The technology is based on a fixed-bed adiabatic reactor which converts methanol to gasoline products such as light gasoline, heavy aromatics and LPG in one step. Industrial partners in the project are Saiding Engineering, Yunnan Coal Chemical Indsutry Group and Shanxi Coal which has developed the catalyst. CAS news release, January 29, 2016
Frost & Sullivan China: China’s pesticide market grew 2015 by 5 % and shows good chances for bio-pesticides
Until 2019, an average growth rate of about 4 % is expected to lead to a market volume of 237 billion Yuan. Since October 1, 2015, the use of methidathion, phorate, methyl isofenphos, carbofuran, chloropicrin, methyl bromide in the growth of vegetables, fruits, tea, sugarcane, and crops of Chinese herbal medicine is forbidden and will […]
Shanghai Institutes reveal molecular mechanism of Parkinson’s disease treatment by acupuncture
The Shanghai Institute of Applied Physics in cooperation with Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine showed in a Parkinson mouse model that leg acupuncture led the brain regulated the autophagy pathway of dopaminergic neurons through non-dependent pathway mTOR, which restored the impaired autophagy level, cleared the accumulation of α- synaptic nuclear protein (α-synuclein) in the […]
CAS QIBEBT team finds brown algae associated thermophilic bacteria to produce ethanol
The group around LI Fuli has isolated marine thermophilic bacteria which can produce up to 12 g/L ethanol from algin degradation products. CAS news release, January 26, 2016
CAS Chengdu Institute of Biology develops hydrolase for high activity in viscous media, application in biofuel production
The enzyme is from Mucor circinelloides and acts on viscous dispersions of potato mash, sugar cane, sweet sorghum often used for bioethanol fermentation. The patent strain has been deposited at Netherlands CBS. CAS news release, January 26, 2016
Peking institute publishes Chinese market analysis of medical materials
According to the analysis, the > 10 billion USD market which is expected to grow strongly in the future is still governed by foreign enterprises, and this was strengthened by mergers and acquisitions with Chinese companies. China Bio news release, January 26, 2016
China plans new supeercomputer
According to Xiangfei MENG, head of applications at the National Supercomputer Center, China will release a prototype in 2017 or 2018 of an exascale” computer, capable of at least a billion billion calculations per second. The exascale computer will be independently developed by the National Supercomputer Center, according to Meng, whereas only about a seventh […]
China’s Association for Life Science Institutes selcfts “2015 China Top Ten Achievements”
1. the detection of temperature receptors in rice (Qian QIAN of China National Rice Research Institute) 2. mechanism of colesterol transport into peroxisomes (Baoliang SONG, Wuhan University) 3. mechanism of somatic cell reprogramming by small molecules ( Hongkui DENG, Peking University) 4. recombinant H. pylori vaccine (Quan-ming ZOU and Ming ZENG, Chinese Academy of Food […]
China’s first cloud-based mobile health management platforms start in Wuhan.
The companies involved plan to focus first on the 3 most important diseases: 1. Hypertension (160 million people), 2. Obesity (over 200 million), and 3. Diabetes (20 million confirmed cases). The service will look for personalized management of consultation, health monitoring, health intervention, dietary guidance and sleep and psychological management. China Bio news release, January […]
CAS Institute of Oceanography completes genome sequence of the Pacific white shrimp Litopenaeus vannamei
The Pacific white shrimp Litopenaeus vannamei is the dominant crustacean species in global seafood mariculture. A group around Jianhai XIANG has now produced a genome map and a high density linkage map of this species with over 6000 high density linkage markers which will be useful in breeding. CAS news release, January 22, 2016