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Researchers around YANG Xingyu and colleagues from the Wuhan Institute of Landscape Architecture and the CAS Wuhan Botanical Garden have established a nelumbo genome database http://nelumbo.biocloud.net which is is a collection of the most updated lotus genome assembly and contains abundant gene expression information. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41597-021-00828-8
Under a contract with Ethiopia’s telecom monopoly, Ethio-Telecom, ZTE has completed a contract to expand 4G services to six Ethiopian cities, Adama, Bishoftu, Mojo, Dukem, Gelan and Awash-Melkasa, where high mobile data traffic has been observed. In the next three months, the service will be expanded to other major Ethiopian cities including Dire Dawa, Bahir […]
An updated code, jointly revised by the National Health Commission, the Ministry of Science and Technology and the National Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine, stipulates that the whole process of medical studies, covering everything from the project application through to the publication, review and appraisal of research results, should be subject to the integrity and […]
China’s meteorological satellite Fengyun-3D has global observation capability and good application prospects in global drought monitoring. Through cooperating with the Group on Earth Observations (GEO) and its members, the project will focus on establishing a global agricultural drought monitoring system with the Fengyun-3D, providing timely agricultural drought information services for worldwide users. The project has […]
The group around ZHANG Bing has obtained breakthroughs in remote sensing of water quality parameters of lakes and reservoirs. Based on earlier data and remote sensing monitoring, long-term changes in the transparency of large lakes and reservoirs across the country since 2000 were realized. The “water color index” of China’s large lakes and reservoirs has generally […]