Mar 22, 2017
In the resin, bisphenol A, a petrochemically produced molecule, is substituted by lignin-derived vanillin. The synthesis proceeds in high yield (~ 93.3%) from vanillin and a phosphorous organic compound via diamine coupling to a bisphenol, followed by epichlorohydrin...
Mar 22, 2017
The group of Hong ZHANG at China’s Third Military Medical University have developed a rapid blood typing test which uses blood-group specific antibodies, bromocresol green as an indicator dye and paper chromatography. When a drop of blood is applied, the results...
Mar 22, 2017
The yet unnamed center will focus on genetic diseases such as diabetes, neurodegenerative diseases, malignant tumors and others in view of personalized (precision”) treatment, and the establishment of a genetic database, related to human longevity and...
Mar 21, 2017
The State Forestry Administration announced that by 2020, 16.78 million hectares of energy forest will have been built, and the annual utilization rate of forestry biomass will exceed 20 million tons of standard coal. Among them, the contribution rate of bio-liquid...
Mar 20, 2017
Daran ZHENG and Bo WANG from CAS Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology have identified in a sample of mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber an extremely rare example of three male damselflies showing courtship behaviour. During courtship, male Platycypha caligata...
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