CAS starts offshore marine S&T center in Sri Lanka

The center is located at the University of Ruhuna in Matara, a city in southern Sri Lanka. Ruhuna University is the only university in Sri Lanka with a Department of Marine Science. CAS will establish a chemistry and bioanalysis laboratory and support the university...

SINOPEC reports 20 billion m3 of shale gas production

By October 6, SINOPEC reported a cumulative production of 20 billion m3of shale gas from its Jianghan oil field, enough to supply 32 mllion households per day. The development and construction of the shale gas field began in December 2012, and the proven reserves grew...

CAS DICP team develops hybrid fuel cell based on methanol

The commercialization of fuel cells is hampered by a relatively low specific power density, whereas the wide application of devices with high power density, such as supercapacitors, is limited by their insufficient specific energy density. SUN Gongquan and WANG Suli...

China installs Beidou navigation system in Tibet

Tibet occupies about one eighth of China’s land area with only 3.17 million people. A Beidou-supported information platform made a debut in Lhasa, capital of Tibet Autonomous Region. It is expected to provide services in disaster alert and relief, emergency...