanned orbit test mission of the Boeing "Starliner" (CST-100 Starliner) will go to the International Space Station on May 19. The Starliner will be launched aboard a United Launch Alliance Cosmos 5 rocket from the Cape Canaveral Space Force base in Florida. If the mission is successfully completed, NASA and Boeing will determine the launch window for the starliner's first manned flight test. (Source: The Paper)
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● Japan's Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries announced on the 16th that two poultry farms in Hokkaido have a highly pathogenic avian influenza epidemic, and the local government decided to culle more than 500,000 chickens and hundreds of emus. According to Japanese media reports, this is the first time that emus have been found to be infected with a highly pathogenic avian influenza virus in Japan. (Source: Xinhua News Agency)
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Exterior view of the Shaanxi Archaeological Museum taken on April 16 (drone photo). Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Li Yibo
●On April 16, the Shaanxi Archaeological Museum, the first thematic museum of archaeology in the mainland, was officially completed in Xi'an, Shaanxi Province, and is expected to open in the near future. The museum is a thematic museum that relies on the field archaeological work practice and cultural relics protection scientific and technological research achievements of the Shaanxi Archaeological Research Institute over the years, with the development of archaeology as the main line, and displays the archaeological work process, technical methods, research ideas, etc. The museum exhibits 5215 cultural relics, all excavated from Shaanxi archaeology, and more than 90% will be exhibited to the public for the first time. (Source: CCTV News Client, Xinhua Net)
Editor: Zhang Shuang
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