CAS Dalian Institute of Chemical Technology (DICP) develops nanoreactor for electrochemical nitrogen fixation
The teams of LIU Jian at CAS DICP and LIANG Kun at the Institute of Superconducting and Electronic Materials, University of Wollongong, Australia, have tried defect engineered iron doping for electrocatalytic nitrogen fixation. Using an iron-doped Wolfram18049 catalyst in a nanoreactor, they achieved 24.7 μg / (h * mgcat) yields of NH3 and 20.0% Faraday efficiency at ambient temperature.
CAS news release, February 27, 2020
Solar energy to methanol pilot plant opened in Lanzhou
The project initiated by LI Can of CAS Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics combines hydrogen production by electrocatalytic water splitting with highly selective, carbon dioxide hydrogenation to methanol. Energy consumption is reduced to 4.0-4.2 kWh / m3 hydrogen....
Quantum satellite “Micius” successfully tested for quantum communication
China's quantum satellite QUESS (Quantum Experiments at Space Scale, nickname Micius), jointly developed by the University of Science and Technology of China, QuantumCTek Co., Ltd. and the Jinan Institute of Quantum Technology, was successfully linked up with a mobile...
Chinese consortium launches 10,000 protists genome program
The joint program of CAS Institute of Hydrobiology, Tibet University, Henan Agricultural University, CAAS Lanzhou Veterinary Research Institute, CAS Beijing Institute of Genomics and Huazhong University of Science and Technology starts out with over 3,000 species of...
Chinese hospital masters 3D printed tantalum knee implants
The incidence of osteoarthritis among Chinese is about 2.2 to 3.5 percent, with an upward trend. The First Hospital affiliated to Army Medical University (AMU) so far has conducted 27 clinical trials on knee implants based on customized 3D-printed porous...
State Power Investment and CCRC introduce China’s first hydrogen bus
Total length of the bus is 12 meters, hydrogen loading time is 15 minutes, and cruising range is over 600 km. Energy conversion efficiency is 53-55%, three times that of an internal combustion engine. The engine comprises a fuel cell system with an engine rated output...
Top scientific honors awarded to HUANG Xuhua and ZENG Qingcun
China's highest ranked scientific award, the State Eminent Science and Technology Award, has been given to an engineer and a meteorologist. HUANG Xuhu played a key role in China's nuclear submarine development. In December 1970, China launched Long March I,...
China’s surface water quality improves
MA Ting and ZHOU Chenghu from the CAS Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research have analyzed COD and nitrogen pollution across surface waters in China during a 15 year period. They conclude that concentrations of these two pollution parameters...
China Meteorological Administration releases “One Belt, One Road” urban weather service network
Through the public website http://ydyl.cma.gov.cn/ , 137 cities and regions along the belt and road can be accessed for a five-day weather forecast. Temperature, wind direction, wind speed, precipitation, etc. are updated every 12 hours. The...
CAS Shenyang Institute of Automation achieves first success in solar sail technology
The solar sail is a spacecraft powered by the reflected light pressure of the sun on the film. It does not consume additional chemical fuel during the voyage. Features are a small mass, low cost, low power consumption, and long range. “Tianfan-1" is a solar sail...
“Gene-edited baby” researcher HE Jiankui sentenced to prison
HE Jiankui, former associate professor with the Southern University of Science and Technology, was convicted of illegal medical practice in a first-instance trial held in a district court in south China's Shenzhen City, Guangdong Province. He was sentenced to three...
China Railway Corp opens 174 km high-speed railway line for 2022 winter Olympics
The railway line links Beijing to Zhangjiakou in Hebei province, co-host city for the 2022 winter games. With a maximum design speed of 350 km/h, the travel time between Beijing and Zhangjiakou will be shortened from more than 3 hours to 47 minutes. There will be 10...
Shandong Province starts hot water supply for heating by a nuclear power plant in Yantai
The Haiyang Nuclear Power Station in Yantai has initiated hot water supply to households, substituting hot water generated in a coal-based thermal power generator. It will initially provide heating for an area of 700,000 m2, covering the dormitories of its employees...