BEIJING, Aug. 19 (Xinhua) — The following is a summary of published science and technology news of China:

SPACE LAB

China’s orbiting Tiangong space station, which functions as a national space laboratory, has been put into operation, pushing forward space applications and achieving fruitful results, according to the China Manned Space Agency.↳

A total of 110 in-orbit science research and application projects have been implemented, involving space life science and human body research, microgravity physics, and new space technologies, making multiple world’s firsts.

SPACE TELESCOPE

China is currently developing a large-scale space-survey telescope that is expected to bring pioneering scientific results after it is placed in orbit alongside the country’s space station, a spokesperson of the China Manned Space Agency said Friday.

The Chinese Survey Space Telescope, also known as the Chinese Space Station Telescope and Xuntian Space Telescope, is expected to make breakthroughs in cosmology, dark matter and dark energy, galaxies and active galactic nuclei, Milky Way and neighboring galaxies, star formation and evolution, and exoplanets.

DISCOVERIES OF UNIVERSE

The orbiting Tiangong space station is expected to obtain pivotal scientific discoveries and innovative achievements in the future.

The space lab’s ultra-cold atomic physics experiment platform will prepare the quantum gas close to absolute zero, which cannot occur on the ground. Also, the in-orbit research on stem cells, organ chips, protein crystallization, and synthetic biology manufacturing could bring new possibilities for regenerative medicine, precision medicine, and drug discovery.