Artificial fusion proteins enhance methanol bioconversion

Methanol produced from coal is a key raw material in coal-rich China. A team around SUN Jibing at CAS Tianjin Institute of Industrial Biotechnology constructed fusion proteins of ribulose monophosphate pathway enzymes. The fusion engineering strategy enhanced methanol...

Electrochemical synthesis of ammonia: an improved catalyst at USTC

A team around Jie ZENG at CAS University of Science and Technology has found a MOF catalyst which supports the electrochemical synthesis of ammonia from nitrogen. When sulfhydryl compounds were added to a highly dispersed nitrogen-coordinated monoatomic ruthenium...

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...