Environmental solutions
Towards the commercial use of chitin deacetylase as a green pesticide
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-023-39562-7 http://en.people.cn/n3/2024/0909/c90000-20216834.html Phytopathogenic fungi secrete chitin deacetylase (CDA) to escape the host’s immunological defense during…
Green certificates: a Chinese success story
http://j.people.com.cn/n3/2024/0903/c95952-20213759.html China has established a certificate system that serves as the only evidence that energy…
Living plastics – a new concept to recycle polyester plastics after use
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41589-024-01713-2 https://www.cas.cn/cm/202408/t20240826_5029798.shtml The team of The team of Dai Zhuojun, a researcher at the CAS…
CAS QIBEBT: a homogenous cathode material enhances the life cycle of Li batteries dramatically
https://english.news.cn/20240826/bcc0b831623a49e590ff4c21d0c6b68b/c.html https://www.nature.com/articles/s41560-024-01596-6 A research team from CAS QIBEBT has developed a new homogeneous cathode material,…
CAS IPE: recyclable glasses based on cyclic peptides
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41565-024-01766-3 http://english.cas.cn/newsroom/research_news/chem/202408/t20240819_683298.shtml A research team led by Prof. YAN Xuehai from CAS Institute of Process…
Digital twins facilitate flood prevention in China
http://en.people.cn/n3/2024/0819/c90000-20207375.html This year, China has experienced frequent heavy rainfall over extended periods, with river floods…
Artificial diamonds could be produced in Mongolia due to low-cost renewable energy
http://j.people.com.cn/n3/2024/0816/c95952-20206929.html Natural diamonds take 100 million years to form in a high-temperature, high-pressure environment hundreds…
Sterilized tobacco leaves as biomass source for a biorefinery: CAS QIBEBT
https://www.cell.com/the-innovation/fulltext/S2666-6758(24)00125-5 https://www.cas.cn/syky/202408/t20240823_5029609.shtml A research team led by Zhang Haibo and Fu Chunxiang, researchers at the…
East-West project increases China’s computing capacity with green energy
http://j.people.com.cn/n3/2024/0723/c94476-20196951.html In February 2022, China began construction of national computing power hub nodes in eight…
CAS DICP team improves the performance of hydrogen evolution catalysts for electrolysis of seawater
https://www.cas.cn/syky/202407/t20240731_5027917.shtml https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-024-50535-2 A team around Wang Erdong and Yang Bing at the CAS Dalian Institute…
An autonomous vehicle charges NEVs at home
http://j.people.com.cn/n3/2024/0725/c95952-20197998.html Guangxi Automobile Group has launched a new “mobile battery” service in Liuzhou City, Guangxi…
China accounts for 33% of global electricity consumption
http://j.people.com.cn/n3/2024/0717/c95952-20194438.html The China Electricity Confederation recently released the “China Electricity Industry Annual Development Report 2024”.…
A 1 qm electrolyzer generates hydrogen from seawater offshore
http://j.people.com.cn/n3/2024/0625/c95952-20185211.html https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-022-05379-5 The team of Xie Heping, an academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering…
Carbon fiber subway cars shown in Qingdao
http://en.people.cn/n3/2024/0627/c90000-20186316.html A CETROVO 1.0 subway car is on display in Qingdao, east China’s Shandong Province,…
China has 3.8 million 5G base stations and is at the forefront of mobile communication
http://en.people.cn/n3/2024/0627/c90000-20186302.html According to the latest data from the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT),…
Applying 28 million tons of cotton stalks to high-value-added products
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1364032124003770 The Cotton Molecular Genetic Improvement Innovation Team around Fuguang Li at the Cotton Research…
Nanjing Agricultural University is conducting research on cell-cultured meat using 3D bioprinting technology
http://j.people.com.cn/n3/2024/0613/c95952-20181026.html Zhou Guanghong, professor and laboratory director at the university, began in 2009 with research…
Qingdao will host China’s first hydrogen energy port
http://j.people.com.cn/n3/2024/0614/c95952-20181438.html China’s first fully hydrogen energy port will be built in Qingdao, and the groundbreaking…
Solar-powered irrigation of a protection forest enables a “zero-carbon desert road” to the Tarim Oilfield
http://j.people.com.cn/n3/2024/0611/c95952-20180050.html The Tarim Desert Road to the Tarim Oilfields, opened in 1995, is 52 kilometers…
Hydrogen-fueled trucks increase in China due to enhanced hydrogen station network
http://j.people.com.cn/n3/2024/0612/c95952-20180477.html China’s hydrogen-fueled trucks have entered a stage of rapid growth in long-distance transportation. The…
A robot refuels a hydrogen train in Inner Mongolia even at – 25 C
https://m.ne21.com/news/show-195635.html http://en.people.cn/n3/2024/0605/c90000-20178227.html A hydrogen fueling station for CHN Energy’s heavy-haul trains recently started commercial operation…
A display of China’s “Comprehensive Research Facility for Fusion Technology” in Hefei
http://en.people.cn/n3/2024/0605/c90000-20178153.html A research facility to incubate core technologies used in power generation of fusion energy…
China reports successful demonstration flights with food-based bio-jet fuel (SAF)
https://english.news.cn/20240605/1b3989a25829451398133724c00d9566/c.html An ARJ21 regional aircraft and C919 passenger aircraft completed their first demonstration flights with…
CAS-DICP: Efficient CO electrolysis leads to multi-carbon fuels and chemicals
https://www.cas.cn/syky/202406/t20240606_5019174.shtml https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-024-49095-2 The synthesis of high-value fuels and chemicals such as ethylene using CO derived…
The “two mountain concept” explores synergies among economic development and ecological environmental protection
https://english.cas.cn/newsroom/research_news/life/202406/t20240604_664746.shtml The “Two Mountains concept” is an ideological support system that guides ecological civilization construction.…
A 160 kmh hydrogen-powered train
http://j.people.com.cn/n3/2024/0530/c94638-20176040.html A hydrogen-powered train that emits only water vapor has recently been completed in Changchun,…
Genetic editing of small grain size genes enables fully mechanized hybrid rice breeding
https://english.cas.cn/newsroom/research_news/life/202406/t20240603_664721.shtml In a study published in Nature Plants, Prof. LI Yunhai from the Institute of Genetics…
CAS Tianjin Institute of Industrial Biotechnology develops enzymatic asymmetric synthesis of dextromethorphan intermediates
https://www.cas.cn/syky/202406/t20240603_5016507.shtml https://pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10.1021/acs.orglett.4c01079 Dextromethorphan is one of the most widely used antitussive drugs. The antitussive effect…
An electrochemical route from lignin to adipic acid
https://www.cas.cn/syky/202406/t20240603_5016508.shtml https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/jacs.4c02835 Adipic acid is a basic chemical raw material for various nylon polymers, especially…
“Speed breeding” of rice in Hunan desert, Xinjiang
https://english.news.cn/20240531/f95d4b33e1504c1b8b315ff695b48664/c.html Within greenhouses that stretch ten thousand acres in Hotan, southern Xinjiang, scientists from the…
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