Bridge with Four World Records Closed

On May 27, the Shituo Yangtze River Bridge — a key control project of the newly constructed Chongqing-Wanzhou High-Speed Railway — was successfully closed. This bridge holds four world records, including the world's tallest twin-tower structure (Tower 6 stands at 253 meters), and the world's first road-rail combined bridge with twin towers.

Asia's First 10-year Roadmap for Synthetic Cells Published

Led by a researcher at the Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, a group of international scholars recently published Asia's first 10-year roadmap for synthetic cells in the journal Nature Biotechnology. This will set new scientific benchmarks for synthetic cell research over the next decade.

Europe Advances Plans for Future Circular Collider

European physicists are planning a 91-kilometer particle accelerator, the Future Circular Collider, which would be the largest of its kind if built. The project, estimated to cost €15-20 billion, would succeed the Large Hadron Collider era at CERN, the European Organization for Nuclear Research, and initially collide electrons with positrons.

NASA's Psyche Spacecraft Completes Mars Gravity Assist Flyby

NASA's Psyche spacecraft recently completed a Mars gravity-assist flyby, gaining additional velocity without using propellant, as it continues its journey toward the metal-rich asteroid Psyche. It is expected to arrive there in 2029.