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The “Zhongqiu 1 Well” in the Kucha depression at the intersection of the Tarim Basin and the South Tianshan orogenic belt has become the main area for the construction of the 30 million-ton oil and gas field in the Tarim Oilfield. According to China Economic Net, 100 billion cubic meters of condensate may be buried there. […]
The manned submarine developed by Shanghai Ocean University and West Lake University has reportedly exceeded twice a depth of 10.000 m during diving tests. Japan JST China news release, December 13, 2018
The lunar probe launched on Dec. 8 was decelerated to orbit the moon and choose an appropriate time for landing at the distant side of the moon. The scientific tasks, apport from surveying terrain and landforms, will be on low-frequency radio astronomical observation. Low-frequency radio observation on the front side of the moon is not very […]
According to a statement of China Great Wall Industry Co., the company will start construction of a satellite system Hongyan which will allow users access to their exact position accurate to about 10 centimeters in less than one minute, no matter where they are, The Beidou system will obtain basic positioning data and then transmit it […]
The distributed digital control system DCS can supervise up to 200 nuclear reactors and initiate automatic shut-down in case of problems. The system was developed in China and is considered there as the safest control system hitherto developed. China at present operates 44 nuclear power plants and has 13 more under construction. Japan JST China […]
The Chengdu Literature Information Center and the Guangzhou Institute of Biomedicine and Health, both under the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), have published a website “Stem Cell Innovation Engine”, http://stemcell.kmcloud.ac.cn, which tries to cover much of the present knowledge on stem cell technology. The website is bilingual (English-Chinese) but navigation in English is cumbersome. CAS news release, […]
WANG Feng and colleagues have used a typical dilute fermentation broth of Clonstridium acetobutylicum containing ABE (acetone–butanol–ethanol–water) and transformed the mixture to 4-heptanone (4-HPO), using tin-doped ceria (Sn-ceria) as a Guerbet-catalyst. Selectivity was as high as 86%. Water (up to 27 wt%), detrimental to the reported catalysts for ABE conversion, was beneficial for producing 4-HPO, highlighting the feasibility […]
Zhejiang University has introduced a four-legged robot that can walk and climb stairs. “Shadow” can lift objects weighing 20 kilograms, is one meter long, 60 centimeters high and weighs 70 kilograms. The robot is fully electric, has a charged operating time of about two hours and can run at a top speed of just over six […]