Chinese-French oceanographic CFOSat satellite put into service
After 8 month in-orbit-testing, the oceanography satellite co-developed by China and France and launched in October 2018 was now put into service. The satellite acquires high-accuracy remote sensing data with its scatterometer and wave spectrometer, and can conduct high-resolution observations of ocean surface wind fields, which have been applied in monitoring typhoons, hurricanes, and the Arctic and Antarctic sea ice. The observation data will play an important role in global marine environment monitoring, disaster prevention and tackling climate change.
Xinhua news release, February 21, 2020
Beijing wants to attract more global talents in S&T
According to Beijing’s Mayor CHEN Jining, the number of national high-tech enterprises in Beijing reached 25,000 in 2018. On average, 199 high-tech startups opened in the city every day, and the city has 80 startup firms each worth more than $1 billion. Beijing set up...
High-purity hydrogen from an electrochemical shift reaction: CAS Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics
The team around DENG Dehui has found a new way for a highly energy-efficient conversion of water to hydrogen at room temperature by using an electrochemical vapor shift reaction. Water vapor shift reaction (CO + H2O → H2 + CO2) is the main method for industrially...
China’s Chang’e moon probe will carry out biosphere experiments
Professor XIE Gengxin of Chongqing University said a canister installed on the probe contained the seeds of cotton, rapeseed, potato, and arabidopsis, as well as eggs of fruit fly and some yeast, to form a simple mini biosphere. After Chang'e-4 landed on Jan. 3,...
China launches maritime silk road satellite data service
A satellite data service center has opened in Fuzhou, Fujian Province. Apart from standard data products, it will provide remote sensing date on land, forestry, environmental protection, water resources, agriculture, disaster alleviation, weather and oceans. By the...
China held 16 million patents in 2018
According to an interview with the Director General of the National Intellectual Property Office SIPA, the number of invention patents owned by Mainland China (excluding Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan) at the end of 2018 increased by 18.1% to 16.2 million. The number of...
China pioneers unmanned sweeping car “spiral white” at Inner Mongolia Normal University
The car uses laser-positioning technology, ultrasonic radar and advanced AI software. It is a Level-4 car (no driver required self-driving is supported only in limited spatial areas). China news, January 10, 2019
China and Russia will explore how to drill for water on the moon
According to Vladimir Khmelyov of the Altai State Technical University, an ultrasonic drilling project has won financing from Russia's Fundamental Research Fund and China's National Natural Science Fund. In this project, it will be explored how to use ultrasonic...
China starts monitoring Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region for CO2 emission
Due to massive emissions of pollutants from factories and vehicles, the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region tops the world in carbon emissions intensity, and studies of carbon dioxide and other pollutants in the air could better help China tackle smog. As described by...
Beijing Railway Station will increase face identification for access, 3 seconds per passenger
Access to the railway station will increasingly be controlled by face recognition, in order to match with transportation rushes during Chinese spring festival. Japan JST China news, January 9, 2019
China’s hydroelectric power generation in 2018 amounted to about 1.2 bill. kWh
According to the 2019 China Hydroelectric Power Development Forum, at the end of 2018 China's hydropower plant capacity was 350 million kW, and annual power generation amounted to 1.2 trillion kWh. The annual power generation by the Three Gorges Dam exceeded 100 bill....
Beijing starts controlling Great Wall by drone
The multi-copter drone is in charge of 3D modeling with a precision at the centimeter level. By observing detailed changes of the Great Wall Cast body through long-term monitoring, forming big data will bring a scientific basis for future protection work. The fixed...
Team at CAS QIBEBT engineers Nannochloropsis microalgae to produce “designer triacyl glycerides”
A team around Jian XU at CAS Qingdao Institute of Bioenergy and Environmental Technology (QIBEBT) has found that two type-2 diacylglycerol acyltransferases (DGAT2s) from Nannochloropsis ocanica prefer linoleic acid (LA) and eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA). By modulating...