CAS QIBEBT reviews lignocellulose biotransformation by “consolidated biological saccharification” (CBS)
The team of CUI Qiu at CAS Qingdao Institute of Bioenergy and Process Technology (QIBEBT) has reviewed a process for biomass to sugar conversion developed in their own and other groups. The strategy employs cellulosome-producing microorganisms as a biocatalyst to enhance lignocellulose solubilization and produces lignocellulose-derived fermentable sugars as a platform product for fermentations aiming at various products.
CAS news release, March 3, 2020
Zhejiang province approaches completion of 50 unit windfarm at Yushan Island
The total number of wind power generators will be 50, 32 for 4.5 MW and 18 for 4 MW. The total installed capacity thus is 261 MW, and annual power generation after completion in September 2020 will be 870 million kWh. A 220 kV submarine transmission cable with a...
Shanghai Financial Court starts to operate AI-based “Smart interpreter system”
The system uses the latest AI product 笔译 (bi yi) https://baike.baidu.com/item/笔译 and can perform simultaneous interpretation in over 20 languages in the form of speech and text. According to the court, the introduction of the system removes the anxiety that...
Taiwan’s Biobank aims at 200,000 human genomes by 2024
According to the Biobank’s PI LEE Techang, the Taiwan Biobank, founded 2012 by the Academia Sinica, has collected gene samples from 120,000 generally healthy Taiwan residents aged from 30 to 70 and finished whole-genome genotyping of 100,000. The biobank also...
China Central TV reports on 10 major science achievements in 2019
During a broadcast event on December 17, the following achievements were celebrated: On January 3, 2019, Chang’e-4 spacecraft landed at 177.6 degrees east longitude and 45.5 degrees south latitude on the back of the moon; pictures are transmitted by relay satellite...
China National Nuclear Co. starts 3,000 m deep drilling project for uranium
The CUSD2-1 project will be realiszed in the Xiangshan Uranium Mine in Jiangxi. China's largest volcanic-type uranium ore field, the Xiangshan ore field, plays a very important role in safeguarding uranium resources in China. At present, the exploration of this ore...
China’s natural gas production increased to 173.3 billion cubic meters in 2019
Newly confirmed oil reserves increased by 25% to 1.2 billion tons, and natural gas increased by 68% to 1.4 trillion cubic meters. Crude oil production amounted to 191 million tons, breaking away from the continuous decline since 2016. Production of shale gas, coal...
Science popularization programs in China attracted 892 million visitors in 2018
According to the Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST), the number of people who participated in nationwide science popularization programs reached 892 million, 15.8% more than 2017. By the end of 2018, the country had 1,461 science and technology centers and...
Tianjin University team develops “brain whisperer”, a brain-computer interface for writing
A cap picks up electroencephalograph (EEC) signals and sends them to a computer. Brain patterns, which carry the user's intent, are decoded by an algorithm on the device. Eventually, the information is converted into instructions and triggers an action. Using this...
Chengdu Spaceon Electronics Co. announces “Beidou Xinhe”, a wearable ECG monitoring product
The "Beidou Xinhe" electrocardiograph is suitable for early arrhythmia screening, chronic disease, and daily ECG monitoring of postoperative patients. On the user-side, it does sensing + data transmission storage + AI interpretation. The ECG data are processed by AI...
CAS releases catalogue of biological resources
The open-access catalog of biological resources has collected more than 7 million pieces of biological resources data from 76 biological resources libraries in 40 research institutes of the CAS, including biological specimens, plant resources, biological genetic...
BGI joins genome program of United Arab Emirates
Within the program, large-scale genomic data will be collected to establish a health care system with predictable, preventative and individual-based medical treatment for the citizens of the UAE. Coordinator is the Abu Dhabi-based Group 42. Xinhua, December 12,...
CAS team develops AttentiveHerb, a neural-network-based algorithm for TCM prescriptions
A team around LIU Zhi (CAS Shenyang) and QI Liang (Qingdao University of Science and Technology) has developed a neural-network based system to simulating a doctor's inquiry and his prescription that is composed by a series of herbs. It can automatically simulate...