Window to China
Acording to Bloomberg, China bought 90,000 robots in 2016, nearly 1/3d of all robots sold that year. According tot he International Federation of Robotics, this number will nearly double to 160,000 in 2019. China still lags behind regarding robot density, with about 50 robots for every 10,000 workers, compared to the global average of about […]
In a human-computer interaction demonstration experiment, a woodpecker-like sampling robot equipped with convolution neural networks (CNNs) was able to communicate with an astronaut who directed the robot by hand gestures. CAS news release, August 24, 2017
The association has 86 members, of which 36 form a standing committee. The main task is to promote the clinical implementation of precision medicine. Within three years, 30 provincial and 300 urban stem cell laboratories will be built, in addition to a national cell repository, a national precision medicine database and a national cell therapy […]
China’s most important train connection between Beijing and Shanghai will be served at a top speed of 350 km/h starting from Sept. 21, 2017, reducing the travel time to about four and a half hours for this 1300 km distance. The new Fuxing trains (“Renaissance”) have more arm and leg room, offer free Wi-Fi and […]
Die geräumigen Züge mit freiem Internetzugang und Elektroanschluß an jedem Sitz fahren ab sofort 10 Stationen im Raum Peking – Tianjin – Hebei an und bedienen ab 21. September 2017 auch Chinas Hauptstrecke Peking – Shanghai. Sie benötigen dann für die 1300 km Distanz 4 1/2 Stunden. Das Schnellbahnnetz Chinas ist mit 22000 km das […]
China produces annually over 100 million tons of sweet potato, 80 % of the world’s harvest. The plant’s genome is hexaploid. By phylogenetic tree analysis of homologous chromosomes, it was shown that about 500,000 years ago, a diploid and a tetraploid ancestor formed an interspecific hybrid leading to todays crop. The team used Illumina sequencing […]
China ist der weltgrößte Produzent von Antibiotika, und diese werden auch reichlich verordnet oder auch ohne Rezept eingenommen, wie kürzlich an der Belastung des Urins von Schulkindern nachgewiesen wurde. Auch in der Landwirtschaft werden Antibiotika häufig unkontrolliert eingesetzt. Eine Untersuchung von Yongguan ZHU vom Institute of Urban Environment der CAS in Xiamen am Metagenom von […]
Due to hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection, fungal food poisoning and other factors, there is a relatively high level of liver failure in China leading to a high mortality rate. The group of Hui Lijian at CAS Shanghai Institute of Biochemistry and Cell Biology http://www.sibcb.ac.cn/ePI.asp?id=124 has developed an extracorporal bio-artificial liver on the basis of […]
In 2015, the government has initiated a graphene industry technology innovation strategic alliance”, which has 53 members. The alliance is concerned with graphene technology, standards, patent issues, international cooperation and industry support and guidance. The 2016 annual report of the alliance concludes that at present some of the graphene companies have the ability to produce […]
Jianxing GENG from the CAS Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry and colleagues have developed a non-burning polyimide foam that is strong enough to support a beaker of liquid weighing 6kg, but light enough to balance on a rose. Its flame-retardant properties come from 2% of red phosphorus-hybridised graphene produced by ball milling. The tiny phosphorus […]