Creating a new mix

Through a program of improved funding, support and infrastructure, China is investing heavily in interdisciplinary scientific collaboration. Guo Ying reports.

Fu Haohuan and his team are using the world's fastest supercomputer to forge ahead with China's research on Earth-system science.

With a strong academic background in computer science, Fu joined the Department of Earth Science Systems at Tsinghua University in 2010 and has been conducting interdisciplinary research in the two areas.