【Today's Cover】
Recently, the rape flowers in Neijiang City, Sichuan Province, are in full bloom, and the train passes through, forming a beautiful picture. Xinhua News Agency (Photo by Huang Zhenghua)
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Minister of Science and Technology Wang Zhigang. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Li Xin
● On the 8th, at the "ministerial channel" of the fifth session of the 13th National People's Congress, Wang Zhigang, minister of science and technology, introduced that broad-spectrum drugs to deal with the coronavirus or the new crown virus are being actively developed; vaccination through nasal spray and inhalation is also in research, and there is now good progress. (Source: Science and Technology Daily)
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● On the 8th, Luo Jun, a deputy to the National People's Congress, an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, and the chief scientist of the "Lyra Project", said that the "Lyra-1" satellite recently obtained global gravity field data, which is the first time that the mainland has measured this data using a domestically produced independent satellite, making the mainland the third country in the world after the United States and Germany to have the ability to independently explore the global gravity field. (Source: Xinhua News Agency)
Pure technology
●Recently, Zu Yao, associate professor of the School of Fisheries and Life Sciences of Shanghai Ocean University, found that insufficient intake of folic acid or excessive supplementation may lead to abnormal heart development in embryos. The study was the first to elucidate the mechanism of action of folic acid on early heart development, providing a scientific basis for the reasonable supplementation of folic acid, and providing a new biological model for the study of folic acid metabolism. (Source: China Science Daily)
●Sun Chaomin's research group at the Institute of Oceanography of the Chinese Academy of Sciences has discovered a marine fungus that can effectively degrade polyethylene plastics. The research team combined infrared spectroscopy, gel osmotic chromatography, X-ray diffraction and other means to confirm that the effective degradation of polyethylene efficiency of this marine fungus is as high as 95%. The relevant results were published in the international journal Journal of Hazardous Materials on the 7th. (Source: CCTV News)
Image source: Nature Earth Sciences
● Ding Liang, a professor at Harbin Institute of Technology, and his colleagues analyzed the landing site area measurements collected by Zhu Rong in the first 60 Martian days and found evidence that the landing site area was more obvious than the geomorphological characteristics of other Martian landing sites. The results were published in the journal Nature earth sciences on the 8th. (Source: The Paper)
New discoveries
Image source: Small flower rat found on the Leizhou Peninsula Courtesy of the Chinese Academy of Forestry
●Recently, researchers from the National Positioning Observation and Research Station of the Mangrove Wetland Ecosystem in Zhanjiang, Zhanjiang, Guangdong, chinese Academy of Forestry, conducted a survey of background resources of mangroves on the Leizhou Peninsula and found that a population of small-flowered rats was found at the mouth of the Jiuzhou River in Anpu Town, Lianjiang City, Zhanjiang City. It has been verified that this is the largest population of small-flowered rats currently found on the mainland. (Source: Science and Technology Daily)
Look at the world
Recently, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said that due to the discovery of listeria in a large meat processing plant, New Jersey and other eight states urgently recalled dozens of brands of beef jerky. Health officials urged people to throw away all beef jerky produced on Feb. 23, 2022. Listeria causes fever, gastrointestinal discomfort and convulsions and poses a greater threat to pregnant women, fetuses and the elderly. (Source: Global Times)
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●Recently, the "Specific Fear Psychological Rehabilitation Training Software" jointly developed by the Shanghai Mental Health Center and a medical technology company was officially approved as the Registration Certificate of Class II Medical Devices of the People's Republic of China. This is the first approved specific fear rehabilitation training software based on VR (virtual reality) devices in China, and the world's first medical device suitable for specific phobias (fear of heights). (Source: The Paper)
Editors: Wang Yu, Zhang Aijia (Intern)
Review: Julie
Final Judgement: Wang Yu