Window to China
As of January 14, 2021, Turkey had reported over 2.5 million positive cases and a death toll of over 23,000. The country started mass vaccination for COVID-19 on Jan. 14 after the authorities approved the emergency use of the Chinese vaccine. Xinhua news release, January 16, 2021
The team of YUAN Longpin, dubbed “China’s father of hybrid rice”, has announced plans to plant a saline-alkali tolerant rice which they developed on 6.6 million ha over the next 8 – 10 years. Last year, the team planted already 6,667 hectares of this variety in ten bases across the country. The highest average yield of […]
According to the CAS Aerospace Information Research Institute (AIR), rhe collected data resources have been used for both free and commercial usage to serve more than 300,000 users. Over the past decades, China has launched more than 60 Earth observation satellites and made significant progress in related technologies. Xinhua news release, January 22, 2021
The key tasks include building regional innovation hub cities, helping innovation hub cities to cultivate driving industries, serving SMEs to improve their innovation capacity, and launching a series of technology service and trading activities As part of the program, in 2022, about 50 pilot cities (parks) will be built, and a highest-level expert think tank […]
The lab named “Taihu” has been built by the China Ship Scientific Research Center, affiliated to the China State Shipbuilding Corporation (CSSC). The research center aims to build the deep sea sci-tech lab into an advanced laboratory with global influence. By 2025, the lab plans to gather around 4,000 talents to work on such tasks […]
The team around XU Jian at the Single Cell Research Center of CAS Qingdao Institute of BioEnergy and Environmental Technology (QIBEBT) has combining tumor cell Raman group collection and multivariate curve resolution-alternating least square analysis algorithms to elucidate drug sensitivity detection on tumor single cells. Using rapamycin as an antitumor agent which interferes with mTOR […]
The team of JIANG Bao uses a process based on extraction by strong air oxidation at the micro-interface, using micro-nano bubbles to release active oxygen when they burst. Using this procedure, the gold in minerals is rapidly oxidized to water-soluble gold ions, and the gold ore leaching rate is above 95%. After gold is adsorbed, […]
A team around ZHANG Yan has developed a cell surface immobilization technology to enhance the therapeutic effect of adopted immune T cells on real tumors. They have discovered that avasimib raises cholesterol levels in cell membranes and promotes speedy aggregation of T cell receptors by mimicking the properties of transmembrane proteins and hydrophobic effects. As […]
During the 2020 flood season, five major floods occurred in the Yangtze River basin, with a maximum flood peak of 75,000 cubic meters per second. Flood prevention is another top priority of the Three Gorges Project. Xinhua News Agency, January 5, 2021
According to Beijing’s disease prevention and management authorities, the current annual production capacity for a vaccine based in inactivated virus has already reached 1 billion doses. Currently, 18 companies are constructing additional production capacity for the new coronavirus vaccine. Beijing’s current vaccination policy is based on a “two-step” plan. In the first step, priority subjects […]