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04 2023
Researchers are racing to find a replacement for lithium-ion batteries, which are used not only for small consumer electronics like cell phones and laptops, but also electric bicycles, electric vehicles, and long-term power storage. Though rare, lithium-ion batteries can catch fire because of the instability of the liquid electrolytes in the battery structure. Solid-state lithium metal batteries, which are stable at high temperatures, are a possible alternative, but they tend to degrade quicker. Lithium-ion batteries are used not only for small consumer electronics like cell phones and laptops, but also electric bicycles, electric vehicles, and long-term power storage. Though rare, lithium-ion batteries can catch fire due to the instabili...
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03 2023
A new platform from researchers at the Single-Cell Center, Qingdao Institute of Bioenergy and Bioprocess Technology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (QIBEBT/CAS) improves accuracy, throughput, and stability in profiling dynamic metabolic features. The study was published in Advanced Science. A new platform established by researchers at the Single-Cell Center, Qingdao Institute of Bioenergy and Bioprocess Technology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (QIBEBT/CAS) improves accuracy, throughput, and stability in profiling dynamic metabol...
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02 2023
Recently, a research team led by Prof. CONG Zhiqi from the Qingdao Institute of Bioenergy and Bioprocess Technology (QIBEBT) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) has developed new engineering Cytochrome P450BM3 enzymes for direct nitration of unsaturated hydrocarbons. Biocatalytic nitration is a promising method for the preparation of nitro compounds. However, few nitration reactions have been developed using biocatalysis due to the lack of native nitrating enzymes and/or the narrow substrate scope of the enzym...
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12 2022
Researchers from the Qingdao Institute of Bioenergy and Bioprocess Technology (QIBEBT) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) have proposed a new technology, called the Optical tweezer-assisted pool-screening and single-cell isolation (OPSI) system, has achieved 99.7% purity of sorting target cells, all done in real-time. Current cell-sorting methods cannot effectively sort cells of various sizes while maintaining their viability for future testing, which can be problematic when studying cancer cells or pathogenic bacteria. Researchers from the Qingdao Institute of Bioenergy and Bioprocess Technology (QIBEBT) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) have proposed a new technology, called the Optical tweezer-assisted pool-screening and single-cell isolation (OPSI) sys...
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12 2022
Researchers from the Qingdao Institute of Bioenergy and Bioprocess Technology (QIBEBT) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) and their collaborators have proposed a new system called "EasySort AUTO" that allows single-cell analysis even of bacteria. It is based on artificial intelligence image recognition.
The identification, sorting and export of single bacterial cells rather than just populations of them has long been incredibly complex, expensive and often just does not work without damaging the cells.
Now, researchers from the Qingdao Instit...
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11 2022
Recently, researchers from the Qingdao Institute of Bioenergy and Bioprocess Technology (QIBEBT) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) identified a protein complex, named MAC, required for DNA damage response in plants. This work was published in Plant Physiology on Nov. 04. In animals, DNA damage could lead to cancers. Although plants live for a long time without cancers, their growth is always challenged by many environmental factors, such as radiation, salinity, heavy metals and flooding, which can lead to DNA dama...
