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04 2021
By combining an oil-producing microalgae with genes from a Cuphea plant, scientists have been able to turn the algae into a microbial cell factory that can produce various oils with many different properties. Researchers have combined the ‘chassis’ of an oil-producing microalgae with some genes from a Cuphea plant to control the length of fatty-acid chains the algae produces. The length of fatty-acid chains helps determine an oil’s various properties. By designing the algae to produce fatty acids of different lengths, the algal ‘factory’ can now be programmed to manufacture a cornucopia of various industrially relevant fatty acids. By combining the ‘chassis’ of an oil-producing microalgae with genes from a Cuphea plant, scientists from Single-Cell Center, Qingdao Institute of BioEnergy and Bioprocess Technology (QIBEBT) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) can turn the...
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03 2021
A single-celled algae has undergone genome surgery to remove non-essential parts. This can lead to a most efficient cellular factory for producing sustainable biofuels from sunlight and carbon dioxide.
[Summary] A single-celled algae has undergone genome surgery to remove non-essential parts. This can lead to a most efficient cellular factory for producing sustainable biofuels from sunlight and carbon dioxide.
Researchers have stripped hundr...
12
03 2021
Recently, Prof. JIANG Heqing, a researcher from the Qingdao Institute of Bioenergy and Bioprocess Technology (QIBEBT) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), and Prof. Caro from Hanover University of Germany, jointly developed a novel titanium based dual-phase oxygen permeable membrane. Compared with hydrogen production through renewable energy electrolytic water technology, currently obtaining hydrogen fuel by purifying industrial by-product hydrogen is considered to be a more realistic and inexpensive way due to the low operati...
09
03 2021
A new study shows that within 24-72 hours of the interruption of oral hygiene, there was a steep decrease in the presence of ‘good oral bacteria’ and the beneficial anti-inflammatory chemicals they are associated with. An increase of ‘bad bacteria’ typically present in the mouths of patients with periodontitis, a severe gum disease which can lead to tooth damage or loss, was also discovered.
The research team, led by scientists from Single-Cell Center, Qingdao Institute of BioEnergy and Bioprocess Technology at Chinese Academy of Sciences (QIBEBT, CAS) and Procter & Gamble Company (P&G), published their findings in the journal mBio on March 9, 2021.
Poor oral hygiene produces gum-disease bacteria and accelerates oral microbiome aging faster than previously thought.
A new study shows that within 24-72 hours of the interruption of oral hygiene, there was a steep decrease in the presence of ...
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02 2021
Recently, a research team led by Prof. LIU Licheng from the Qingdao Institute of Bioenergy and Bioprocess Technology (QIBEBT) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) proposed a two-step amination strategy to regulate the electronic structure of M-N/C catalysts (M=Ni, Fe, Zn) and enhance the intrinsic activity of CO2 electrocatalytic reduction. Carbon dioxide (CO2) electrocatalytic reduction driven by renewable electricity can solve the problem of excessive CO2 emissions. Since CO2 is thermodynamically stable, efficient catalysts are needed to reduce the energy consumption in the process...
09
02 2021
Recently, the research team led by Prof. LIANG Hanpu from Qingdao Institute of Bioenergy and Bioprocess Technology (QIBEBT), Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), report the facile and environment-friendly synthesis of a single-atom Fe catalyst. Oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) is of utmost significance for renewable and sustainable energy systems, such as fuel cells and metal-air batteries. One major bottleneck for their commercial application lies in the sluggish kinetics of ORR at the c...
