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As Nanjing, Jiangsu Province’s capital, was badly hurt by particulate air pollution during the past days, the origin of pollution was located in neighbouring Anhui Province. Jiangsu has established strict laws to utilize 85 % of corn stalks and subsidizes farmers to find other uses, e. g. for boiler briquettes. Anhui has not yet such […]
China’s Tianhe 2 will achieve 54,9 petaflops per second, in contrast to Oak Ridge Laboratories 17,59 petaflops. Chinese investments in this technology are considered long-term and steady. Science and Technology Daily, June 12, 2013
The basics of Chinese Traditional medicine is to understand the relationship between the state of health and answer to what” disturbs balance of human body health, not to proof the causes of “why”. In that sense, the representatives of TCM ask that astronauts will also include tests on their health based on TCM” Science and […]
Based on a combination of artificial planting technology and mycorrhiza application, the base for a systematic planting of Chinese truffles (Tuber sinoaestivum) in 10 Chinese provinces was established CAS news release, June 11, 2013
The plant will be built under a strategic alliance with ZI Base in Pudong and focus on contract manufacturing to Chinese companies developing their own drugs. China Industrial Biotech Network, June 10, 2013
A team of scientists from China Agricultural University, BGI, University of Edinburgh and others have completed the genome sequence of the duck (Anas platyrhynchos). The results spread light on the immune response towards avian influenza viruses and host-avian virus interactions. BGI News, June 10, 2013, Nature Genetics (2013), doi:10.1038/ng.2657
China has over 200 botanical gardens and arboreta, but only 66 % of native plant species and just 34 % of endangered plant species are presently protected. CUBG plans to step up these figures to 80 % and 70 %, respectively. CUBG is jointly sponsored by CAS, the State Forestry Administration, and the Ministry of […]
Based on screening of cyanobacterial strains and genetic transformation, the efficiency to produce hydrocarbons from CO2 in engineered strains was signicficantly improved, and yields of fat and hydrocarbons were improved 8 times over the wild-type strains (Anabena, Nostoc, Synechocystis, Anacystis and others). Tan Xiaoming et al, Metabolic Engineering 13, 2, 169-176, 2011.
The frog is indigenous to Yunnan and Guangxi, and the peptide is 24 amino acids long. Activity is strong against MRSA and Gram-negative pathogens CAS news release, June 7, 2013