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The centers involved are 1. the Second Military Medical University, 2. Fudan University, 3. Chinese Academy of Military Medical Sciences, and 4. CAS Shanghai Institutes of Biological Sciences. The focus is on hepatitis B and liver carcinoma. Science and Technology Daily, August 31, 2012
Project Chief Expert is Dr MA Long-Long of CAS Tianjin Center of Industrial Biotechnology. Dr MA Yanhe, Vice Director of this Institute, opened the meeting. The program has two parts: “preparation of cellulose enzyme degrading enzyme systems”, and integration and optimization of a high temperature fermentation system for cellulose-based liquid fuels”.” CAS Tianjin Centre of Industrial Biotechnology press release, August 30, 2012
The collection comprises nearly 16.000 strains of which over 10.000 are characterized by membrane lipids, physiological and chemical methods. Bioindustry China news release, August 29, 2012
Shanxi Province has over 800.000 ha of apple farmland. Instead of pesticide use or manual bagging, the Institute is developing large-scale application of fulvic acid, a humic acid component, for fruit protection during growth and ripening Institute of Enzyme Engineering press release, August 28, 2012
The resulting material has excellent mechanical properties and is biocompatible. Ning WANG et al., Applied Surface Science, Available online 24 July 2012,
Much of this work on Gossypium raimondii work was done at the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences in Anyang and at BGI in Shenzen and provides a good reference for accelerating the genomic research on tetraploid cotton species such as G. hirsutum and G. barbadense Kunbo WANG et al., Nature Genetics (2012) published online 26 August 2012
The composition is made up from the shell’s CaCO3 and micro/nano-hierarchical structures. Xueli LIU et al, Advanced Materials Volume 24, Issue 25, pages 3401–3405, July 3, 2012
http://www.iop.cas.cn/xwzx/kydt/201208/P020120827554751402755.pdf
According to the Chinese Association for Science and Technology, “scientific literacy” is 4,8 % for urban workers but only 1,5 % for farmers. The program aims to reach a 5 % average by 2015. “Museums” will contain 15-20 pieces of interactive science exhibits, 10 computers, 1000 books and 1 set of projection equipment at a cost of 300.000 RMB, and the first 200 will be built by 2013. Science and Technology Daily, August 27, 2012
Industrial customers are in petroleum exploration, animation and rendering, biomedicine, high-end equipment manufacturing design and simulation and geographic information. CAS uses Tianhe 1 for, e. g., solar cell crystalline silicon molecular simulations. Science and Technology Daily, August 26, 2012