1 year birthday party of “Green Carbon” with a 2024 National Green Carbon Science Conference

http://qibebt.cas.cn/news/zyxw/202410/t20241017_7402455.html

From October 17 – 19, the first birthday of the journal was celebrated with a conference to which over 100 scientists attended.

Signing ceremony of the Qingdao Synthetic Biology Technology Innovation Strategic Alliance

T the conference theme was “Innovation of green and low-carbon technology, empowering carbon peak and carbon neutrality”, focusing on carbon resources, low-carbon conversion technology, multi-energy integration and utilization and other fields for in-depth discussions. The conference invited more than 100 experts, scholars, and business people to attend the conference.

As the chairman of this conference, QIBEBT director and Green Carbon editor-in-chief Lv Xuefeng said that this conference aims to build a high-level exchange platform for scientific research in the field of green and low-carbon research across the country. Breakthroughs will be sought in perovskite photovoltaics, solid-state lithium batteries, biosynthesis of energetic materials, green bio-jet fuel, new generation of bio-based green plasticizers, and iron-branched butyl-pentane rubber. In order to further expand China’s academic influence in the field of green and low-carbon science and technology, the international academic journal Green Carbon aims to promote scientific and technological innovation in the field of sustainable development and provide a high-quality and open academic exchange platform for global researchers in the field of green and low-carbon.

At the meeting, the “Qingdao Synthetic Biology Technology Innovation Strategic Alliance” jointly established by the Qingdao Institute of Energy and relevant enterprises, universities and research institutes was formally established. Qingdao Wanyuan Environmental Technology Co., Ltd., Shandong Jinzhirui New Materials Development Co., Ltd., Shandong Environmental Protection Development Group Co., Ltd., Qingdao Zhongchuanghuike Biotechnology Co., Ltd., Qingdao Zhongke Green Carbon Technology Co., Ltd., Shandong Hengxin Group Co., Ltd., Qingdao Zhongke Yuanben New Energy Co., Ltd., and China Hydrogen Energy Company (Energy Cube (Qingdao) Data Technology Co., Ltd.) signed contracts with the Institute respectively.

The conference also held a special event for the first anniversary of the publication of the international journal Green Carbon. Jiang Lei and Lv Xuefeng presented the “Excellent Editorial Board Award” to Rolf Schmid, Tang Yong, Chen Xuesi and Lv Xuefeng presented the “Excellent Young Editorial Board Award” to 24 young editors, and Rolf Schmid and Lv Xuefeng jointly unveiled the Green Carbon Overseas (Germany) Office.

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Two-mode Raman-activated cell sorting enables downstream analysis of functional microbes

Researchers from the CAS Qingdao Institute of Bioenergy and Bioprocess Technology (QIBEBT), together with collaborators, have developed a Raman-activated cell sorting platform that combines rapid cell sorting with sensitive measurements of weak Raman signals and small-volume cell collection.

Called Pit-RACS, the optical-tweezer-assisted platform operates in two modes on the same microfluidic chip, allowing researchers to adjust the sorting strategy according to the strength of the Raman signal.

Raman-activated cell sorting can identify living cells by their chemical fingerprints without fluorescent labels. Yet researchers have faced a trade-off: fast, flowing systems struggle to measure weak Raman signals, while systems that allow longer measurements sort cells slowly. Collecting the selected cells in a large volume can also make subsequent experiments difficult.

According to the researchers, cells with strong resonance Raman signals are measured and sorted as they flow through the device. In this mode, they sorted up to 836 ± 1 events per minute with a 10-millisecond spectral acquisition time.

For weaker non-resonance signals, optical tweezers move individual cells into a cell-free buffer stream. This allows for longer measurements without interference from nearby cells. This method sorted approximately 50 cells per minute. Switching modes requires no hardware changes.

The platform can also temporarily store selected cells and release them together in approximately 10 microliters of liquid. In the reported tests, the collected cells were over 97% pure and could proceed to cultivation or genomic analysis without an additional concentration step.

“Raman signals vary greatly between biological targets. We designed the two modes so researchers can choose the measurement time their question requires while using the same sorting platform,” said Prof. MA Bo, corresponding author of the study.

To demonstrate industrial strain screening, the researchers sorted a mutant library of Yarrowia lipolytica and identified a strain with 77.4% higher β-carotene yield than the control. In another demonstration, they combined heavy-water labeling with Pit-RACS to enrich phosphate-solubilizing microorganisms from river water. They used the concentrated output directly for metagenomic sequencing, revealing 12 species of phosphate-solubilizing bacteria across nine genera.

From green energy to smart cells – article in “Nachrichten aus der Chemie”

Nachrichten aus der Chemie 64, 54-59 (2026)

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In Shanghai, a French cargo vessel is refueld with green methanol

https://j.people.com.cn/n3/2026/0818/c95952-20489791.html

https://www.recordchina.co.jp/b990111-s50-c20-d0189.html

On August 17, 2026, at Shanghai’s Yangshan Port 8,000 tons of green methanol were used to refuel a cargo ship owned by the French shipping giant CMA CGM.

Green methanol is a key alternative fuel for reducing carbon emissions in sectors such as shipping and the chemical industry. According to Zhu Zhaokai, President of Shanghai Electric Group, this large-scale green methanol refueling operation demonstrates that China has established a complete industrial chain—spanning from large-scale production and onshore/maritime storage and transport to port-side refueling and shipboard utilization and will help drive the global shipping industry toward zero emissions.

The green methanol fuel supplied in this operation was primarily produced at Shanghai Electric’s “Integrated Demonstration Project for Wind Power and Biomass-Combined Green Methanol” in Taonan City, Jilin Province. The production process makes use of various resources, fully utilizing biomass materials—such as corn stalks from Taonan City—and green hydrogen generated from wind power.

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