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China news archive 2007


SEM image of dodecahedral particles in a close-packed lattice

A simpler way to photonic crystals

17 December 2007

Cheap two-step method to make angular crystals from tiny polymer beads


Ruthenium nanocluster

Aqueous Fischer-Tropsch is clean and green

12 December 2007

Water-soluble catalyst provides a green route to synthetic hydrocarbon fuels


Petrol Tanker

China greens rules for foreign investment

30 November 2007

Renewables and clean technologies favoured over energy intensive sectors Also available in Mandarin


OLED

OLED chemists have a bright idea

23 November 2007

New material makes OLEDs simpler, brighter, more colourful Also available in Mandarin


Journals and Chinese flag

China leaps up research league table

20 November 2007

Volume of output surpasses Japan and the UK Also available in Mandarin


Droplets being sorted into two channels

Sorting droplets digitally

19 November 2007

A new lab-on-a-chip sorting technique is better, faster, cheaper than current methods Also available in Mandarin


Power station

China to ramp up nuclear power

24 October 2007

China to generate hundreds of millions of kilowatts from nuclear in ‘the near future’


Gas pipeline

Chinese energy ministry on the cards

17 October 2007

Calls grow for single point of governance Also available in Mandarin


vaccine

China’s drug industry set to take off

11 October 2007

International deals to make cheap drugs could be a foot in the door Also available in Mandarin


Construction

Chinese universities face staggering debt

09 October 2007

Rapid expansion is causing repayment problems Also available in Mandarin


High hopes for anti-monopoly law

High hopes for anti-monopoly law

01 October 2007

Minnows hope to break stranglehold of petrochemical giants Also available in Mandarin


Biofuel

Biofuels could boost global warming, finds study

21 September 2007

Nobel prize winner finds most biofuels could be worse for the environment than fossil fuels Also available in Mandarin


nanofibres

Cell destruction by gel implosion

19 September 2007

Scientists turn bacteria to jelly


Wind turbine

China launches 200 billion dollar renewable energy plan

05 September 2007

China’s renewables pledge depends on industry investment


Chinese researcher

China still lagging behind OECD on innovation

03 September 2007

Shortage of science graduates threaten China’s economic growth Also available in Mandarin


Coal chemical projects flourish

Coal chemical projects flourish

31 August 2007

Business booms as international oil prices hit almost US$80 per barrel Also available in Mandarin


Enzymes trigger colour shift in polymers

Enzymes trigger colour shift in polymers

31 August 2007

Novel assay monitors enzyme activity in real time Also available in Mandarin


Superlattice

Spontaneous superlattices

29 August 2007

Zinc oxide nanocrystals that self-assemble into ‘superlattices’ are promising luminescent materials, say scientists in China.


A portion of the Hong Kong skyline by night

China’s pollution headache

16 August 2007

Chinese scientists have found concentrations of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in some Chinese cities to be among the highest in the world.


Drugs

China invests more than $1bn in drug safety

10 August 2007

Government agencies tackle growing ‘fake drugs’ problem Also available in Mandarin


Coal

Optimism greets China’s quest for clean coal

18 July 2007

Chinese scientists are on the verge of successfully producing clean fuels from underground coal deposits


Zheng Xiaoyu

Chinese legislation to increase drug safety

13 July 2007

New drug registration laws expected to boost the country’s pharmaceutical industry


Traditional Chinese medicine

First internationally licensed Chinese herbal patent

28 June 2007

China has licensed its first herbal compound patent to an overseas pharmaceutical company


An apoferritin protein

Nature's cancer treatments

26 June 2007

Chemists working in China have used a native protein to deliver anticancer medicines to tumour cells.


Pharmaceuticals

China’s battle with fake drugs

18 May 2007

Preview: Fears rise over counterfeit medicines


Wan Gang

China government appoints new science chief

01 May 2007

Wan Gang is first non-communist minister for 35 years


Selenium microstructures

Selenium flowers and walnuts

09 May 2007

Flowers and walnuts are just some of the shapes scientists in China have made in a technique developed for making selenium microstructures.


Reaching out to Europe

Reaching out to Europe

Policy Chemicals legislation brings uncertainty for Chinese business


Ethics rules

Ethics rules outlined by Chinese Academy of Sciences

Chinese science authorities have established ethics committees and released guidance for researchers


Sinopec

$5bn deal heralds industry integration

Sinopec, ExxonMobil and Saudi Aramco team up


Biofuel

Biofuel investment on the rise

Tree-planting projects could fuel the future


terracotta

Pollens reveal origins of terracotta army

Scientists put ancient clay figures under the microscope


Pincer

Pincer ligands boost Kumada coupling

Novel catalysts promote carbon-carbon bond-forming reaction


 

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China news archive 2008

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