Compared with conventional LIBs, AGDIB shows an obvious advantage in production cost (~ 50% lower), specific density (~1.3-2.0 times), and energy density (~1.6-2.8 times). It delivers a specific energy density of ~222 Wh kg−1 at a power density of 132 W kg−1, and ~150 Wh kg−1 at 1200 W kg−1, as compared to commercial LIB (~200 Wh kg−1 at 50 W kg−1, and ~100 Wh kg−1 at 1000 W kg−1) and electrochemical capacitors (~5 Wh kg−1 at 5000 W kg−1)

CAS news release, March 25, 2016

According to a White Paper on China Industrial Biotechnology 2014″ published by the Tianjin Academy of Sciences, China is now the world’s 3d largest producer of fuel bio-ethanol after the USA and Brazil. Pilot studies on the use of non-food crops are underway. China’s biodiesel capacity is estimated at about 3 – 3.5 million tons, but due to limited supply of raw materials, plant capacity is idle, and the huge market demand is presently not met”

CAS news release, March 23, 2016

Sun Yat-sen University, initiator of the program called Tianqin”, held a foundation stone laying ceremony for a 30,000-square-meter research building, a 10,000-square-meter ultra-quiet cave laboratory and a 5,000-square-meter obseravation sation on its Zhuhai campus. With an estimated cost of 15 billion yuan (2.3 billion U.S. dollars), Tianqin is scheduled to be carried out in four stages over the next 15 to 20 years, ultimately launching three high-orbit satellites to detect gravitational waves”

CAS news release, March 21, 2016

In its report on global IP applications in 2015, WIPO sees USA still in lead but observes a shift towards Japan, South Korea and China. International patent applications filed under WIPO’s Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) were up by 1.7 percent to 218,000 in 2015, the slowest growth in five years, with the United States extending its long-standing position as the top source. China’s PCT applications exceeded 29,800 in 2015, an increase of 16.8 percent, ranking third for the third year behind the United States and Japan. The three top filing companies were China’s Huawei Technologies, followed by U.S.-based Qualcomm and China’s ZTE Corp. Huawei topped the list since 2013.

CAS news release, March 21, 2016

Using CRISPR/Talen technology, homozygous cell lines for pigs producing human insulin (alanine 30 in insulin B chain exchanged for threonine) and used these cells for the generation of pigs producing human insulin only, as confirmed by HPLC and tandem mass spectroscopy.

CAS news release, March 18, 2016

The cooperation will strongly build on the competences of NextCODE Health, a spin-out of deCODE which was acquired 2015 by WuXi PharmaTech and owns an important global database on human genomics.

China Bio news release, March 17, 2016

The Zhuzhou Institute of China Railway Rolling Stock Co. (CRRC) has developed a control system with expanded bandwidth and microsecond speed which perform 60 times faster as compared to present systems. CRRC expects that the new system could help the firm to compete with foreign rivals in the international market.

CAS news release, March 16, 2016

As mentioned by a rocket designer who is also a national legislator, the China Sanjiang Space Group (CSSG) plans to launch a Kuaizhou-11, the company’s latest carrier rocket, in a commercial launch in 2017.

CAS news release, March 16, 2016

Using recombinant aromatic decarboxylases expressed in E. coli, various phenol derivatives could be carboxylated in the presence of KHCO3 and salt-forming quaternary ammonium salts to the corresponding hydroxy-benzoic acids such as salicylic acid in yields up to 97 %.

CAS news release, March 15, 2016

Chlorella strains were screened which are nitrite-tolerant, and an efficient bioreactor was developed. After a stepwise optimization of mixotrophic cultivation of Chlorella using actual flue gas fixed salts (FGFS), an impressive DeNOx efficiency of over 96%, along with a biomass productivity of 9.87 g L-1 d-1 and a significantly high bio-lipid productivity of 1.83 g L-1 d-1, were obtained.

CAS news release, March 14, 2016

Using a two-phase composite aluminum-ceramic interface, commercial blue chip ceramic LED lamp beads were obtained which reached a color temperature of the lamp beads of 4500K with a luminous efficiency of 107 lm/W

CAS news release, March 10, 2016

The group of YANG Sheng at CAS SIBS has succeeded to improve ABE solvent titers to nearly 22 g/L by enhancing biotin biosynthic pathways. These yields exceed wild-type strains by > 30 %.

CAS news release, March 10, 2015

The robots, one six-legged and the other wheeled with a loading capacity of 8 kg and 80 kg respectively, can measure wind speed, air pressure, humidity, sand vibration and wind erosion. They are equipped with solar panels, use microwaves to relay data over an area of 25 kilometers and can run for one hour

CAS news release, March 9, 2016

Wei CHEN, Director of the Academy of Military Medical Sciences, has forwarded proposals to form a China Cosmetics Testing Center focused on alternatives to animal testing, and to strengthen standardization and application of alternative test methods.

China Bio news release, March 9, 2016

The probe is expected to reach Mars in 2021 after a flight of seven to ten months. Scientists have started making technological preparations for communications between the probe and Earth, possible landing and roving on the Mars, and how to deal with the planet’s extreme environment.

CAS news release, March 7, 2015

In „135“ (the present five-years plan), China will push even more for an innovation-driven development and commercial exploitation of academic research. The value of technology transactions in China amounted to 983.5 billion yuan (about 150 bln U.S. dollars) in 2015, up 14.7 percent year on year, and statistics from the Ministry of Science showed 16 pilot areas implementing a combined technology and finance” program, including Shanghai and Chongqing, have loaned more than 1.2 trillion yuan to middle and small enterprises for scientific research investment.”

CAS news release, March 7, 2016

The graphene-based material can perceive slight pressure changes and has excellent sensing characteristics and stability. It is investigated as „wearable electronic skin“ in medical and other applications.

CAS news release, March 4, 2016

The plan is an answer of slow economic growth in Heilongjian and Jilin and will attempt to counter the economic downturn and an ever increasing population in this North-East region of China. A highway and railway connection between the cities is already under construction

CAS news release,March 4, 2016

The enzyme which is important for the synthesis of various drugs (APIs) has been derived from Chryseobacterium sp. CA49 and, by protein design, been improved to stand 65 C for 15 d at > 95 % residual activity as compared to the wild type enzyme which has a half-live of only 12 min under these conditions.

CAS news release, March 2, 2016

The increase of operating income increased by 20 % compared to 2014. Meihua is among the three companies which govern 80 % of the Chinese MSG market. In addition to MSG, the company also is a major producer of threonine and lysine.

Meihua 2015 Annual Report