Chinese scientists have developed a new nanocomposite material that can make buildings fireproof and less energy-consuming. Researchers from the Hefei Institutes of Physical Science under the Chinese Academy of Sciences, said the new nanocomposite vacuum insulation material has a low thermal conductivity of 4mW/m.k, which is between one-sixth and one-tenth of those of conventional insulators.
Chinese scientists have visualized hydrogen bonds through modified non-contact atomic force microscopy (AFM) for the first time in history, the National Center for Nanoscience and Technology (NCNST) said Friday. Hydrogen bonds are fundamental to the most important molecules in nature. They are responsible for holding the two strands of DNA's double helix together and many enzymes use them to catalyze reactions.
On November 20, the CropWatch research team at the Institute of Remote Sensing and Digital Earth (RADI) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, for the first time releases its global crop production assessment to an international audience. Unlike other global production estimates, the one issued by CropWatch highly relies on satellite data and also is completely transparent, as full details on methods and data sources, including foreign and Chinese satellites. Annual temperature for global crop production system zones.
With the nickname of "giant panda of the water", the finless porpoise is one of the most famous animals to be found in the Yangtze River. As the water environment in this area has deteriorated in recent years, the population of the species is now declining by an average of 13.7 percent each year. Scientists predict that the animal will become extinct in 5 to 10 years.
A team of Chinese and American scientists has learned how to maintain high fusion performance under steady conditions by exploiting a characteristic of the plasma itself: the plasma self-generates much of the electrical current needed for plasma containment in a tokamak fusion reactor. This self-generated, or "bootstrap," current has significant implications for the cost-effectiveness of fusion power.
In captive dolphins, older members of the family do show signs of age-related hearing loss, but the same has never been observed in the wild. However, when a male Indo-Pacific humpback dolphin approximately 40 years old was rescued after it had stranded itself in an inland river near Foshan, China, in March 2012, CAS researchers seized the opportunity to find out.
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