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In Shannan, Tibet, on Tashi Second Day Mountain, southeast of The town of Zedong in the Eastern District, Tibet's first palace, Yongbrakang, was under the blue sky and white clouds. Photo by Zhongxin.com Gongga Laisong
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● On the 17th, at a press conference held at the 2022 Beijing News Center, Tu Xiaodong, chairman of the China Sports Journalists Association and director of the Publicity Department of the State General Administration of Sports, introduced that the data showed that China has achieved the goal of "driving 300 million people to participate in ice and snow sports". The number of participants in ice and snow sports in the country has reached 346 million, and the participation rate of residents has reached 24.56%. (Source: Science and Technology Daily)
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Recently, the National Development and Reform Commission and other departments jointly issued a document agreeing to start the construction of national computing power hub nodes in Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei, yangtze river delta, Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, Chengdu-Chongqing, Inner Mongolia, Guizhou, Gansu and Ningxia and planning 10 national data center clusters. At this point, the national integrated big data center system has completed the overall layout design, and the "East Number West Calculation" project has been officially launched. (Source: Xinhua News Agency)
New discoveries
Two Fossils of Kunpeng Pterodactyl preserved together with the food group. Photo courtesy of Institute of Paleovertebrate Vertebrate, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Recently, researchers from the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and other units have studied two specimens of Kunpeng Pterodactyl in China and the clump aggregates preserved with Pterodactyl, confirming that the clump aggregate is the food mass of pterosaurs, confirming the existence of pterosaur food masses for the first time. The relevant research results have been published in the "Royal Society Natural Science Society Journal B". (Source: Science and Technology Daily)
Schematic diagram of mercury's magnetolayer. Photo courtesy of Professor Qiugang Zong of the School of Earth and Space Sciences, Peking University
● Professor Zong Qiugang's research team in the School of Earth and Space Sciences of Peking University found magnetic storms and ring currents in Mercury, solving the puzzle of nearly half a century. The relevant research results were published in the international academic journals Nature Communications and Science in China: Technical Sciences on the 17th. (Source: Science and Technology Daily)
Pure technology
Feng Wei's team, professor of the School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tianjin University, courtesy of the group
●Recently, the team of Professor Feng Wei of the School of Materials Science and Engineering of Tianjin University successfully developed new intelligent materials. This new material not only changes color, but also has shape memory and self-healing functions. The research was funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China and has been elected as the cover article of the international authoritative journal "German Applied Chemistry". (Source: Science and Technology Daily)
Transport enzymes to the ex vivo lung perfusion (EVLP) system. Image source: University Health Network
Recently, research published in Science Translational Medicine by the Ratner Thoracic Surgery Research Laboratory and the University Health Network Ajmera Transplant Center in Canada proves that it is possible to safely switch blood types in donor organs used for transplantation. This finding will significantly improve the equity of organ distribution and reduce mortality among patients on the waiting list. (Source: Science and Technology Daily)
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Recently, the American Association of Responsible Physicians accused Elon Musk of founding a brain-computer interface company that abused monkeys in experiments, and only 7 of the 23 monkeys used for brain-computer interface experiments survived after being implanted with a chip. The association believes that the experiment caused great pain to the monkeys, who died as a result of brain destruction or side effects of surgery. (Source: CCTV News)
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● On the 16th, at a press conference held by Sotheby's auction house in New York, a blue diamond weighing 15.10 carats was exhibited. It was the largest blue diamond ever present at auction, with an estimated auction price of $48 million. (Source: China News Network)
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