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07 2023
Sequencing the genome of single cells has long been technically difficult and cursed by seemingly incorrigible bias in the gene amplification stage of the process, making it almost impossible to carry out research on rare cell types such as circulating tumor cells. A new process, however, radically reduces that bias, opening up whole new vistas of single-cell research. Sequencing the genome of single bacterial cells has long been technically difficult due to the seemingly incorrigible bias in the gene amplification stage of the process, making it hard to produce high-coverage genome sequence from precisely just ...
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06 2023
Recently, a research team led by Prof. CUI Guanglei from the Qingdao Institute of Bioenergy and Bioprocess Technology (QIBEBT), Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), has made significant progress in the field of high specific energy lithium metal batteries (LMBs). The development of LMBs with energy density exceeding 500 Wh kg-1 has garnered significant attention, especially in the special scenario applications. However, due to the strong reduction capability of Li metal anode, the parasitic side reactions ...
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06 2023
a research team led by Prof. LU Xuefeng and Prof. LUAN Guodong from the Qingdao Institute of Bioenergy and Bioprocess Technology (QIBEBT), Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), identified the key factors restricting the natural potentials of cyanobacteria for the directly converting carbon dioxide into glucose and constructed efficient glucose synthesizing photosynthetic cell factories. Glucose is the most abundant monosaccharide, serving as an essential energy source for cells and as an important feedstock for the biorefinery industry. The plant-biomass-sugar route dominates the current glucose supply, while it is influenced by ...
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06 2023
Although antibacterial detergents have been demonstrated to reduce malodor in textiles, their impact on microbial diversity during the laundry process and the subsequent effect on malodor in textiles have yet to be fully examined. Researchers from the Qingdao Institute of Bioenergy and Bioprocess Technology (QIBEBT) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) and Procter & Gamble have provided evidence to address this in a recent study. Although antibacterial detergents have been demonstrated to reduce malodor in textiles, their impact on microbial diversity during the laundry process and the subsequent effect on malodor in textiles have yet to be fully examined. Researchers from...
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06 2023
Recently, a research team led by Prof. TIAN Yajun from the Qingdao Institute of Bioenergy and Bioprocess Technology (QIBEBT) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) has explored the idea of coupling big data with LCA based on the previously established GIS-LCA methodology framework. The application of life cycle assessment (LCA) to quantify the environmental, economic, social and other multi-dimensional impact potential of products has always been the direction of its development. However, each dimension of traditional LCA m...
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06 2023
Lactic acid is an important chemical intermediate for a plethora of products, from medicine to cosmetics to degradable materials, and is the building block for biodegradable polylactic acid (PLA), a main component in compostable, recycled plastics. With a high demand for PLA and lactic acid in general, finding a non-food carbon source for the lactic acid synthesis process is a big step toward developing and implementing more sustainable practices. Researchers are streamlining a way to use the abundant agro-waste products in non-food feedstocks to derive lactic acid from lignocellulose, a complex structural network found in plant cell wall. Using consolidated bio-saccharification (CBS), researchers were able to take the raw material of lignocellulose and obtain LA through a fermentation process. Lactic acid (LA) is an important chemical intermediate for a plethora of products, from medicine to cosmetics to degradable materials, and is the building block for biodegradable polylactic acid (PLA), a main component in compostable, recycled pla...
