Month: January 2024

http://en.people.cn/n3/2024/0129/c90000-20127962.html The world’s first cloned Xizang cattle species have been born in Southwest China’s Xizang Autonomous Region. Endangered cattle breeds Zhangmu cattle and Apeijiaza cattle, found on the Qinghai-Xizang Plateau, were successfully bred artificially using somatic cell cloning technology. The researchers collected the ear tissue of Zhangmu cattle and Apeijiaza cattle, established a fibroblast cell […]

https://www.sic.cas.cn/xwzx/tpxw/202401/t20240126_6972499. The group of Wu Chengtie at the CAS Shanghai Institute of Silicate Research has prepared flexible bioactive ceramics derived from natural sponge skeletons. In this study, the natural sponge skeleton of silica was subjected to low-temperature hydrothermal mineralization in calcium hydroxide solution, and hydrated calcium silicate was grown in-situ on the surface of silica substrate, […]

http://en.people.cn/n3/2024/0126/c90000-20127375.htm https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adj3484 The biosynthesis of paclitaxel involves the formation of a highly functionalized diterpenoid core skeleton (baccatin III) and the subsequent assembly of a phenylisoserinoyl side chain. The group of Yan Jianbin at the CAAS Institute of Agricultural Genomics in Shenzhen has identified a bifunctional cytochrome P450 enzyme (Taxane oxetanase, TOT) that catalyzes an oxidative […]

https://www.cas.cn/cm/202401/t20240125_5001561.shtml https://doi.org/10.1039/D3SC05726G Aqueous zinc-ion batteries have the advantages of good safety and low cost, and have important application potential in the field of energy storage. However, water in the electrolyte is like a double-edged sword in zinc-ion batteries. Thanks to the use of aqueous solvents, zinc-ion batteries are not only safe, but also have a […]