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CGN Wageningen @CGN_Wageningen

.@BGI_Genomics and CGN’s Rob van Treuren and Theo van Hintum sequenced a total of 445 Lactuca accessions to generate a map of #lettuce genome variations, identifying the #domestication history and traits of lettuce. Read the publication in @NatureGenet.


Whole-genome resequencing of 445 Lactuca accessions reveals the domestication history of cultivated...

Whole-genome resequencing of 445 Lactuca accessions, including major lettuce crop types and wild relative species, provides a comprehensive map of lettuce genome variations and sheds light on the...
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6:39 PM · Apr 13, 2021
 
The Chinese Academy of Science announce that recently, the Institute of Physics and Chemistry of the Chinese Academy of Sciences has successfully developed a 500W@2K cold compressor prototype, with various performance indicators meeting the predetermined requirements. It is used for superfluid helium cooling technology and is the key technology to ensure the stable operation of the next generation of higher energy superconducting accelerators.

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China’s large-scale cryogenic refrigeration technology makes breakthrough
By Global Times
Published: Apr 18, 2021 01:23 PM

The large-scale cryogenic refrigeration equipment. Photo:Stdaily.com
The large-scale cryogenic refrigeration equipment. Photo:Stdaily.com

China's large-scale cryogenic refrigeration technology, which is fundamental for important industrial sectors such as aerospace and hydrogen energy, has made a major breakthrough, with the ability to cool down -271C with hundred-watt level power.

China's major scientific research project for developing the large-scale cryogenic refrigeration system in liquid helium to superfluid helium temperature range has passed experts' appraisal, Xinhua reported on Saturday. This project is supported by the Ministry of Finance and undertaken by the Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (TIPC-CAS).

China can now develop large-scale cryogenic refrigeration equipment with a liquid helium temperature of 4.2K (-269 C) kilowatt level and superfluid helium temperature of 2K (-271C) hundred-watt level, a milestone which has broken technology monopoly by the developed countries, and made China's large-scale cryogenic refrigeration technology reach the global advanced level, according to TPIC-CAS's official website.

Large-scale cryogenic refrigeration equipment from liquid helium to superfluid helium temperature range is an indispensable core foundation for strategic fields, such as aerospace and hydrogen energy.

China's large-scale cryogenic refrigeration equipment has relied on imports for many years, TPIC-CAS's official website reported, noting that foreign countries have prohibited the key core component and refrigeration equipment used in special fields from exporting to China.

The hundred-watt large refrigerating machines have been successfully put into operation in several industries, such as accelerators and nuclear fusion, according to Xinhua, adding that the research project in developing a large-scale cryogenic refrigeration system has also driven the rapid development of relevant industries, including cryogenic heat exchangers and cryogenic valves. The low-temperature industry cluster with complete functions and clear division of labor has been initially formed now.

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Chinese physicist hunts for a ghost particle, undeterred by US-China friction
  • Li Liang has worked for nearly a decade on the Muon g-2 experiment involving 200 researchers from seven countries at Fermilab in the US
  • Teams in China are working on the blueprint for a muon collider with sites in Guangdong province among candidates to host the potential project
 
 


 
BGI Group @TheBgiGroup

A paper presented the genomes of egg-laying mammals, #platypus and #echidna, was published in the #Naturejournal. This large project involved over 40 researchers from institutes including #BGIResearch. Read more: https://nature.com/articles/s41586-020-03039-0…

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5:53 PM · Jan 7, 2021

 
China's first underwater data center unveiled in Zhuhai
2021-01-13 09:59:40 Ecns.cn Editor : Luo Pan


(ECNS) -- China's first undersea data center (UDC) was unveiled in Zhuhai, Guangdong Province on Sunday.

The UDC project involves installing Internet facilities like servers in airtight pressure vessels with excellent cooling performance under the ocean surface.

These facilities are powered by subsea composite cables and then transmit data to the Internet.

UDC has the advantage of energy and resources saving by cooling off Internet facilities with a huge amount of circulating seawater.

The biggest bottleneck to data center development is energy consumption. It consumes too much power and cannot be halted for a second. Seawater can be used to reduce energy consumption by about 30 percent, said Xu Tan, vice president of Highlander.

A big data center, with an annual economic volume exceeding 300 billion yuan, is vital to new infrastructure, Xu added.

Currently, most big data centers are built on land, occupying a large amount of space and consuming excessive power and cooling water.

Therefore, it is scientifically most effective to further utilize marine space and deploy China's coastal data centers in offshore waters, Xu said.

UDC is primarily powered by urban industrial power, supplemented by renewable energies like offshore wind, solar and tidal energy, and features low cost, short latency, high reliability and safety.

It is calculated that servers contained within the data center could prove up to eight times more reliable than their dry-land counterparts.
 
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