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Twelfe Academicians sign „Hangzhou Declaration“ on innovative drug development
The academicians, from Chinese Academy of Science and Chinese Academy of Engineering, regret the Chinese focus on generics and plead for innovative drug development, removing bottlenecks in drug review, fiscal and taxation policies, drug bidding etc., and the lack of competition and innovation in the Chinese drug industy.
China Bio news release, October 21, 2016
CAS Ningo Institute of Materials Research and Engineering engages on biobased PEF polymers
The group of ZHU Jin has developed and patented proprietary technologies to produce polyethylene 2,5-furan dicarboxylic acid copolymers (PEF) and PECF, with cyclohexanedimethanol as a comonomer. PETF bio-based aromatic polyesters show high temperature and solvent stability, good impact resistance and may be ideal for baby bottles, toys and other devices of human use, but also as an alternative and supplement to polycarbonates (PC) used in aviation and automobile manufacturing.
CAS news release, October 20, 2016
Chinese Academy of Sciences establishs translational medical research center at Biological Technology Co., Taicang
The move marks the start-up of a new medical base in Taicang Port, focused on diagnostic reagents for early cancer detection. Keisai Biotech (Taicang) Co., Ltd., and Suzhou Hai Miao Biotechnology Co., Ltd. have joined the center.
China Bio news release, October 10, 2016
Thermo Fisher Scientific starts Reproductive and Genetic Research Center in Suzhou
The center will be located in Suzhou Industrial Park and will collaborate with Suzhou Beikang Medical Devices Co., Ltd. on products related to reproductive medicine.
China Bio news release, October 19, 2016
Spallation neutron source will open in March 2018
While nuclear reactors such as the China Advanced Research Reactor in Beijing provide neutrons for researchers, the country lacks a spallation neutron source for materias testing. The China Spallation Neutron Source presently built near Beijing consists of a 200m-long 80MeV linac that accelerates protons which are fed into a 1.6GeV 238m-circumference synchrotron. The protons are fired into a solid tungsten target that can produce a 100kW beam of neutrons with 25 bunches of particles released every second. The facility has room for a total of 20 instruments.
CAS news release, October 19, 2016
China will build „National labs“ in Beijing and Shanghai
Work on the ¥10bn ($1.5bn) Beijing-based laboratory will start early next year, while the Shanghai-based laboratory recently received approval from government funding agencies. Covering an area of 13 km2 on the outskirts of Beijing, the new national lab will comprise three major research facilities: the Synergetic Extreme Condition User Facility (SECUF), the Beijing Advanced Photon Source (BAPS) and the Earth System Simulator. It will also feature five “research platforms” that focus on accelerator technology, clean energy, materials genome, environment science and brain science. After seven to eight years of construction, the lab will house some 3000 employees, a scale similar to Argonne or Oak Ridge national laboratories.
CAS news release, Octdober 19, 2016
Scientists of Tsinghua University warn about high rates of nitrosamines in drinking water
The team around Chao CHEN from Tsinghua University School of Environmental Sciences has screened 164 water samples from 155 sites in 23 provinces and 44 cities across the country. On average, nitrosamine concentrations were 3.6 fold higher than in comparable studies in the US. As water treatment via chlorination or chloramination of organic nitrogen-containing wastewater can lead to the production of NDMA at potentially harmful levels, better cleaning of factory water may be one way to improve the situation.
China Bio news release, October 14, 2016
China University of Science and Technology develops improved procedure for synthesis of mother of pearls
The group of Professor Shuhong YU simulated the growth mode and control processes of mollusks’ mother-of-pearl. They first froze chitosan to generate a layered structure of the framework, followed by acetylation, resulting in a shell made up from a chitin framework. A calcium bicarbonate solution containing polyacrylic acid and magnesium ions was then pumped through this framework, allowing calcium carbonate to grow in situ on this matrix. The artificial mother of pearl was highly similar to natural pearls in chemical composition, inorganic content, multi-level structural form and extraordinary fracture strength and toughness.
China Bio news release, October 8, 2016
China successfully launches Shenzhou-11 manned spacecraft
The two astronauts docked tot he Tiangong-2 space lab where they will stay for 33 days. The mission aims to transport personnel and materials between Earth and Tiangong-2, and test rendezvous, docking and return processes. Other objectives include aerospace medical experiments, space science experiments and in-orbit maintenance. Astronauts will conduct three experiments designed by middle school students from Hong Kong, including raising silkworms in space. The astronauts will also be special correspondents for Xinhua, sharing their work and life in space via text, photo, audio and video through Xinhua’s global media services.
CAS news release, October 17, 2016
China will present Tianhe-3, a new supercomputer prototype, next year
The exascale supercomputer will do at least a billion calculations per second and CPU, the high-speed interconnection communication and operating system was developed completely independent by the National University of Defense Technology and the National Supercomputing Center.
CAS news release October 17, 2016
China’s National Astronomical Observation (NAO) partners with Alibaba
The partnership, involving Alibaba’s cloud computing unit Aliyun will result in the establishment of a big data research center, featuring an open online database of astronomical information that enables users to explore the cosmos via a virtual space observatory.
CAS news release, October 14, 2016
Chinese science publications among most-cited globally
According to the Institute of Scientific and Technical Information (MOST), Chinese scientists contributed 12,8 % to the most-cited science publications over the last decade, ranking now 3 after the USA and the UK. And 2 in eight fields including mathematics, medicine and agricultural sciences.
CAS news release, October 13, 2016
China explores mind-controlling technologies to aid astronauts
New technologies will allow astronauts to use their thoughts to control equipment in spacecraft, according to the China Manned Space Agency. The National Key Laboratory of Human Factors Engineering and Tianjin University have developed a human brain-to-computer test system, which translates astronauts’ brain impulses into words to communicate with ground control and operate instruments in spacecraft.The system will be tested by astronauts during real spaceflight.
China Bio news release, October 10, 2016
China may be only country with space station in 2024
China plans to launch the experimental core module of its space station around 2018 with a Long March-5 heavyload carrier rocket, and the 20 ton combination space station will be sent into orbit around 2022. When the ISS retires in 2024, China’s space station may then be the only one left in service.
CAS news release, October 8, 2016
China’s Father of hybrid rice” expects yields of 17 t/ha by 2020″
Longping YUAN, aged 86 and China’s Father of hybrid rice” working at the Wuhan Institute of Agricultural Science and Technology’s Institute of Crop Science, believes in the commercialization of polyploid rice varieties within the next 5 years, leading to yield improvements from presently 15 to 17 t/ha.”
China Bio news release, September 26, 2016