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 museums that specialized in popularizing science.
Xinhua news release, December 12, 2019
China’s first remote greenhouse gas sensing observatory starts operation in Hefei
The observatory operates a ground-based high-resolution Fourier transform spectrometer and measures the amount of carbon dioxide, methane, carbon monoxide, nitrous oxide and other trace gases in the Earth's atmosphere. The station is part of an international network...
Group at CAS QIBEBT prepares biohybrid packaging material with shape retention from cross-linked cellulose
The groups of JIANG Yijun and WU Pingwei have crosslinked paper and regenerated cellulose to a composite (RCP) which showed unexpected mechanical strength at dry (tensile strength: 76 MPa, toughness at break: 7 MJ/m-1) and wet conditions (tensile strength: 13 MPa,...
China Dairy Association strives for high-quality infant formula milk
The association has just released A2β-casein gene screening technology which allows to select for this trait in cow breeding. A2β-casein is closest o breast milk. It is easy to be digested and absorbed by the body, and has a better somatosensory quality. Modern dairy...
Multi-centered study shows that oceans are warming rapidly
A joint study of 2 institutes of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, the People’s Liberation Army and a US group based on data on ocean heat content collected since 1970 show that oceans have warmed consistently. Below 100-m depth in the Atlantic and Southern Ocean, and...
Jindong Pharmaceuticals and Donghua Software cooperate on „wisdom hospital“ internet health services
The services will include pre-clinical disease prevention, registration, mobile payment, report view, electronic prescription, drug sales distribution, follow-ups, rehabilitation guidance, etc. The concept is to help physical hospital out of geographical distance...
CAS Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry synthesizes “Janus particles” on a large scale
“Janus particles” are defined by controllable topological and chemical anisotropy. In their study, Shutao WANG and colleagues chose a typical oil-in-water emulsion system, styrene (St) and divinyl benzene (DVB) in water emulsion, into which hydrophilic monomer (such...
Beijing consortium finds poly(oxime-urethanes) to be „recyclable polymers“
The team from CAS and Peking University observed that oxime-carbamate structures were reversible at about 100 °C through oxime-enabled transcarbamoylation via a thermally dissociative mechanism. Using this observation, they produced polyurethane-like...
CAS SIBS develops efficient genome editing system for Corynebacterium glutamicum
The group of YANG Sheng at CAS SIBS Key Laboratory of Synthetic Biology developed a a Francisella novicida CRISPR-Cpf1-based genome-editing method for C. glutamicum. Using CRISPR-Cpf1, combined with single-stranded DNA (ssDNA) recombineering, small changes could be...
CAS QIBEBT reviews advances in “energy plants” for biomass to fuel transformation
CAS QIBEBT, Nankai University and others have reached a milestone in developing new energy plants which provide high yields of biomass on marginal land. Among over 30 plants studied, Miscanthus, Caragana and Amaranthus proved best suited and were planted on five test...
China claims to produce 75 % of globally cultivated edible fungi
According to LI Yu, Chinese Academy of Engineering, China in 2015 produced over 34 million tons of edible fungi in about 600 factories, with a value of some 3 billion USD. Top varieties are Flammulina velutipes (Enokitake), Pleurotus eryngii (king trumpet mushroom)...
China had 156 national high-tech zones in 2016
The high-tech zones are considered a major engine to China’s economic growth. By 2016, close to 4,300 spaces provided services for more than 120,000 enterprises, attracting investment of 5.5 billion yuan, and operating revenues were 27.9 trillion yuan (4 trillion U.S....
MicroPort Scientific signs contract with US Zenomics on “smart patch” insulin device
The smart insulin patch" consists of hundreds of microneedles which store insulin and contain glucose sensors. When the blood glucose level is too high, the microneedles will automatically release insulin, resulting in a hypoglycemic effect. The device was invented by...