Rao Zihe (R, front), an academician with the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Bu Zhigao (C, front), director of the Harbin Veterinary Research Institute of the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS), and Wang Xiangxi (L, front), a researcher at the Institute of Biophysics of CAS, discuss the structure of African swine fever virus at a laboratory of the Institute of Biophysics of CAS in Beijing, capital of China, Oct. 18, 2019. Chinese scientists have unraveled the three-dimensional structure of the African swine fever virus, laying a solid foundation for developing effective and safe vaccines against the disease. The research, jointly conducted by scientists at the Institute of Biophysics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) and the Harbin Veterinary Research Institute of the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS), ShanghaiTech University and other institutes, was published in the latest issue of the academic journal Science. (Xinhua/Jin Liwang)