China’s spallation neutron source reaches design beam power
The neutron diffraction device, operated by CAS Institute of High Energy Physics and located in Dongguan, Guangdong Province, has reached its design beam power of 100 kW. In September 2018, the CSNS ran with a power of 20 KW. Its operating beam power had reached 50 KW in January 2019 and 80 KW in October 2019.
With its beam power gradually increasing, the CSNS exceeded its user operation target in 2019 with a total of 4,576 hours.
CAS news release, March 5, 2020
About 3300 companies from China and overseas exhibited at the 21st High-Tech Fair in Shenzhen
On an exhibition area exceeding 140,000 square meters, more than 3300 exhibitors from China and about 100 nations exhibited over 10,000 projects. Apart from the main venue of the Shenzhen Exhibition Center, three sub-venues focused on Human Resources...
Faux mother of pearl diaphragm improves impact resistance of lithium batteries
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China will have over 130,000 G5 base stations installed by the end of 2019
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Chinese NMPA approves Alzheimer drug based on gut microbiota improvement
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China experiments with trash valuation
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China leads the world in patent applications
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State Council publishes National Plan to Contain AIDS
On 13 October, the State Council published a national plan for the control and containment of AIDS for the years 2019-2022 (《遏制艾滋病传播实施方案（2019-2022年）》). The responsible ministry is the National Health Commission (NHC 卫健委), and nine other ministries or departments...
Chloroplast DNA barcoding tell Chinese drug from adulterants
Researchers from the Chinese Academy of Sciences have successfully employed genetic barcoding to tell original drugs of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) from adulterants. Extracts of Drynaria roosii Nakaike are traditionally used in China for the treatment...
Beijing’s R&D spending is at 6.17% of GDP
Beijing, the center of science and technology innovation nationwide, makes science and technology innovation the most important activity. Beijing has a particularily strong R&D system in terms of scientific research management, performance evaluation, rights and...
Ministry of Agriculture issues stricter rules for veterinary drug residues in food
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Sanjiang Group and Vipioneers launch unmanned truck for opencast mines
The truck measures 10.2 meters long, 5.4 meters wide and five meters tall, and has a carrying capacity of 110 tonnes. It can plan its mission and route for itself, load and unload automatically, and drive by itself. The new unmanned mining truck features integrated...
Anhui Tomorrow Hydrogen Technology Co. launches hydrogen fuel cell stacks
The company’s http://www.mth2.com technology was licensed from CAS Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics. The fuel cells are claimed to have small size, low cost, light weight and good low temperature adaptability. The volumetric specific power is 3.0 kW/L. In addition...