Low-temperature plasma stimulates astaxanthin productin in Hematococcus: CAS Hefei Institute of Material Sciences
QING Huang and colleagues at the institute have found that low-temperature plasma can stimulate the growth of Haematococcus pluvialis and astaxanthin accumulation. Transcriptomics analysis revealed that low-temperature plasma can regulate the synthesis, metabolism, and transport of hormones such as indole-3-acid (IAA), zeatin, and gibberellin (GA) through oxidative stress mechanisms, leading to enhanced growth and higher production of astaxanthin
CAS news release, February 28, 2020
Gut microbiota may help to maintain body temperature
It is known that during cold exposure animals sustain their body temperature by activating heat production from Brown Adipose Tissue (BAT), promoting "browning" of white adipose tissue. As shown in mice experiments by John R Speakman, CAS Institute of Genetics...
Chinese-French joint-venture for the development of airships
The French enterprise Flying Whales located in Suresnes has developed an airship LCA6oT (“Flying Whale”) for the transport of heavy, high-volume loads over shorter distances at low cost. The Chinese AVIC General keeps 24,9 % of shares of this company. People’s Daily...
“Internet Status Report” sees close to 40 million internet domains in China
The 43d Chinese Internet Development Status Report published in Beijing on February 28 counted over 800 million internet users and 37,9 million internet domains by the end of 2018. Net users spent an average of 27.6 hrs per week on the internet. Japan JST China news,...
Study finds abundant microplastics in Poyang Lake, China’s biggest lake
Poyang Lake, Xinjiang Province, is China’s biggest freshwater lake measuring 3500 km2. It provides a habitat for half a million migratory birds. A study investigating the microplastic pollution in water, sediment, and fish samples of Poyang Lake and supported by CAS...
Future profession “drone pilot” – the Chinese Ministry of Human Resources defines 15 new curricula
Recently, the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security has released 15 new job titles, which relate to future developments in artificial intelligence, big data and other technical advances. Examples are: Engineer for artificial intelligenceEngineer for Internet...
China plans for stratospheric photovoltaic power plants
Researchers from Chongqing University, the China Academy of Space Technology's Xi'an Branch, and Xidian University also in Xi'an have started construction of the first space base for an experimental solar power station in Chongqing. They plan to launch four to...
Putian builds “wind power island”
The city located in Fujian Province near the Taiwan strait has built 138 wind power generaters on islands sourrounding the city. Electricity generated enters the Putian power grid. Japan JST China news, February 26, 2019 © Xinhua news
Deep space exploration: China studies solar sails made from graphene
According to CHEN Yonghsheng of Nankai University, graphene can be driven by light sources such as sunlight, and the thrust generated in vacuum conditions is 1,000 times higher than that of polyimide film, studied by Western researchers for “solar sails”....
Bronchioalveolar stem cells (BASCs) assist in lung repair and regeneration: CAS Institute of Biochemistry and Cell Biology
In cooperation with CAS Guangzhou Institute of Biomedicine and Health, the group of JI Hongbin found by fate-mapping and clonbal analysis of BASCs that this cell type can become become activated by different lung injuries, and can differentiate into...
Metabolic engineering of Myceliophtora thermophila provides high titers of fumaric acid
A group around Shuying GU and Jingen LI at CAS Tianjin Institute of Industrial Biotechnology has engineered Myceliophthora thermophila using the CRISPR/Cas9 system. They introduced fumarase of Candidakrusei fumarase into M....
Chongqing Oilfield provides China with 121 million m3 of gas per day
China’s largest oil field supplies gas to over 40 Chinese cities including Xi’an and Beijing by a total of 5600 km of pipelines. In 2018, production reached over 38 billion m3, accounting for a quarter of China’s overall production. Japan JST China news, February 22,...
Beijing leads China in AI-related industry
According to a “White paper on the development of AI Industry in Beijing”, there were over 4000 AI-related companies in China by mid-2018, 1070 of which were located in Beijing. In automatic driving, 35 vehicles made by 8 companies did cover already over 63,000 km...