At present, China provides most of the Artemisin anna raw material from which artemisinin, the active ingredient for Malaria treatment, is being extracted and purified. This constitutes about 70 % of the 180 tons world market. The remainder is produced by a...
According to the Ministry of Agriculture, the utilization of straw for conversion to energy and chemicals shall be developed to a national level of 85 % during the period of the 13th 5-Years Plan. China Bio news release, October 13, 2015
According to satellite monitoring, straw burning fires which is illegal in China were reduced by nearly 50 % in summer 2015 as compared to summer 2014. However, in view of the great impact of straw burning on air pollution in China the Agency insists that control...
Based on studies of the CAS Institute of Acoustics, the „design“ of the coupled ears of a nocturnal fly (Ormia ochracea) has helped to develop a miniaturized circuit which detects the source of sounds even though the interaural distance is extremely small. In the fly,...
By a combination of RNA sequencing and metabolomics, factors involved in enhanced solvent tolerance were identified and modified. The addition of sodium sulfide to the medium enhanced productivity of butanol from straw by nearly 50 %. CAS news release, October 10,...
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