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2022 Japan Prize Laureates Announced

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The Japan Prize Foundation announced the winners of the 2022 Japan prize on January 25. Prof. Katalin Kariko (Hungary/USA) and Prof. Drew Weissman (USA) are co-winners of the Japan Prize in the field of “Materials and Production,” and Prof. Christopher Field (USA) has been awarded the Japan Prize in the field of “Biological Production, Ecology/Environment.” … Continued

Shanghai’s Jiading Concentrates on Hydrogen Fuel Cells and ICVs, Boosts Automobile Industry

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Jiading District in east China’s Shanghai issued policies for promoting automobile industry development featuring electrification, automation, network connection and sharing on Wednesday at a conference, and an action plan was also released for accelerating development of hydrogen fuel cell vehicles, according to Jiading District Economic Commission. Through efforts in upgrading its automobile industry, Jiading District … Continued

Sustainable aircraft “life cycle” service centre landed in Shuangliu, Chengdu, China

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Airbus has signed a Memorandum Of Understanding (MOU) with the city of Chengdu and Tarmac Aerosave for the development of the first sustainable aircraft “life cycle” service centre in the Shuangliu disctrict, Chengdu, China. This agreement will cover a range of activities from aircraft parking and storage, to maintenance, upgrades, conversions, dismantling and recycling services … Continued

Polyplastics Introduces Innovative Bonding Technology to Join Different Resin Materials

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Polyplastics Co. Ltd., a leading global supplier of engineering thermoplastics, has introduced an innovative bonding technology that is unlike traditional joining methods such as plastics welding or adhesion. AKI-Lock (R) has few restrictions on the materials that can be used and forms strong, airtight bonds with combinations of different materials for which bonding had previously … Continued

China-Laos railway drives faster development of Yunnan’s Yuxi

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On January 3, the China-Laos international freight train service had been put into operation for one month, sending 670,000 passenger trips and transporting 170,000 tons of goods, with the value exceeding 500 million yuan (about 78.5 million U.S. dollars). Yuxi City in southwest China’s Yunnan Province has a 145-km-long section of the 1,035-kilometer China-Laos railway, … Continued

Focusing on the Protection of Wetlands in Coastal Areas, the World Coastal Forum was Held in Yancheng

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The World Coastal Forum was held in Yancheng, Jiangsu Province January 10-11, both online and offline. With the theme of “Harmonious Coexistence: To Build a Community of Life for Human and Nature”, the protection of coastal wetlands was thoroughly discussed to build a global ecological civilization, according to the organizing committee of the World Coastal … Continued

SEKISUI CHEMICAL Develops Transparent and Flexible Radio Wave Reflection Film for 5G Communications

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– Will Improve Radio Wave Communications Infrastructure without Spoiling Landscape – SEKISUI CHEMICAL CO., LTD. (hereinafter “SEKISUI”) is pleased to announce that its High Performance Plastics Company has developed a transparent and flexible type of radio wave reflection film for 5G communications by combining SEKISUI’s distinguished film and optical adhesive technologies with the metamaterial technology … Continued

Landmark international innovation and entrepreneurship competition concludes in China’s Chongqing with top prize worth 100 mln yuan

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Chongqing Liangjiang Collaborative Innovation Zone Mingyue Lake International Innovation and Entrepreneurship Competition concluded Thursday in Chongqing Liangjiang New Area. Contestants across the country leveraged their ideas and proposals to win industrial support totaling 300 million yuan and start-up fund worth 500 million yuan. The competition, one of the country’s biggest science and innovation contests, focuses … Continued