The "second senior brother" wild boar will be kicked out of the protection list
On June 30, the State Forestry and Grassland Administration released the List of Terrestrial Wild Animals of Important Ecological, Scientific and Social Value. Compared with the original list first released in 2000, the newly adjusted "Three Lists" includes a total of 1924 species of wild animals, including 91 species of mammals, 1028 species of birds, 450 species of reptiles, 253 species of amphibians, 96 species of insects, 2 species of arachnids and 4 species of oligochaetes. More than 700 species of wild animals have also been added, realizing the concept of dynamic adjustment. In the new catalog, the wild boar, jokingly called "the second senior brother", was kicked out of the directory. This "old member" of the directory, with his strong adaptability and reproductive ability, can be said to be the biggest "beneficiary" of the directory from the difficult to find traces many years ago to the flooding today.
Chinese scientists won the 2023 European Inventor Award
The European Patent Office, headquartered in Munich, Germany, announced on July 4 local time that Wu Kai, chief scientist of CATL, and his team stood out from more than 600 candidates and won the 2023 European Inventor Award (in the category of "Non-EPO Member State Award"). According to the European Patent Office website, Wu Kai and his team have developed a lithium-ion battery with a top cover that acts as a barrier to reduce battery safety risks, which in turn reduces the risk of explosion and fire in electric vehicle batteries.
Yan Ning was elected as a foreign member of the European Molecular Biology Organization
On July 4, local time, the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO) announced the list of 69 newly selected members (9 foreign members). Yan Ning, founding president of Shenzhen Academy of Medical Sciences and director of Shenzhen Bay Laboratory, was elected as a foreign member of EMBO as a Chinese scientist. Professor Yan Ning is committed to the study of the structure and mechanism of transmembrane transport of substances, and for the first time reveals the atomic-resolution structures of a series of transmembrane proteins with important physiological and pathological significance, such as human glucose transporters, eukaryotic voltage-gated sodium ion channels and calcium ion channels, which provides a molecular basis for understanding the pathogenesis of related diseases and drug development.
Shenyang Artificial Intelligence Computing Center was successfully selected as the "National Team"
On July 4, it was learned from the Shenyang Science and Technology Bureau that the Shenyang Artificial Intelligence Computing Center was recently approved to build the first batch of national new generation artificial intelligence public computing power open innovation platforms, marking the inclusion of Shenyang Artificial Intelligence Computing Center into the national artificial intelligence computing power strategic system.
Shenyang "October Rice Field" became the first unicorn enterprise in Liaoning
A few days ago, the Science and Technology Department of Liaoning Province announced the list of the first batch of unicorn, gazelle and eagle enterprises in Liaoning Province in 2023, and released the unicorn enterprises in Liaoning Province that were reviewed and recognized by third-party institutions for the first time. Among them, Shenyang's October Paddy Group Co., Ltd. successfully made the list, becoming the first and only unicorn enterprise in Liaoning Province.
Researchers discovered ancient karst landforms in the Sanjiangyuan area
Recently, researchers from Qinghai Polar Natural Resources Survey Institute found typical paleokarst landforms in the Sanjiangyuan area of Qinghai Province, which have diverse morphologies and certain zonal differentiation. Experts deduce that the ancient karst landforms found in the Sanjiangyuan area were formed when the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau had not yet ascended.
Fill in the gaps! The first set of oil loading and unloading ship-to-shore intelligent docking system in China was put into use
Recently, at the 24# liquefied product berth of Yantai Port Longkou Port Company in Shandong Port, with the "Long Voyage Lanjing" ship loaded with 35,000 tons of crude oil docking and unloading, the first domestic oil loading and unloading ship-to-shore intelligent docking system was officially put into use. Unlike previous operations, the site was empty, with neatly arranged fuel booms towering high at the front of the terminal. Without manual assistance, the hydraulic quick connection device of the oil transfer arm automatically adjusts the angle and realizes precise docking with the ship's unloading flange interface, and the gurgling "black blood" rushes from the cabin into the liquefied product storage tank.
Important breakthroughs have been made in the creation and cultivation technology of new varieties of alpine rhododendron
On the 4th, it was learned from the Yunnan Academy of Agricultural Sciences that the "Alpine Rhododendron New Variety Creation and Annual Flowering Cultivation Technology" led by the Institute of Flowers of the Academy of Sciences and jointly completed by the Kunming Institute of Botany of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, the Plateau Forestry Research Institute of the Chinese Academy of Forestry and other units won the first prize of Yunnan Province Technical Invention Award in 2022.
The largest normal breast cell atlas ever released
The human body contains about 200 different types of cells, 12 of which are found in normal breast tissue. Previous studies of breast tissue have focused on epithelial cells because they have the potential to cause cancer, but no studies have been conducted on non-epithelial cells through genomic methods. To that end, researchers at the University of Texas Anderson Cancer Center, the University of California, Irvine, and Baylor College of Medicine led a new study that mapped the world's largest and most detailed normal breast tissue, providing an unprecedented understanding of the breast at a biological level. This may help identify therapeutic targets for diseases such as breast cancer. The study was recently published in Nature.
A warming planet will increase uncertainty about crop failures worldwide
A new study suggests that climate change has increased the likelihood of major crop failures in many of the world's grain-producing regions. In the new study, published in Nature Communications, scientists in the United States and Germany looked at the likelihood of simultaneous crop failures in several major grain-producing regions around the world. The study's lead author, Kail Kornhuber, a fellow at Columbia University and the German Council on Foreign Relations, noted that the impact of these types of concurrent events is largely underestimated, which could lead to spikes in food prices and even political turmoil.
A hydrogel that regenerates the endometrium and is expected to treat infertility
A joint research team from Pohang University of Science and Technology and Pocheon Chinese Medical University in South Korea has developed a hydrogel that induces endometrial regeneration using a uterus-derived extracellular matrix (UdECM) and has revealed for the first time the mechanisms that control this process. The results were published in Advanced Functional Materials on the 3rd, bringing new hope for the treatment of infertility.
Base editing is advantageous in the treatment of specific anemias
Altering the hemoglobin gene gene with gene therapy may cure sickle cell disease (SCD) and β thalassaemia. According to a paper published in Nature Genetics on the 3rd, scientists at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, the Broad Institute of Technology and Harvard University used the adenosine base editor to restart the expression of fetal hemoglobin in SCD patients' cells. Compared to using CRISPR-Cas9 genome editing technology, this method results in higher, more stable and more uniform expression levels of fetal hemoglobin.
New photonic chips break through the "bandwidth bottleneck" of high-performance computing
In the latest issue of Nature Photonics, researchers at Columbia University's School of Engineering demonstrated a new energy-efficient chip that can transmit large amounts of data through fiber-optic cables connecting nodes. Instead of using multiple lasers to produce different wavelengths of light, the chip only needs one laser to produce hundreds of different wavelengths of light that simultaneously transmit independent data streams.
New breakthroughs in science and technology丨One injection can improve the memory decline of elderly monkeys
Klotho is a natural protein expressed by kidney and brain tissue, and it is also a longevity protein that decreases with age. The UCSF team injected a single low dose of klotho (10 micrograms per 1 kilogram of body weight) to 18 elderly rhesus macaques (average age about 22 years). The results showed that a single dose of klotho improved cognitive function in elderly primates. The related research was published in Nature Aging on the 3rd.
International first! Tin-based perovskite LED efficiency increased to 8.3%
It was learned from Nanjing University of Technology on the 4th that Huang Wei, an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, led the research team of Professor Wang Jianpu of the School of Flexible Electronics (Future Technology) of Southern University of Technology to make a major breakthrough in environmentally friendly perovskite light-emitting diodes, and increased the efficiency of tin-based perovskite light-emitting diodes to 8.3% for the first time in the world. The results were published in the international academic journal Nature Photonics.
HKUST has established an interdisciplinary college with Wat as Dean
The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) has officially upgraded the Office of Interdisciplinary Curriculum to an Interdisciplinary College (College) to further enhance its interdisciplinary research and teaching capabilities. The new School will respond to the needs of society by flexibly introducing new teaching programmes and promoting interdisciplinary research in emerging fields such as art, technology and biodesign. Qu Huamin is the Dean of the Interdisciplinary College.
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