BEIJING, Nov. 24 (Xinhua) -- The following is a summary of published science and technology news of China.

COAL RESOURCES

Experts from China's leading academic institution launched a laboratory program this week in the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region to address scientific and technological challenges in the local coal mining industry.

The lab, named after Xinjiang's landmark Tianshan Mountains, will leverage Xinjiang's abundant coal resources and geographical advantages to focus on such key areas as safe and intelligent coal mining, clean and efficient processing and utilization, water resource protection and ecological restoration in coal mining areas, the integration of coal with renewable energy, and the exploration and development of coalbed methane resources.

METEORITE CRATER

Chinese scientists have discovered a meteorite crater on a mountain ridge for the first time, according to an article recently published in the academic journal "Matter and Radiation at Extremes."

This crater is located in the northern mountains of the city of Hailin, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province. It was formed on the ridge of a mountain, with a diameter of 1,360 meters, shaped like an elliptical dustpan.

NEW SPECIES

Chinese researchers have discovered a new species of Poaceae in northwest China's Qinghai Province on the Qinghai-Xizang Plateau and named it Elymus multiramosus.

The plant has been found in the arid rocky mountainous areas at an altitude of 3,722 meters in the northern part of the city of Delingha, Qinghai. Enditem

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