Window to China
The Xiangfeng (Flying Phoenix) is a 90-passenger capacity twin-engine jet, with a standard range of 2,220 kilometers. Shanghai-based Commercial Aircraft Corp. of China (COMAC), which was bought by Chengdu Airlines, says it has received more than 300 orders from 19 airlines, including three from the Republic of Congo. China is the world’s largest civil aviation […]
According to a survey by Fortune Securities, the market size was 4,5 billion USD in 2013 and will reach 11,7 billion USD in 2018, an annual growth rate of over 20 %. , Chinese enterprises are mainly concentrated in the middle and lower sequencing services, but there is a tendency towards extending upstream. The 4 […]
The center is located in the Waigaoqiao Free Trade Zone with a total investment of 300 million Yuan. The center will also become involved in services and sales of medical equipment in the bio-engineering field. China Bio news release, November 30, 2015
According to presentations and interviews at China’s Summit on Health, the number of elderly Chinese over 60 is now > 200 million and will compose 35 % of the Chinese population by 2050 or more than 500 million people (WHO forecast). As a consequence, the proportion of chronic diseases will increase. At the same time, […]
The aim of the expedition is to collect information and improve the ability to forecast El Nino in China. With 30 science experts in biology, chemistry, geology and physical geography, exploration of ocean gravity and magnetism will be conducted, and seismic data will be collected. The research vessel Kexue (Science”) weighs 4,711 tonnes, has a […]
A team around ZHANG Pumin from Beijing Proteome Research Center and several universities and military universities modified porcine albumin into human albumin and used CRISPR technology to express this gene in pigs. Approximately 300 embryos were implanted in 10 female pigs, of which five pigs gave birth to 16 cubs. The cubs showed no signs […]
The group of CUI Zheng at SINANO has integrated a bluetooth chip and a signal amplification circuit in a skin-like flexible polymer using printed nanosilver ink for interconnection and sensors and a paper battery as actuators. The system can monitor phyiological parameters of the human body and connect wireless with smartphone devices or the internet. […]
After feeding a synthetic polymer PEDOT-S through the stem to roses, the polymer was absorbed by the vascular system and allowed to transmit electrical signals without interference in water and nutrient delivery. When the outside voltage was changed, the color of the rose could be changed. CAS news release, November 23, 2015
The group of LI Jinsong from CAS SIBS in Shanghai promoted cell division of a mature egg through chemical means and created a line of cells. After modifying one cell by removing two genes, they injected the cell into another egg as part of artificial fertilization process. More than 15 out of 100 embryos finally […]
Within a project for the Central Asian distribution of medicinal plant resources used in traditional medicine, 11 kinds of characteristic plant resources were identified with 24 new compounds, and a rapid and efficient separation technology was established to identify novel terpenoids and alkaloids. China Bio news release, November 20, 2015