【Today's Cover】
At the beginning of January, at the scene of the national professional ice sculpture competition in the Harbin Ice Lantern Art Garden Park, ice carvers were creating ice sculpture art works. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Wang Jianwei
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Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Guo Zhongzheng
●At 7:55 Beijing time on January 8, 2022, after about 2 hours, the Shenzhou 13 astronaut crew, in close coordination with ground scientific and technological personnel, successfully completed the rendezvous and docking test of the Tianzhou-2 cargo spacecraft and the space station complex by means of hand-controlled remote operation in the core module of the space station. (Source: Science and Technology Daily)
Rescuers observed a moment of silence on the scene for the victims. Photo by Chen Chao, China News Service
● On January 7, the canteen of the Fengshan Street Office in Wulong District, Chongqing City, collapsed, killing 16 people and injuring 10 others. The Chongqing Municipal Party Committee and the Chongqing Municipal Government deployed on the 8th to carry out a new round of safety production investigation and rectification in the city, and at the same time set up an accident investigation team headed by the deputy mayor in charge to investigate the causes and responsibilities of the accident in accordance with laws and regulations. (Source: Xinhua News Agency)
Pure technology
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●On January 8, the research paper completed by the planetary science team of the Institute of Geology and Geophysics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences in cooperation with a number of scientific research institutions was published in Science-Progress. The study used data from the Lunar Mineral Spectroscopy carried by Chang'e-5 to obtain water content under in situ conditions on the lunar surface for the first time. (Source: China Science Daily)
●Recently, Ma Guanghui, director of the State Key Laboratory of Biochemical Engineering, Institute of Process Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, and academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, cooperated with Beijing Hui granule and Yichang Renfu Pharmaceutical to develop a small molecule drug sustained controlled release microsphere preparation (RF16001 for injection), which was approved by the State Drug Administration. The preparation will be applied to the field of long-acting local postoperative analgesia, and is the first variety of uniform sustained controlled-release microsphere preparations. (Source: China Science Daily)
New discoveries
Left: A fruit attached to a stem and a bud buried in a rock. Top right: Fruit connected to the stem. Bottom right: Repaired exposed buds. Photo courtesy of Wang Xin, China Science Daily
●Recently, scientists from the Chinese Academy of Sciences and South China Agricultural University collaborated in the Special Journal of the Geological Society of London to publish the buds found in the late Jurassic strata in Daohugou, Ningcheng, Inner Mongolia, which is the earliest flower bud fossil record in the world so far. Studies have shown that the Jurassic buds found this time not only have buds, but also have traces on the branches after the directly connected fruits, branches and leaves are shed. (Source: China Science Daily)
Look at the world
Infographic. Image source: Visual China
● On January 7, local time, the United Nations released the news that a new report recognized by the United Nations shows that 2021 marks the 25th consecutive year that the Greenland ice sheet lost more mass during the melting season than the quality gained in winter. During the 12-month period ending August 2021, the Greenland Ice Sheet lost about 166 billion tonnes. (Source: China News Network)
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The famous attraction "Hell's Gate". Image source: Visual China
● On January 8, local time, Turkmenistan President Berdymukhamedov ordered the government to try to extinguish a natural gas field in Dawaza in Turkmenistan, known to the outside world as the famous attraction "Gate of Hell". In 1971, scientists found a huge amount of natural gas in Dawaza, but the natural gas field was still mixed with some poisonous gases, and the technical conditions at that time were not complete enough, and scientists had to choose to ignite the gas field to prevent the wide spread of poisonous gases. (Source: CCTV News Client)
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Recently, scientists at a university in Israel made a trolley of the goldfish's fish tank and trained the goldfish to accurately drive to the destination to obtain fish food, and the experiment confirmed that the goldfish has the ability to navigate on land. (Source: CCTV)
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