Chinese specialists explore potential of TCM drugs in treatment of Coronavirus infections
According to a press conference of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, China’s think-tank, on February 18, in-vitro experiments with 54 TCM pharmaceuticals and related drugs at a Guangzhou Hospital have shown that 5 among these drugs suppressed Coronavirus infections and had anti-inflammatory effects. They are hoped to complement treatment by Western medicine, at least for mild cases of infection.
Japan JST China news, February 19, 2020
Inner Mongolia might soon start production of rapid-charging high-performance Nickel-hydrogen batteries
Yanming Rare Earth New Power Technology Co., Ltd. located in the Baotou Rare Earth High-tech Zone in Inner Mongolia might soon start mass production of a new type of Nickel batteries composed of lanthanum and cerium as the main components of the electrode materials....
China’s CO2 emissions gradually decline
According to the 2018 World Eco-Environment Remote Monitoring Report released by the Ministry of Science and Technology, CO2 emission intensity per unit GDP of China decreased by 46% between 2005 and 2017. Since 2013, there was nearly no growth in CO2 emissions in...
CAS QIBEBT develops big-data mining tools for microbiome research
The group of SU Xiaoquan at CAS QIBEBT has established a "microbiome search engine" which is based on two indices: a microbiome novelty score MNS evaluates the compositional uniqueness of a microbiome sample at the time of its birth, whereas a microbiome attention...
On the Top500 list of supercomputers, China’s share approaches 50 %
According to the Top500 list, China contributes 227 systems of the world's supercomputers compared with 109 of the United States. However, systems in the United States are, on average, more powerful and lead the top 10 with "Summit" and "Sierra," which have similar...
China’s Tokamak claims stable fusion breakthrough
The Experimental Advanced Superconducting Tokamak (EAST) in Hefei, East China's Anhui province claims to have reached for the first time a plasma central electron temperature of 100 million C, the ignition temperature of nuclear fusion. China designed and constructed...
Longevity might be related to high autophagy competence
Autophagy is a mechanism to selectively degrade damaged proteins from cells and organelles in the lysosome. A research group at CAS Institute of Zoology has investigated peripheral blood leukocyte transcriptome data of 171 longevity families in Hainan (centenarians,...
China will serve communication and trade in the Arab world with its Beidou satellite system
The Beidou Navigation Satellite System (BDS) will have gone global by around 2020. The first forum on Beidou cooperation between China and Arab countries was held in 2017 in Shanghai. In April 2018, the China-Arab States BDS/GNSS Center was officially inaugurated in...
Antibiotic resistance genes in Chinese waters correlate with human activities
The groups of YANG Jun and ZHU Yongguan at the CAS Institute of Urban Environment have analyzed patterns of antibiotic resistance genes (ARG) in 42 natural lakes and reservoirs across China. Using high-throughput DNA sequencing, they detected 167 ARGs and 9 mobile...
China’s first test on automatic driving taxis started in Guangzhou
The cars offers 360 ° omnidirectional sensing functions by combining various sensors such as laser radar, professional video cameras, millimeter wave radars etc. Safety is ensured by a person who operates the car in case of emergency. The taxi can be called by a...
A hyperthermophilic Ni-Fe hydrogenase drives the reduction of pyruvate to lactate in a cell-free system
The group of Yunhong SONG at CAS Institute of Industrial Biotechnology in Tianjin cloned a soluble enzyme I (SHI) from Pyrococcus furiosus and overexpressed it in Thermococcus kodakarensis. Purification was achieved in one step using a nickel-loaded column. The rSHI...
China launches weather station on the Spratly Islands
According to the news, the South China seas lack meteorological observation stations, leading to dangers for maritime traffic. With the operation of the new meteorological observation station on a reef of the Spratly Islands, this empty space can be filled up and...
Nanocomposite protects wheat from powdery mildew disease
The group around WU Lifang at CAS Hefei Institute of Physical Sciences has developed a procedure to protect wheat from the pathogen causing powdery mildew disease, Blumeria graminis f. sp. tritici. They sprayed the wheat with a nanocomposite made from modified...