Extreme lab targets more intl scientists

China's Synergetic Extreme Condition User Facility is opening its doors to more foreign scientists as it seeks to boost global collaboration in fundamental science and expand international experiment time at the site in Beijing over the next five years, experts said.

While international user experiment time currently accounts for only 4 percent of the total, the facility aims to surpass 20 percent within five years, a goal experts described as realistic given rising global interest in experiments under extreme conditions.

Chen Xianhui, an academician with the Chinese Academy of Sciences and professor at the University of Science and Technology of China, said the facility is like an "all-round athlete" in scientific research, with its integrated capabilities across ultralow temperatures, ultrahigh pressures, high magnetic fields and ultrafast optical fields. Its "one stop" research environment offers unique support for fundamental studies, Chen said.