CAS Kunming Institute of Botany produces astaxanthin in Chlorella

Using Chlorella zofingiensis, the group of Junchao HUANG has found at the institute that this organism has all genes for required for the production of astaxanthin through the MEP pathway and that, under stress conditions, these genes are upregulated, leading to the...

China’s Chang’e 5 to land on moon and return in 2017

China will send lunar probe Chang’e 5 to land on the moon and return with lunar samples in the second half of 2017, according to State Administration of Science, Technology and Industry for National Defense (SASTIND) on Friday. It will be the first time a...