CAS SIBS improves biobutanol fermentation from biomass

The group around Weihong JIANG identified by protein modelling functional domains in the Clostridium regulator CcpA which allow to circumvent inhibitory effects of xylose during growth on biomass hydrolysates. CAS news release, Feb. 10, 2015

China expects to be global leader in manufacturing robots by 2017

According to CAS, China at present has just 30 robots per 10.000 workers, as compared to 323 in Japan and 282 in Germany, but expects to use 428.000 robots in its manufacturing industries by 2017, driven by the car industry. Foxconn produces already an own robot, and...