Giant panda: a vegetarian with a digestive tract of a carnivore

A new study by ZHANG Wenping, a Panda specialist at Sichuan University in Chengdu, has shown, by metagenome sequencing of the Panda’s gut microbiota, that it is not the Panda microbiota which would make a major contribution to his nutrition by degrading of cellulose...

Thrombin loaded DNA origami fight cancer – animal experiments

The groups of Baoquan DING and colleagues at the National Center for Nanoscience and Technology (NCNST) in Beijing and of Hao YAN at Arizona State University have constructed DNA origami decorated with a DNA aptamer which specifically binds to nucleolin, a protein...

China-US team explores „nanorobots“ to seek and destroy tumors

The groups of Baoquan DING and colleagues at the National Center for Nanoscience and Technology (NCNST) in Beijing and of Hao YAN at Arizona State University have constructed DNA origami decorated with a DNA aptamer which specifically binds to nucleolin, a protein...

Hainan Airlines: first transpacific passenger flight using biofuel

Hainan Airlines flight HU497 departed from Beijing Capital Airport on Nov. 21 and landed 11 hrs later at Chicago O’Hare airport in the USA. It carried 186 passengers and 15 crew members. The biofuel used (Sinopec No. 1 jet fuel) was processed from coconut, palm,...