Pangoline genome may provide clues to human skin immunity

A team around Siew Woh Choo at Xi’an’s Jiaotong – Liverpool University http://www.xjtlu.edu.cn/en/ has sequenced the pangolin genome. Pangolins selective diet of ants and their poor immunity makes it difficult to keep them in captivity, they are an...

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...