Improved ecosystem at China’s largest saltwater lake, Qinghai lake
After launching a project in 2008 with expenditures of 226 million US$, the 4.500 km2 lake in Qinghai Province increased in size, and bird and fish species increased.
CAS news release, March 4, 2020
Smart trash collecting machine in Nanjing offers “cash for trash”
In order to encourage residents to separate trash, Nanjing City has introduced “trash banks” that integrate functions such as face recognition, remote monitoring, and trash disposal. The residents first perform face recognition, and then sort out the trash. The system...
854 million internet users in China, half of them on broadband, and over 5 million websites
According to the China Internet Development Report 2019, the internet penetration rate in China in June 2019 had reached 61.2%, with 854 million users. The number of websites was 5.18 million. The number of Internet users in China is 854 million and the Internet...
China Huaneng Co. builds 3d generation nuclear reactors “Hualong 1”
The pressurized water reactor is claimed to rest on China’s own IP and meets the latest nuclear safety standards. So far, the company has built 4 units of this reactors in the 1 GW class. Japan JST China news, October 21, 2019
CAS Institute of Microbiology develops new microdroplet reaction screening device, coupled to cell sorting by FACS
The nanodrop system achieves nanoliter volume addition of different reagent components through high-precision micro-volume control. It is compatible with 96 and 384-well plates and can be programmed according to the pre-filled mineral oil plate. The minimum volume...
China discovers 1 billion ton class new oil field in Gyeongsang, Shaanxi Province
The newly confirmed recoveries are 358 million tons, and expected reserves amount to 693 million tons. China Petroleum also announced that in the Sichuan Basin shale gas survey, cumulative confirmed reserves amounted to 1,061.03 billion cubic meters. This...
China shows first pictures of mars rover
© CGTN 2019 On Oct. 11, a first glance at China’s Mars rover was released. It is planned to be launched in 2020 and land on Mars in 2021. China Global Televsion Networks, Oct. 11, 2019
Strain-engineered bacterial consortium drives fuel cell
A group at the Institute of Microbiology of CAS has described a novel microbial fuel cell. Genetically modified cyanobacteria assimilate CO2 in visible light to form D-lactic acid, which they cannot utilize and excrete into the medium. A second microorganism,...
Silk-based composite membrane designed for salinity-gradient power plants
"Osmosis power plants" could use the potential difference between salt water and fresh water, e.g. in the estuaries of large rivers, to generate electrical energy by reverse electrodialysis. Liping WEN and colleagues from the Institute for Physics and Chemistry at CAS...
Shanghai: AI-directed „customized bus” service for commuters
In an attempt to provide better commuting services for office workers, Shanghai residents in some places can now reserve a seat in a customized bus, with a one-click reservation on their mobile phone via Alipay. The price is 18 ¥, about 1/10 the...
More than 300 traditional medicinal plants recorded in the Wuliang Mountains, Yunnan
In the course of an ethnobotanical study, a team under CAI Chuantao as the principal investigator assessed the utilization of traditional medicinal plants by local people in Jingdong, Yunnan Province. The team from CAS Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden recorded...
China was largest investor in renewable energy in the past 10 years
According to a summary of Japan's Agency of Science and Technology (JST) of the "Renewables 2019 - Global Status Report" https://wedocs.unep.org/handle/20.500.11822/28496 investments over the past 10 years in renewables were as follows China 758 billion...
China presents first 10MW offshore wind power generator
The equipment is produced by Dongfang Electric who is the first manufacturer in China and the second in the world to obtain a 10MW large offshore wind generator with IEC design certificate. The generator will be installed in Xinghua Bay's offshore wind farm, Fujian...