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The catalogue 中国科学院生物资源目录 contains 7.35 million pieces of biological resources data from 73 resource libraries in 40 research institutes of the CAS. These include biological specimens, plant resources, genetic resources, animal-experiment resources, and biodiversity monitoring network resources. A report on China’s biological resources research was also released. It analyzes pertinent policy planning and development trends at home and […]
The Tarim Oilfield of China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC) in Xinjiang surpassed an output of 30 million tonnes of oil equivalent in 2020. In the past 31 years, CNPC developed and built 32 oil and gas fields there, with the total output exceeding 400 million t of oil equivalent. In addition to sending gas through […]
The China-aided future headquarters of the Africa CDC will cover an area of 90,000 m2, equipped with office buildings and high-end laboratories. It is expected to be completed within 25 months. XinhuaNet Science and Technology News, December 21, 2020
Researchers from the CAS Institute of Earth Environment, Nanjing University and Louisiana State University have found that combustion-derived water vapor CDW might worsen winter air quality. Using isotope distribution as markers in atmospheric physical and chemical data from Xi’an, they found that CDW constituted 6.2% of the atmospheric moisture on average and its fraction was […]
With the advent of fast data communication systems such as 5G supported by Beidou’s satellite-based geopositioning, more and more Chinese cities such as Jinzhou, Handan, Jinan, Cangzhou, Yulin and many others are installing safety management systems (SMS) based on drones. SMS drones automatically patrol and inspect urban grounds 365 days a year and in all weather conditions, […]
From December 7th, the National Microbiology Data Center provides a free and “all-in-one” cloud platform for bioinformatics analysis. The integrated services include bioinformatics tools, computational resources, and reference data. With a graphical working interface, users do not need any knowledge about programming, or any experience with Linux operating system or installing any bioinformatic softwares. The […]
According to the WIPO report released on December 7, Asia accounted for 65% of the world’s total patent applications, North America for 20.4%, and Europe for 11.3%. Africa, Latin America, the Caribbean and the Pacific accounted for a total of 3.3%. In terms of patent applications filed abroad, Americans led with 236,000 patent applications, followed […]
The team of WANG Qinggang at CAS Qingdao Institute of Bioenergy and Environental Technology (QIBEBT) has shown Zinc hexamethyldisilazide Zn(HMDS)2 to be a simple, biocompatible and efficient catalyst for polyesters synthesis and degradation. It capalizes ring-opening polymerization of various lactones to obtain polyesters, such as poly(lactide), poly(3-hydroxybutyrate), and poly(caprolactone), with controlled molecular weights and narrow molecular weight distributions, […]
In the framework of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, a Eurasian political, economic and security alliance comprising 6 nations along the former silk road, China has opened the 5th technology transfer center in Qingdao on an area of 20,000 m2. The centers are under the administration of the Ministry of Science and Technology and intended to foster international […]
The hybrid-capture/FIA test is based on a monoclonal antibody S9.6 which recognizes DNA-RNA double-stranded hybrids from COVID-19 RNA coding for the conserved ORF 1ab, envelope protein and the nucleocapsid regions. S9.6-monoclonal-antibody-labelled europium-chelate-based fluorescent nanoparticles (FNPs) are then used to capture the hybridized double strands formed on a lateral flow strip. Hybridization time is 30 min, readout time for […]
