China is world’s 2nd largest nation for renewable energies

According to British sources, China has overtaken Germany as number 2 among global renewable energy producers, producing, e. g., half of global hydropower, and adding 50 % of 2012 global increment in wind power. Science and Technology Daily, July 4, 2013

BGI opens joint prenatal test facility in Czechoslovakia

The facility located in Prague will be operated by the Association of Czech Genetic Centers and BGI Health. Sequencing will be done using the latest Ion Proton platform of Life Technologies BGI press release, July 1, 2013