Progress in virtual enterprise risk controlling in a complicated information system

Virtual Enterprise (VE) is a strategy to optimize and integrate enterprise business based on the core operation of the business. More and more enterprises selected this strategy in order to efficiently implement their own business accompanied by the trend of globalizing economy     

Prof.Piao＇s Review Paper Published in Nature

<正>Prof.Piao Shilong from the College of Urban and Environmental Sciences,Peking University was invited to publish a review paper in the September 2 issue of Nature.The paper,titled"The Impacts of Cli- mate Change on Water Resources and Agriculture in China",introduces the progress of researches on the impact of climate change on China's agriculture and water resources. Although China's economy developed rapidly in the past 30 years,as the most populous country in the world,China has to feed 22%of the world's population with only 7%of the world's arable land.It is a great challenge for China to maintain a sustainable development of agriculture and water resources.For this reason,the impactof climate change on China's water resources and agriculture output becomes a ma-     

Research and applications of novel jet techniques in well drilling,completion and fracturing

Oil and gas have long been regarded as key elements for any industrialized country. China＇s economy and social security are largely dependent on oil and gas exploration and development. Nowadays, a great deal of attention has been paid to various ways of efficiently developing oil and gas reserves. This paper presents an overview of research and applications of novel jet techniques in well-drilling, well-com- pletion and fracturing. Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China, through years of effort, significant achievements have been made in this area. Not only has the systematic theory of novel jetting been established, but also its application has been proved practical in petroleum engineering. This paper focuses on the topics of the self-resonating cavitating jet, the abrasive water jet, and the supercritical CO2 jet, in respect of theories, applications and prospects.     

Hybrid plasmonic modes in multilayer trench grating structures

正Light-matter interaction realized by plasmonic microstructures brings about a strong light confinement,which means energy can be controlled under micro-or nano-scale,providing a versatile approach to tailor optical properties precisely.However,a large Ohmic loss is inevitable in the plasmonic formations,and usually leads to the thermal instability and low efficiency of designed devices.For common plasmonic     

Progress of Soil Research in China

Soil, as a survival natural resource for the existent of human beings, is always highly concerned by contemporary scientists. Being a tag to symbolize the development level of soil science, research in soil classification is a focus in today's international soil science. In demand by development of China's science and economy, NSFC has supported 3 Major Program projects as well as 3 General Program projects in this area     

ATTEC: A new potential strategy of drug discovery for Huntington’s disease and similar diseases

<正>With the support by the National Natural Science Foundation of China,the research team led by Prof. Lu Bo Xun(鲁伯埙) with his collaborators Prof. Fei Yi Yan (费义艳) and Prof. Ding Yu (丁滪) at Fudan University,demonstrated the concept of using Autophagosome Tethering Compounds (ATTEC) as an innovated approach to discover treatment drugs for Huntington’s disease and similar diseases. The research was recently published in     

Soochow University makes great progress in the field of films＇ growth using a chemical solution approach

Professor Zou Guifu＇s research group at School of Energy, Soochow University, Suzhou, China and co-workers developed a general chemical solution approach polymer-assisted-deposition （PAD） to grow a wide range of materials （ChemSocRev 2013, 42： 439, highlighted on Back Cover）. This work is suppor- ted by the National Natural Science Foundation of China and the U.S. Department of Energy through （）f- fice of Basic Energy Sciences＇ user facility at 06NA25396）. Los Alamos National Laboratory （Contract DE-AC52     

NSFC Departments and Offices

To organize and formulate the development strategy in related scientific fields; to select priority funding areas and to compile the annual Guide to Programs; to accept and evaluate research proposals and to manage the funded projects of various categories; to take charge of the organization and management of international cooperation projects and the organization and constitution of the expert evaluation system, and to provide consultation on important scientific issues.     

Materials- the foundation for technology revolutions

It is my greatest honor to learn that Professor SHI Changxu was a recipient of the China’s National Top Award in Science and Technology in 2010 owing to his pioneer and strategic contributions to the development of materials in China and world.This award represents the strongest endorsement of not only the society to the contribution made by Professor Shi in materials,but also the materials’ community to the social progress and advances in technology.     

Conditions of submission and selection of French-Chinese joint research projects for 2011

<正>A collaboration agreement was signed between the ANR and the Natural Sciences Foundation of China (NSFC) in order to facilitate the setting-up and implementation of scientific projects of quality jointly proposed by French and Chinese research teams,in the framework of the ANR's Blanc Programme and the NSFC's International Joint Research Projects. The conditions specific to this agreement are specified below.The aim is to finance innovative and collaborative research projects of high quality between the best French and Chinese teams.The partners shall     

“Hydrogen farm” strategy for scalable solar hydrogen production via water splitting

正With the support by the National Natural Science Foundation of China and the Chinese Academy of Sciences,the research team led by Prof.Li Can (李灿)at the State Key Laboratory of Catalysis,Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics(CAS)proposed and demonstrated a practically feasible approach for scalable solar hydrogen production via water splitting,named "Hydrogen Farm Project"(HFP).This approach realized a world record solar-to-hydrogen efficiency exceeding 1.8%,which was published in Angew Chem     

Cooperation and Exchange with Different Countries and Regions within Bilateral Agreements/MOUs

In accordance with the cooperation agreements/MOUs signed with international science funding agencies and academic institutions,NSFC continues to make efforts to fund international joint research projects and to normalize and better the management of funding,review,and assessment of the results achieved by the joint research projects funded. Since the international partners of NSFC are located in different countries and regions,with varied start dates of fiscal year and diverse windows for application and related requirements,it is impossible to     

Vice President Shen Wenqing Met with US Science Dean Delegation

NSFC Vice President Prof. Shen Wenqing met with an US science dean delegation on 21 October, 2008. Prof. Shen briefed the delegation on NSFC＇s profile of international cooperation with the United States, followed by discussions on how to better develop China-US collaboration in science and technology and how to encourage US students to do research in China. Dr. Alex DeAngelis, the new Director of NSF Beijing Office, joined the delegation. NSFC staff from the Department of Mathematical and Physical Sciences and Bureau of International Cooperation attended the meeting.     

Three Important Advances in Engineering Strength Theories

There are there great advances in the research on engineering strength theories in the latter half of the 20th Century. The first advance was the development of strength theory from the single -shear strength theory including the Tresca yield criterion and Mohr-Coulomb failure criterion to theoctahedral-shear strength theory; the second one was that from the octahedral -shear strength theory to the twin -shear strength theory; and the third was the theories from the single criteria to the unified strength theory. These three advances are summarized in this paper. It is interesting and useful for researchers to choose an appropriate failure criterion in studying the strength of materials and structures , for engineers to correctly use it and for students to understand strength theory.     

NSFC Vice President Sun Jiaguang Visits EU Headquarters and Germany

At the invitation of the Directorate -General for Research and Innovation of the Commission of EU(DG-RTD) and the German Science Foundation,an NSFC delegation headed by its Vice President Prof.Sun Jiaguang visited EU headquarters and Germany from June 12 to 21,2012. During the visit to EU headquarters in Brussels,the delegation met with Ms.Anneli Pauli, Deputy Director-General of DG-     

Forest Bio-disaster Status and its Basic Research in China

This review outlines the characteristics and developmental trends of forest bio-disasters (including disease, insect and rodent pests) of recent years in China, summarizes the achievements of the basic researches supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China, defines the main drawbacks, and proposes some important issues to be highlighted in the basic research in the future in order to integrate research resources, concentrate research objectives and to accelerate the development of forest bio-disaster basic research in China.     

Urban Integrated Transportation Planning Based on Transit Oriented Development and its Research Challenges

Satisfying the increasing traffic demand with the least amount of resource and environmental costs, the sustainable development object of urban traffic system determines that from long-term viewpoint, it is necessary to establish urban integrated traffic planning system with public transport as it is. The planning idea of Transit Oriented Development (TOD) is an important method to realize urban integrated traffic planning system. Research and practice reveal that harmony and integration is the key method to solve urban traffic problems. The integration of traffic system and land-use is the basic problem. Urban traffic development strategy with TOD provides ideas and ways to harmonize the traffic and land-use systems, which brings out a series of new research subjects and challenges in the field of traffic planning.     

President Chen Yiyu Met with Omi

On April 24, 2008, Prof. Chen Yiyu, NSFC President, met with the delegation headed by Mr. Kouji OMI, Member of the Japanese Lower House of Representatives at Beijing Hotel. Mr. Omi briefed the 5th Science and Technology in Society Forum to be held in Kyoto in October 2008 and formally invited Prof. Chen to attend the Forum. Prof. Chen expressed his interests to the Forum and had a discussion on the topics of the Forum.     

The New Progresses in Coupling Relations of Mountain-oasis-desert System

In this paper, the concepts and principles of mountain-oasis-desert system (MODS) are put forward according to the natural geographical situations in arid zone of western china. The spatiotemporal characteristics and dynamic changes of typical MODS, the process of material circulation, energy transform and information transmission among MODS and the mechanism of MODS interaction and symbiosis are analyzed. The foundation and frame of the coupling type are determined by landform types and climate characteristics: the spatial pattern of the coupling type is determined by the hydrological characteristics; the vegetation type reflects the appearance of the coupling type; the soil state restricts the function of the coupling type and the human activities influence the development course of the coupling type. Interface course of MODS is closely related to such medium as water, soil, air, etc., and water is the major medium during the course of material circulation, energy transform and information transmission. The disorder of water salt, water heat and water land restricts the stability of water ecosystem.     

Cu(Ⅰ)-catalyzed exclusive 6-endo-dig cyclization towards functionalized 1-naphthylamines

<正>With the support by the National Natural Science Foundation of China,the research team led by Prof.Zhou YongBo (周永波)and Dr.Dong JianYu at the State Key Laboratory of Chemo/Biosensing and Chemometrics,College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering,Hunan University,cooperated with the research team led by Prof.Yuan Lin from Hunan University,and recently reported a convenient,effcient,and direct approach toward 1-naphthylamine frameworks via Cu(Ⅰ)-catalyzed 6-endo-dig cyclization of