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Chinese Scientists Use Transgenic Silkworms to Produce Spider Silk[Aug 15, 2018]

Chinese scientists have used gene-editing techniques to make silkworms produce spider silk, and have achieved efficient yields compared with earlier attempts. Spider silk is one of the strongest and toughest natural fibers and has superior mechanical properties. However, it's hard to harvest spider silk in large quantities by raising spiders due to their territorial and cannibalistic behaviors.

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Chinese Scientists Intend to Chase Solar Eclipse in Space[Aug 15, 2018]

Total solar eclipses formed by the moon shadowing the sun are spectacular opportunities for scientists to observe the sun's corona, but too short and rare to capture. So Chinese scientists have put forward a novel idea to view a total solar eclipse in space by using the earth to cover the sun, so they might have a longer and more accurate observation and study the source of solar storms.

handmade paper;paper;cultural heritage;Xuan paper

Expert Strives to Revive Forgotten Forms[Aug 10, 2018]

TANG Shukun, an expert on handmade paper at the University of Science and Technology of China of the Chinese Academy of Sciences in Hefei is striving to revive the industry of Xuan paper making.

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Papermakers Set to Write New Survival Story[Aug 10, 2018]

Jiajiang's handmade paper industry is also struggling as an increasing number of workshop owners embrace machinery and new business models, such as selling, not making, paper. The situation is no better in the rest of the country, which is the birthplace of papermaking, said Tang Shukun, director of the Handmade Paper Institute at the University of Science and Technology of China in Hefei, capital of Anhui province, who has been monitoring the handmade paper sector for 20 years.

lung cancer;protein;transcription factor;human genome

Chinese Researchers Identify Key Proteins Associated with Lung Cancer[Aug 14, 2018]

Chinese researchers have identified 21 key proteins that can inhibit or encourage the growth of lung cancer cells, according to a recent study published in the international journal Cancer Letters. Using genome-wide screening techniques, researchers from the Institute of Zoology under the Chinese Academy of Sciences tested 1,530 transcription factors (TFs), which are key proteins bound to DNA sequences that control the gene expression and decode information in the human genome.

Mekong River Basin;rainfall;satellite data;precipitation

Satellite Data Reliable for Rainfall Monitoring in Mekong River Basin: Research[Aug 14, 2018]

Researchers have proven that satellite data can assist in monitoring rainfall in the Mekong River Basin, the Chinese Academy of Sciences announced Monday. The researchers evaluated the reliability of existing precipitation, or rainfall data, from both high-resolution satellite and reanalysis data, with a ground observations-based gridded precipitation dataset as the reference.

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