The coronavirus is the first to be transmitted by an owner to a pet
According to a paper recently published in the journal One Health, the City of Hope Translational Genomics Institute (TGEN) has reported for the first time the first case of the new coronavirus in the United States transmitted from owners to pets. Researchers believe the virus is transmitted from pet owners to dogs or cats, or both. The animals are confined to apartments and therefore have little chance of being exposed to the virus, so the likelihood of pets infecting their owners is slim. At the same time, there are no recorded cases of COVID-19 transmitted from pets to owners worldwide.
Covid-19 vaccines do not treat cancer but may promote cancer vaccine research in the future
At the "Life and Health Forum: The Game of Immunity and Cancer" held on the morning of November 3, Zhang Wenhong, director of the Department of Infectious Diseases at Huashan Hospital affiliated to Fudan University, firmly refuted the rumors in response to a question, saying that after an individual infection with the new coronavirus, the removal of tumor cells was an accidental event, but it did not mean that the new crown vaccine can treat tumors.
The new crown antibody was urgently approved, and 14 patients in Beijing have been treated
On November 3, at the 4th World Top Scientists Forum, Xie Xiaoliang, winner of the 2015 Alborne Medical Award and director of the Biomedical Frontier Innovation Center of Peking University, announced that new antibodies to the new coronavirus have been urgently approved, and 14 patients in Beijing have been treated.
Breeding "good" mosquitoes can fight dengue fever
Researchers in Indonesia have found a way to deal with disease-transmitting mosquitoes, and they have bred mosquitoes that carry a certain bacterium that prevents dengue viruses and the like from growing in mosquitoes. Wolbachia is a common bacterium that occurs naturally in 60% of insect species, including certain species of mosquitoes, fruit flies, moths, dragonflies and butterflies. However, according to the World Mosquito Program (WMP), a nonprofit that launched the study, the bacterium was not found in the Aedes aegypti mosquitoes that transmit dengue fever.
Amazon Cloud Technology announces the launch of a new Quantum Computing Center
It was learned from Amazon Cloud Technology (aws) that its new quantum computing center established at the California Institute of Technology in the United States was officially announced, which is aimed at building a larger-scale and more accurate quantum computer. Although a quantum computer can solve some problems that traditional computers can't solve, it is very sensitive to small changes in the environment and is more prone to errors. Aws' Quantum Computing Center, which was built at caltech, is dedicated to building "fault-tolerant" quantum computers.
United Nations: Global cities may rise by an average of 4°C by the end of the century
At the ongoing 26th United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP26), the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) released the "Overcoming High Temperatures: A Handbook of Sustainable Urban Cooling" prepared in cooperation with the Rocky Mountain Institute (RMI) in the United States on the 3rd, aiming to provide a reference guide to help cities around the world cool down. The report notes that global cities are warming at twice the rate of the global average. If greenhouse gas emissions continue to remain high, temperatures in many cities could rise by 4°C by the end of the century. Even at 1.5°C with global warming, 2.3 billion people could be vulnerable to severe heat waves.
The largest and highest resolution gastric cancer atlas to date was released
Recently, Singaporean scientists have used cutting-edge technologies such as single-cell sequencing to draw the largest and highest resolution gastric cancer map to date. At the single-cell level, the atlas provides new information about gastric cancer exacerbation and tumor differences between patients, as well as identifies the molecular pathways that drive stomach cancer to worsen and spread to other organs, providing important information for better treatment of the disease.
Discovery of Ordovician "Fossil Group of Horned Stone Paleontology" in Handan, Hebei
A few days ago, when tourists played in Longhu Park, Congtai District, Handan City, Hebei Province, they found that on a stone with a volume of only about 2 cubic meters, its surface layer was distributed with more than 30 large and small paleontological fossils. On the morning of the 4th, after expert identification, these paleontological fossils are Amenjiao stone fossils from the Ordovician period 450-480 million years ago, also known as "marine world specimens in fossils", which is of great significance to the study of paleogeography.
The SpongeBob Robot helps us probe the deep sea
An autonomous robot called Benthic Rover II, developed by mbari Marine Research Center, has been tasked with revealing the role of the deep ocean in the carbon cycle and helping to understand the impact of climate change on the ocean. The robot, which has big eyes that resemble a baby on the surface of the sea, will withstand the extreme pressures of the deep sea and study the carbon deposition of animals and sediments in the mud on the seabed.
Eating alone is bad for the heart
Women have a higher risk of cardiovascular disease than men as they age, mainly because of decreased levels of estrogen that regulate vascular function. As a result, many studies have focused on various risk factors. A new study suggests that eating alone may increase the risk of heart disease in older women. Recently, the relevant paper was published in the North American Society of Menopause in "Menopause".
Advances have been made in the study of artificially designed rice immune receptors
Recently, Liu Junfeng and Peng Youliang's team from the College of Plant Protection of China Agricultural University obtained rice resistant to rice blast through artificial design of rice immune receptors, and the research results were published online in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences in the United States. The use of disease-resistant varieties is an effective, economical and environmentally friendly means to control gene diseases by genes, and the use of multi-line varieties or broad-spectrum disease resistance genes is expected to obtain disease resistance persistence.
New nerve cells "appear" in the mammalian retina
Scientists at the John Moran Eye Center at the University of Utah in the latest issue of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences pointed out that they have found a new nerve cell in the mammalian retina, which helps scientists better understand the central nervous system. The researchers say the discovery is a major advance in the field as scientists work to better understand the central nervous system by identifying all kinds of nerve cells and their connections.
A new genus of dinosaurs in the family Diplodontidae was found in China, "Inner Mongolian Butterfly Hunting Dragon"
It was learned from the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences that researchers from the Institute and the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region Geological Survey and Research Institute found a new theropod dinosaur fossil, which was found in the Bashan Manduhu Dinosaur Fossil Geological Relics Nature Reserve in Urat Houqi BayinManduhu Dinosaur Fossil Geological Relics Nature Reserve in Bayannaoer City, which is about 83 million to 70 million years ago. The results were published in the journal Cretaceous Studies.
Gene therapy promotes the efficacy of drugs for Parkinson's disease
New northwestern university research has found that damage to the mitochondria of dopaminergic neurons can cause mice to develop Parkinson's-like symptoms such as impaired motor learning, while gene therapy can restore the ability of substantia nigra neurons to convert levodopa, a commonly used clinical drug for Parkinson's disease, into dopamine, and rebuild a healthy brain environment. This result helps to identify patients who may be diagnosed with Parkinson's disease in the next 5 to 10 years, and provides new ideas for slowing disease progression and treatment. The paper was published In Nature on November 3.
Curiosity discovered new organic molecules on Mars
Recently, in a paper in Nature Astronomy, NASA researchers used the Martian sample analysis equipment (sam) aboard curiosity to analyze and optimize the method of derivatization experiments (using chemical transformations to convert compounds into substances with chemical structures for easy detection) to discover several organic molecules that had never been found on Mars before.
Black holes grow as the universe expands
Physicists have found from the black hole merger events observed over the past 6 years that many black holes have more mass than expected. Most black holes are expected to have less than 40 solar masses, while many have been discovered with masses of more than 50 solar masses, and some even reach 100 solar masses. To explain the causes of these black holes, physicists have come up with a number of models. Recently, a study published in the Astrophysical Journal Newsletter proposed a new model: black holes grow in mass as the universe expands.
Scientists use sunlight and air to prepare fuel
A study published in Nature reported an experimental system that produces fuel from sunlight and air. The researchers installed a system of three key units on the roof that are used to extract carbon dioxide and water from the air, a mixture of carbon dioxide and water converted from solar energy into carbon monoxide and hydrogen (syngas), and syngas into liquid hydrocarbons or methanol.
Huang Tianyin, an academician of the National Academy of Sciences of Singapore, joined Tsinghua University
On November 1, Tsinghua University held an online appointment ceremony, and Huang Tianyin, an academician of the National Academy of Sciences of Singapore and a foreign academician of the National Academy of Medical Sciences of the United States, was officially hired to join Tsinghua University. At the ceremony, Qiu Yong, President of Tsinghua University, presented Huang Tianyin with the letter of appointment of "Chair Professor of Tsinghua University" on behalf of the school, and extended a warm welcome to him on behalf of all the teachers and students of the university to become a member of the Tsinghua family. Qiu Yong said that Tsinghua's vigorous development of medicine is a strategic measure to improve the layout of disciplines and improve the overall level of academic development, and it is also a strategic measure to serve the needs of the country and cultivate high-level talents.
The two achievements of Qilu University of Technology won the National Science and Technology Progress Award
At the 2020 National Science and Technology Awards Conference held on the morning of November 3, Qilu University of Technology (Shandong Academy of Sciences) won one second prize of national science and technology progress as the first completion unit and one second prize of national science and technology progress as a participating unit. This is the first time that the school (college) has been approved two national science and technology awards in one year, and the number of awards ranks first among the universities in Shandong Province.
Five achievements of Northeastern University won the 2020 National Science and Technology Award
On November 3, the 2020 National Science and Technology Awards Conference was solemnly held in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. The five achievements led and participated in by Northeastern University won the 2020 National Science and Technology Award. Among them, 1 leading project and 1 participating project won the second prize of the National Natural Science Award, and 2 leading projects and 1 participating project won the second prize of the National Science and Technology Progress Award, following the breakthrough of the National Science and Technology Awards of our university in 2019.
The National Energy Group won the first prize of the National Science and Technology Progress Award
On November 3, the 2020 National Science and Technology Awards Conference was held in Beijing, and the project of "4 million tons/year indirect liquefaction complete set of technological innovation and industrialization" completed by the National Energy Group Ningxia Coal Industry and more than 20 units was awarded the first prize of the National Science and Technology Progress Award.
Li Hong, a front-line skilled worker, won the National Science and Technology Award
On the morning of November 3, at the 2020 National Science and Technology Awards Conference, the project completed by Li Hong from Shanghai Tunnel Engineering Co., Ltd. won the second prize of the National Science and Technology Progress Award, which was recommended on the basis of the fifth national outstanding technological innovation achievement selection of employees jointly carried out by the All-China Federation of Trade Unions and other four ministries and commissions.
Midea won the National Science and Technology Progress Award
On November 3, at the 2020 National Science and Technology Awards Conference, Midea Air Conditioning participated in the "Theory of Building Thermal Environment and Its Key Technologies for Green Creation" project, which won the "Second Prize of the National Science and Technology Progress Award".
IDG Capital is once again donating funds to support North Brain Science Research
On November 1st, on the occasion of the 10th anniversary of the establishment of the Idg McGwen Institute of Brain Science of Peking University, IDG Capital donated funds to continue to support the development of the IDG McGwen Brain Science Institute of Peking University and better promote its teaching, research and talent training. Hao Ping, President of Peking University, met with Xiong Xiaoge, founding chairman of IDG Capital, and his party at Linhuxuan.
Comrade Xia Jianxin, former president of Shanghai Railway College, passed away
Comrade Xia Jianxin, a member of the Communist Party of China and former president of the Shanghai Railway Institute, died in Shanghai at 9:50 on October 29, 2021 at the age of 93 due to ineffective medical treatment. According to Comrade Xia Jianxin's last wishes, the funeral was simple, and only the farewell ceremony for the family members was held. Comrade Xia Jianxin was born in July 1928 in Jiangyin City, Jiangsu Province. He graduated from the Department of Mechanical Engineering of National Chiao Tung University in July 1950. He joined the Communist Party of China in 1984. As a professor and graduate supervisor, he received a special government allowance from the State Council in 1992.
Comrade Xiao Jie of China Agricultural University passed away at the age of 48
According to the official website of the College of Agronomy of China Agricultural University, Comrade Xiao Jie, a member of the Communist Party of China and the director of the Shangzhuang Experimental Station of the Agricultural University, died in Beijing at the age of 48 at 17:15 on October 31, 2021 after participating in the sports activities of the college, and after many rescue and treatment was ineffective. Xiao Jie was born on July 21, 1973 in Tai'an City, Shandong Province, joined the Communist Party of China in May 1995, studied at China Agricultural University from 1994 to 1998, stayed in the Physical Education Department in 1998, worked in the Logistics Infrastructure Department of China Agricultural University in 2002, served as the director of Zhuozhou Teaching Experimental Field of China Agricultural University in December 2014, and served as the director of Shangzhuang Experimental Station of China Agricultural University since July 2018.