Chinese view of world's science attainments

Chinese academicians also selected the world's 10 major scientific achievements, to offer a Chinese perspective of the world's development in science and engineering:

Huygens space detector's landing on the sixth satellite of Saturn;

The striking of the US spacecraft Deep Impact on to the surface of Comet Temple 1;

The new material developed by the US scientists to replace transistor technology;

The first photography of a planet outside the Solar System

The international HapMap project to complete a catalogue of human genetic diversity;

The Australian scientists' work to "freeze" light waves for up to one second;

The US researchers' development of high-efficiency fuel battery;

The super nano-material storage equipment;

The production of quark plasma by US scientists;

The control of single molecular movement by French scientists.