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The groups around Guoqiang XU and Xindang MU at CAS QIBEBT have developed a process whereby biomass-derived biofuels such as ethanol and butanol can be transformed in a one-pot chemical reaction with > 90 % selectivity to C8-C19 ketones and alcohols which have biofuel characteristics. A Pd-C catalyst was used for this reaction. CAS news […]
Three unmanned deep sea devices oft he type Haidou descended over 10,000 meters underwater and completed sea tests in the Pacific. China is the third country after Japan and the United States to build submersibles capable of reaching depths in excess of 10,000 meters. Scientists forecast that China will have a manned submersible capable of […]
The Wuhan Institute of Rock and Soil Mechanics has completed a project to provide equipment for soil remediation technology targeted at typical industrial pollution sites. Three kinds of phosphate-based heavy metal contaminated soils were studied. An electrodynamic chemical remediation technology and a volatile organic matter-directed hot-steam technology were optimized. China Bio news release, December 28, […]
The group of HANG Tao and QIAO Botao from Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics (DICP) synthesized a ZnO nanowire supporting a Rh single-atom catalyst. The Rh1/ZnOnw single-atom catalyst was used for hydroformylation of olefins with remarkable activity under mild reaction conditions. CAS news release, December 29, 2016
The tree shrew, a small mammal that looks like a squirrel, shares a higher degree of similarities with humans than rats do. The group around Ping ZHENG has developed methods to introduce cell surface markers into spermatogonial stem cells of this animal and will continue by knock-out experiments using this methodology. CAS news release, December […]
The BeiDou network consisting of 35 satellites for global navigation will be complete by 2020 and start services. Basic services to countries along the Silk Road economic belt and 21st-century maritime Silk Road will start in 2018, and be continuously enhanced as a BeiDou-2 system in the next five years. CAS news release, December 27, […]
According to BBC research, the global gene sequencing market grew from US $ 8 million in 2007 to approximately US $ 4.5 billion in 2013 and will reach approximately US $ 11.7 billion by 2018. At present, Illumina holds over 70 % of the market share. China Bio news release, December 26, 2016
The China Remote Sensing Satellite North Pole Ground Station began trial operations in Kiruna in Sweden, The station is China’s first ground satellite receiving station overseas. CAS news release, December 19, 2016
A demonstration project of 200,000-kilowatt HTGR nuclear power station was started construction in Rongcheng, Shangdong Province, in 2012 and will start work by the end of 2017. The 600,000-kilowatt HTGR nuclear power station is designed to adopt six reactor modules which connect a single steam turbine, with the generating efficiency reaching 43.7%. China has signed […]
The construction of China’s first domestic-built polar research vessel and icebreaker in Shanghai is expected to give a boost to the nation’s polar expedition efforts. The vessel is scheduled to be completed in 2019, when it is expected to team-up with research vessel and icebreaker Xuelong (Snow Dragon). The vessel will be 122.5 meters long […]