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Climate Change to Impact Desert Ecosystems: Chinese Researchers
Changes in climate, especially a rising temperature and reduced precipitation, will influence the ecological stability in desert regions, according to the latest research from the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS).
Research News
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Aug 17, 2018
New Gene Facilitates Adaptation of Japonica Rice to Cold Climates
Scientists from Chinese Academy of Sciences recently identified a gene facilitated adaptation of one kind of rice to cold climates. By combining population genetics, evolutional biology, and molecular biology techniques, Prof. CHU Chengcai and colleagues from Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology identified a critical regulatory gene bZIP73 that may have facilitated the northward expansion of japonica rice by improving its cold stress tolerance.
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Aug 17, 2018
A Way to Get Green Revolution Crops to Be Productive without Needin...
A team of researchers from the Chinese Academy of Sciences, the Academy of Agriculture and Forestry Sciences in China and the University of Oxford in the U.K. has found a way to grow green revolution crops using less nitrogen with no reduction in yield.
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Aug 17, 2018
China, UK Scientists Find Coarse Resolution Models Underestimate Fu...
China and UK scientists investigated the effect of model resolution on the mei-yu rainfall projection using the Hadley Centre's latest climate model, HadGEM3-GC2. The investigation highlights the needing of high resolution models in future climate change projections.
Multimedia News
Single-Chromosome Yeast Discovery May Help Un...
Shanghai scientists have created the world's first single-chromosome yeast.
Breakthrough in Synthetic Biology
A Chinese team of scientists have created world's first funtional single-chromosome yeast...
SH Establishes Three Bioscience Research Inst...
Research institutes on brain science, medicine and infection diseases were unveiled today in the city.
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China to Attend Large Arctic Research Expedition Next Year
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