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China will put a regulation into effect to supervise the operations of commonly used apps that collect users’ personal information. 39 types of apps, covering navigation, car booking, instant messaging and shopping, should not refuse to provide basic services to users who do not agree to submit unnecessary personal information. Apps have provided convenience to […]
The optical remote sensing satellite will be used for the survey of land resources, urban planning, the confirmation of land rights, road network design, crop yield estimation, and disaster prevention and reduction. It will also provide information services for the construction of the Belt and Road. Xinhua news release, April 30, 2021
In this test, metabolically active bacteria in the presence of D2O will take in deuterium from D2O via NADPH and add D into biomolecules to form carbon-deuterium (C-D) bonds. The cells containing C-D bonds show a distinguishable Raman band shifted from C-H vibration, and the band can serve as a distinct biomarker for the metabolic activity […]
China has decided to participate in this project, jointly funded, built and run by over 10 countries and located at several sites in Western Australia and Southern Africa. The construction of the SKA is scheduled to begin in July 2021. The first phase of the SKA, accounting for 10 percent of its full scale, will […]
The 245,000 m2 center, located in Nanchang, Jianxi Province, with 16 buildings, will be at the heart of a large civil aircraft industry chain which eventually will have the capacity to deliver about 30 aircrafts every year, including the domestically produced ARJ21 aircraft. Japan JST China news, April 27, 2021
Staff and academy members of many research institutes of the Chinese Academy of Sciences in Shanghai have given lessons in microbiology, biotechnology, drug development, fiber optic communications, nuclear energy, lasers, thermodynamics, acoustics to more than 20,000 students and teachers in the past 8 years to popularize their science and encourage young people to study. Out […]
China has about 40 million female science and technology workers. In a national ceremony, female scientists were honored for their work for providing role models and offer valuable contributions to the construction of a modern socialist China. JIANG Jie, Academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, chief engineer of the first hospital of China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation, […]
Using enrichment of microbial cultures on PET- and PE-trash, the group around SUN Chaomin isolated marine consortia composed of five types of dominant bacteria and fungi which had a remarkable ability to break down PET and PE waste into pieces within two weeks. Apart from EM, IR, HPLC and mass spec analysis, the team applied […]
Key actions of the inter-ministerial committee are the construction of a “Chinese ecological civilization” by building a natural reserve system with national parks as the main body, and eventually to apply for the title of a UNESCO World Biosphere Reserve. Internationalization is another issue, to provide Chinese experience to other nations. CAS news release, April […]
According to China’s Hydrogen Energy Federation, the number of hydrogen stations in China was 128, and the cumulative fleet of hydrogen fuel cell vehicles exceeded 7,000. Of China’s hydrogen gas production in 2019, 63 % was produced from coal, 14 % from natural gas, 21 % from industrial by-products, and only about 2 % from […]