Biomimetic enzyme nanocomplexes as preventive measures for alcohol intoxication

Under the continuous and strong financial support from the National Natural Science Foundation of China and based on the long-term and fruitful international corporation with Prof.Lu Yunfeng at University of California,Los Angeles,USA,Prof.Shi Linqi at Nankai University,Tianjin,China,recently published an article＂Biomimetic enzyme nanocomplexes and their use as antidotes and preventive measures for alcohol intoxication＂in Nature Nanotechnology（2013,8：187—192）.     

Draft genome,transcriptome and microbiome of Dermatophagoides farinae and a novel allergen Der f24

<正>Profs.Liu Zhigang and Ji Kunmei from Shenzhen University collaborated with Prof.Stephen Kwok Tsui and Dr.Tingfung Chan from the Chinese University of Hong Kong as well as Profs.Zhong Nanshan and Li Jing from the State Key Laboratory of Respiratory Disease in Guangzhou on the funded research.The financial support by the National Natural Science Foundation of China enabled the research group to     

Shi Changxu--a great teacher and mentor for materials scientists

I have met Professor Shi Changxu only a few times at meetings in China.One encounter that I can never forget is a meeting held in Beijing late December 2002.I was invited to participate in the inaugural meeting of the Centre for Interfacial Materials of the Institute of Metal Research,Chinese Academy of Sciences, under the CAS program of "Outstanding Overseas Chinese Scientists".Professor Shi was the Chair of the Experts Panel at the meeting.Of course the meeting went very well,and the centre was supported     

“Sino-US Forum on Basic Science for the Next Fifteen Years” Held in Beijing

February 16-17, 2004, “Sino-US Forum on Basic Science for the Next Fifteen Years”, co-sponsored by NSFCand NSF, was held in Beijing. The meeting discussed the future of basic science in the next 15 years and provided con-sultancy to China‘s research for developing medium and long term strategic plan for basic science development.Dr. Joseph Bordogna, Deputy Director of NSF attended the meeting as the leader of the US delegation.     

China Scientists Developed Important Methodologies for Spatiotemporal Detecting and Manipulating of Cellular Activities

Recently,technologies that enable spatiotemporal detecting and manipulating of cellular activities have became one of the most important frontiers of life science research,providing powerful tools to tackle complex biological questions.However,most of the original research of these technologies and methodologies had occurred in the developed countries. Over the past few years,Dr.Yang Yi,a biochemist and a chemical biologist based on East China University of Science and Technology,Shanghai,has devoted himself to the studies looking for solutions that     

Our Common Responsibility： to Promote Multilateral Cooperation in S ＆ T

We are very pleased to be here to attend the Workshop on Major Challenges for Research Funding Agencies at the Beginning of the 21st century, in celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Swiss National Science Foundation. On behalf of the National Natural Science Foundation of China, I would like to extend our thanks to Prof. Diggelmann, the President, and Dr. Hertig, the Secretary General, for your ki nd invitation, as well as our warmest congratulations to the Swiss National Science Foundation, our sister organization, with whom we have worked together joyfully over 14 years, supporting many exchanges and visits, and meetings and research projects in the fields like bio-informatics and so on. It was just last June, when the Swiss Innovation Week was held in China, that two workshops were jointly supported by both foundations on the occasion.     

Atomically thin high-temperature superconductor

<正>With the support by the National Natural Science Foundation of China,Ministry of Science and Technology of China,and Chinese Academy of Sciences,a research team led by Prof. Zhang Yuan Bo (张远波) at Fudan University,and Prof. Chen Xian Hui (陈仙辉) at the University of Science and Technology of China discovered that the high temperature superconductivity,as well as various other correlated phenomena associated with high     

A bright example for all of us- Professor Shi Changxu

Professor Shi Chanxu received the Top Scientists Award of China in early 2011.This is a very important event.As a materials scientist originally from China,I am very happy to hear this news.I see this award as a great encouragement,not only for people working in the field of Materials Science and Engineering, but also for all scientists and technologists in China. Professor Shi is one of the most famous materials scientists in the world,and has also made great contributions to the strategic development of science and engineering in China.I had the opportunity to listen     

Use machine learningto identify the equation of state of quark-gluon plasma

正With the support in part from the National Natural Science Foundation of China,Prof.Wang XinNian(王新年)from the Central China Normal University(CCNU),Dr.Pang LongGang(庞龙刚),a former postdoctoral fellow at CCNU and now postdoctoral fellow at the University of California Berkeley,and their collaborators have recently applied the machine learning technique to the field of relativistic heavy-ion     

Homogeneously dispersed multimetal oxygen-evolving catalysts

<正>With the support of the National Natural Science Foundation of China and China Scholarship Council/University of Toronto Joint Funding Program,the research team led by Dr.Zhang Bo(张波)at the University of Toronto,and Department of Physics at East China University of Science and Technology,explored,,     

Formation of c-SiC_3 molecules in the circumstellar envelope of AGB stars

<正>A recent study led by Dr. Yang Tao(杨涛)from the State Key Laboratory of Precision Spectroscopy in the East China Normal University,Dr. Ralf Kaiser from the University of Hawaii at Manoa and Dr. Martin Head-Gordon from the University of California at Berkeley unveiled the mysterious reaction     

"Sino-US Forum on Basic Science for the Next Fifteen Years" Held in Beijing

February 16-17, 2004, "Sino-US Forum on Basic Science for the Next Fifteen Years", co-sponsored by NSFC and NSF, was held in Beijing. The meeting discussed the future of basic science in the next 15 years and provided consultancy to China' s research for developing medium and long term strategic plan for basic science development. Dr. Joseph Bordogna, Deputy Director of NSF attended the meeting as the leader of the US delegation. Prof. Cheng     

Novel Findings for High Altitude Adaptation from the Yak Genome

An international consortium,led by Prof.Liu Jianquan Liu in Lanzhou University,comprising researchers from BGI,the world’s largest genomics organization,Institute of Kunming Zoology,Chinese Academy of Sciences as well as the other 12 institutes,has completed evolutionary analyses of the genetic bases for yak to survive at high altitude based on the genomic sequence of a female yak.This important research was recently published by an article entitled "The yak genome and adaptation to life at high alti-     

Intermediate bosonic metallic state in the superconductor-insulator transition

<正>With the support by the National Natural Science Foundation of China,the research team led by Prof. Li YanRong (李言荣) at the State Key Laboratory of Electronic Thin Films and Integrated Devices,University of Electronic Science and Technology of China and Prof. Wang Jian at the International Center for Quantum Materials,Peking University,uncovered the bosonic metallic state in high temperature superconducting films,which was published in Science (DOI:10. 1126/science. aax5798).     

Controlling the electromagnetism of single ion by "molecular surgery"

Controlling and modifying the magnetic property of a single molecule is the frontier for the development of molecular science. With the funding support from NSFC,Scientific Innovation Program of CAS as well as 973 from Ministry of Science and Technology of China, Prof.Jianguo Hou (Member of CAS) and Prof.     

A newly identified translocation pathway regulating unconventional protein secretion

正With the support from the National Natural Science Foundation of China and Tsinghua University,Dr.Ge Liangs (葛亮)research group at the State Key Laboratory of Membrane Biology,Tsinghua University-Peking University Joint Center for Life Sciences,School of Life Sciences,Tsinghua University,identified a translocation pathway for vesicle-mediated unconventional protein secretion,which was     

Polyoxometalate-based nickel and cobalt clusters as visible light-driven water oxidation catalysts

<正>With the support by the National Natural Science Foundation of China and Program for New Century Excellent Talents in University,Prof.Wang Enbo,Prof.Li Yangguang and Dr.Zhang Zhiming's research teams at the Key Laboratory of Polyoxometalate Science of Ministry of Education,Faculty of Chemistry,Northeast Normal University,worked together and reported a series of new polyoxometalate-based     

New DNA probe for studying cell membrane interactions

正Subject Code:B05 With the support by the National Natural Science Foundation of China and the US National Institutes of Health,a team led by Dr.Tan Weihong(谭蔚泓)at Hunan University and the University of Florida reported a new DNA probe for studying cell membrane interactions,which was recently published in     

Top Heads Met at China-US Computer Science Leadership Summit

NSFC Vice President Sun J iaguang, heading a delegation composed of computer science professionals and NSFC staff, attended the Second China-US Computer Science Leadership Summit held in the U. S. A. from July 9 to 13, 2008, which was jointly sponsored by NSFC and NSF. NSF attached great importance to the summit and its Director, Dr. Arden L. Bement, attended the summit. When talking with Prof. Sun, Dr. Bement expressed his hope for the further consolidation of the cooperative relationship between NSF and NSFC and the substantial enhancement of the collaboration and exchanges between scientists from the U. S. A. and China. They also delivered speeches at the opening ceremony.