China wastes 17 – 18 million tons of food every year

Shengkui CHENG, a researcher from the CAS Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, made an analysis on almost 7,000 tables and 366 restaurants in Beijing, Shanghai and the southwestern cities of Lhasa and Chengdu. The team interviewed hundreds...

China plans first Mars probe by 2020

According to a spokesman of China’s National Space Administration, China plans its first Mars probe by 2020. A second Mars probe will bring back samples and conduct research on the planet’s structure, composition and environment. Also on the agenda are an...

CAS QIBEBT group develops in-depth metagenomic analysis software

The group around Xiaquan SU at QIBEBT has developed a software Parallel-Meta-3, which allows to extract rRNA segment, copy number, functional gene prediction, diversity analysis, biomarker screening, and symbiotic network analysis. It provides significant advantages...

China’s first high-resolution SAR radar satellite in operation

The satellite covers the globe with an all-weather, 24-hour observation service and will be used for disaster prevention and reduction, ocean monitoring, and the protection of maritime rights. Gaofen-3’s spatial resolution ranges from one meter to 500 meters and...