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On the 3rd, in the early spring, on the cherry blossom avenue of Dasheng Lake in Huaguoshan, Lianyungang City, Jiangsu Province, more than a thousand cherry blossoms bloomed like snow, which was beautiful. Image source: Visual China
Message stations
On March 28, medical staff from the Shaw Hospital Support Team affiliated to Zhejiang University School of Medicine took nucleic acid samples for residents in The Changli Community in Pudong. Photo by Jiang Aishan, Xinhua News Agency
●According to the situation of the previous nucleic acid screening, Shanghai conducted an antigen test in the city on April 3 and nucleic acid testing in the city on April 4. (Source: CCTV News)
Source: Chinese Biology
●On April 3, Sinopharm China Biologics announced that its second-generation recombinant protein COVID-19 vaccine has received clinical trial approval documents issued by the State Drug Administration. The vaccine is developed by Sinopharm Zhongsheng Biotechnology Research Institute / National Engineering Research Center for New Vaccines, and has independent intellectual property rights. (Source: BioChina)
Pure technology
Infographic. Image source: Visual China
Recently, Dr. Shi Xiangdong and Qian Shengbang, researchers of the Binary and Variable Star Research Group of the Yunnan Astronomical Observatory of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, discovered 57 new binary star-eating binary systems containing pulsating variable stars from the 1626 Daling V-type binary stars observed by the US TESS satellite, and conducted further analysis and research. The results of the research were recently published in the international journal Journal of Astrophysics Supplement. (Source: Yunnan Astronomical Observatory, Chinese Academy of Sciences)
Map of Mount Ailao, vampire locusts and some of the protected animals detected in this study. Source: Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
●Recently, douglas Yu, a researcher at the Kunming Institute of Zoology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, used DNA from the blood of vertebrates sucked by locusts for the first time to conduct a global survey of vertebrate diversity in the Ailao Mountain National Nature Reserve, which covers an area of 677 square kilometers. The relevant research results have been published in Nature Communications. (Source: Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences)
New discoveries
Chemical structure of anticancer active compounds in agarwood flowers. Source: Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences
●Recently, wang Yuehu's team at the Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, found that the ethanol extract of agarwood flowers has a significant inhibitory effect on human lung cancer, cervical cancer, neuroblastoma, ovarian cancer, breast cancer and other cancer cells, and the study provides new ideas for the development and utilization of agarwood flowers. The findings have been published in the international journal Natural Products and Bioprospecting. (Source: Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences)
Image source: Visual China
● Researchers at the University of Queensland in Australia have recently developed a new nano-coating that incorporates nickel and magnesium materials, which are extremely strong and durable, and release fewer toxic substances. After the researchers "added" a new coating of atomic thickness to the positive electrode of the lithium battery, the lithium battery could maintain stable performance after more than 1,000 charges and discharges, and the number of charge and discharges was more than doubled. The paper has been published in Nature Communications. (Source: XinhuaNet)
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CCTV video screenshot
●Recently, two diving explorers dived to the bottom of the Black Dragon Pond in Jingpo Lake, Heilongjiang, and photographed a rare freshwater fish storm in China. In the lens, dozens of fish resources such as fathead fish and carp can be clearly seen in the underwater parade of the Black Dragon Pond of Jingpo Lake, and because of the good visibility in the water, divers can photograph this rare freshwater fish storm. (Source: CCTV)
Look at the weather
Citizens play a flute in Fenhe Wetland Park in Taiyuan, Shanxi Province, on April 3. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Yang Chenguang
● The Qingming holiday begins with sunny to cloudy weather, with little rain, and only some parts of the southwest continue to be online. Next, the temperature will enter the heating channel, the maximum temperature during the holiday 20 °C line will be pushed to the north of China, and the temperature in many places in the north will hit a new high this year. (Source: China Weather Network)
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