Beijing launches 4300 5G base stations

Beijing has delivered close to 6000 5G base stations to three telecommunication operators by the end of May, 2019. According to Beijing Youth Daily newspaper, 4300 of these stations were already installed in Beijing’s urban core areas such as the new airport, the...

CAS Fujian Institute improves low-cost rare earth extraction process

The group of SUN Xiaoqi from CAS Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter has developed a new method for the isolation of rare earth metals from softening ammonia sulfate wastewater produced during bastnasite ammonia sulfate roasting. Based on alkyl...

CAS Dalian research group turns syngas into high-quality gasoline

The group of PAN Xiulian and BAO Xinhe have developed a new ZnMnOx-zeolite catalyst which allows for selective syngas conversion to mixed light olefins with a high selectivity. The transformation of syngas to gasoline had a selectivity of 77% at 20% CO conversion and...

ZTE opens cybersecurity laboratory in Rome, allows source code review

ZTE is a major international provider of telecommunications gears, competing with Huawei, Ericsson and Nokia for clients such as mobile operators. Its Rome laboratory, opened May 21, aims to provide global customers, regulators and other stakeholders with security...

Mars simulation camp opens in NW China

The purpose of the “Mars Base 1 Camp” in Jinchang City, Gansu Province, is to popularize science and promote interest in space exploration. Xinhua, April 19, 2019 © Xinhua/Fan Peishen

A systematic study of aromatic hydrocarbon superconductivity

ZHONG Guohua at the CAS Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology (SIAT) identified a unique superconducting phase with Tc in the range of 5K-7K for all aromatic hydrocarbons. The origin of a low-Tc phase was ascribed to low density of states at Fermi level induced...