Human breast milk is considered the most ideal source of nutrition for infants and it should have played a critical role in the evolution and civilizations of human beings. Unlike our intuitive perception, human milk contains a large number of bacterial species, including some opportunistic pathogens of humans. This phenomenon comes as no surprise to scientists and physicians.
LI Xiaosen, chief scientist for gas hydrates at the Guangzhou Institute of Energy Conservation, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), says the 2030 goal of commercial flammable ice exploitation is a political aim rather than technological one. He tells Chemistry World that there is no mature technical solution to control the release of methane from gas hydrates. Reducing pressure during the process may help reduce the release of unwanted, low-value by-products, but would also slow the extraction of methane. Ultimately, he explains, the central issue is whether there can be a worthwhile return on energy invested.
The Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences (SIBS) of Chinese Academy of Sciences has cemented its partnership with Nature Publishing Group (NPG) by renewing the contract for Cell Research for a second time and by launching a new open access journal, Cell Discovery on Nov. 18. Cell Discovery will be China's first broad-spectrum life science open access journal.
The stern situation of the current outbreak of Ebola hemorrhagic fever has caught intensive attention from the leadership of CAS. With great concern, repeated instructions have been given, urging the CAS staff to actively provide S&T support for emergency responses to potential invasion of this epidemic, drawing on its buildup in research on emerging and infectious diseases.
The Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences (IAP) and UK Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine signed an Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for educational and scientific cooperation in Beijing on 18th November 2014. Both sides hope to undertake collaborative research activities for the mutual benefit of both parties through future cooperation.
Chinese archeologists have recently discovered an ancient human activity site in Dalian, Northeast China's Liaoning province, making it a major archeological discovery in the country. So far more than 1000 important fossil specimens and over ten thousand fragment fossil samples have been discovered.
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