The mechanism of pathogenic bacteria crossing the human blood-brain barrier has been discovered, and dinosaur footprints have been discovered for the first time in the "pterosaur Eden" in Hami. | Introduction to Science and Technology in China for a Week

The mechanism of pathogenic bacteria crossing the human blood-brain barrier has been discovered, and the first discovery of dinosaur footprints in the "pterosaur Eden Garden" in Hami, China. A week of science and technology introduction

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The mechanism of pathogenic bacteria crossing the human blood-brain barrier has been discovered

Source: China Science Daily

Recently, Professor Wang Lei's team from Nankai University revealed for the first time that the three main bacteria that cause meningitis use the same mechanism to cross the blood-brain barrier, and elaborated on their molecular mechanisms, which are of great significance for the prevention and treatment of meningitis. The research findings are published online in the internationally renowned academic journal "Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences".

Bacterial meningitis is an inflammatory reaction caused by pathogenic bacteria infection, including meninges, arachnoid membranes and pia mater. It has a high incidence rate and mortality. Even after treatment, it may also be accompanied by cerebral palsy, mental retardation, epilepsy and other neurological sequelae. It has become one of the global public health problems. Therefore, in-depth research on the pathogenic mechanism of meningitis pathogenic bacteria and the search for effective treatment and prevention and control methods for pathogenic bacterial infections has always been one of the research hotspots in the field of microbiology. The blood-brain barrier can protect the central nervous system from harmful substances or bacteria in the blood entering the brain, while meningitis pathogenic bacteria can cross the blood-brain barrier, invade the brain, and cause inflammation. However, the molecular mechanism of this crossing mechanism has not been elucidated. The research team at Nankai University has focused on this key issue and, after years of research, found that the main pathogenic bacteria of meningitis - Streptococcus pneumoniae, Group B Streptococcus, and Escherichia coli from neonatal meningitis - cross the blood-brain barrier by hijacking the intracellular transport of iron transporter receptors (TfR). The research results suggest that the main pathogenic bacteria of meningitis use a common mechanism to cross the blood-brain barrier. Therefore, the discovery of this mechanism provides a theoretical basis and potential targets for the development of broad-spectrum drugs for the prevention and treatment of bacterial meningitis, and also provides new ideas for delivering drugs across the blood-brain barrier.

https://news.sciencenet.cn/htmlnews/2023/10/509996.shtm

The power generation of Baihetan Hydropower Station has exceeded 100 billion kilowatt hours

Source: CCTV News

On the early morning of the 12th, the cumulative power generation of the Jinsha River Baihetan Hydropower Station exceeded 100 billion kilowatt hours, equivalent to reducing carbon dioxide emissions by about 82.4 million tons, ensuring the green development of the economy and the demand for electricity for people's livelihoods in the Yangtze River Delta regions such as Jiangsu and Zhejiang.

The Baihetan Hydropower Station is located in Ningnan County, Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan Province and Qiaojia County, Zhaotong City, Yunnan Province. It is a national major project implementing the "West East Power Transmission" in China. The total installed capacity of the power station is 16 million kilowatts, second only to the Three Gorges Project and ranking second in the world. The power station can provide over 60 billion kilowatt hours of clean electricity annually to the Yangtze River Delta region and Sichuan Yunnan provinces, with a maximum daily power generation capacity that can meet the daily electricity consumption of 148 million people.

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The construction of China's first maritime "Five Star Lianzhu" platform

According to CNOOC news, on October 10th, the Jinzhou 25-1 South Electric Power Platform was installed in the central sea area of Liaodong Bay in the Bohai Oilfield, marking significant progress in the third phase of the Suizhong Jinzhou Oilfield Group shore power application project of CNOOC. The shore power platform has successfully settled in the Jinzhou 25-1 South Oil and Gas Field, connecting with the original four platforms, and building China's first "Five Star Lianzhu" offshore platform.

The Jinzhou 25-1 South Oil and Gas Field is the first medium to deep fractured reservoir in Bohai Sea to be developed. After years of exploration and innovation, oilfield development and production personnel have achieved significant development results. Since its production in 2009, the cumulative oil and gas equivalent has exceeded 25 million tons, and the cumulative transportation of natural gas, green and clean energy, to the coastal areas around the Bohai Sea has exceeded 4.5 billion cubic meters.

http://www.stdaily.com/index/kejixinwen/202310/2aef04065ff04af482e3aa303beb8acc.shtml

New research reveals the inflection point of Himalayan precipitation changes caused by aerosol emission reduction

Source: China Science Daily

Recently, the research team of Zhou Tianjun, a researcher from the Institute of Atmospheric Physics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, and scholars from the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory of the United States, the Max Planck Institute of Meteorology of Germany and the Ocean University of China, revealed the driving factors and dynamic mechanisms that have caused the "dual core" changes in summer precipitation in Asia's alpine regions, with the Qinghai Tibet Plateau as the main body, since the 1950s, and the inflection points of future Himalayan precipitation changes. The new research provides a new scientific perspective for addressing climate change.

The changes in precipitation in the high mountain areas of Asia, with the Qinghai Tibet Plateau as the main body, are related to glacier water reserves and ecological environment changes. The turning point of the Himalayan Mountains in the southeast of the plateau from 'drying' to 'wetting' in the future is a matter of public concern. We hope that the team's research results can provide scientific reference for effectively addressing regional climate change. "Corresponding author Zhou Tianjun of the paper pointed out. The relevant research results were published in Nature on October 11th.

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Huawei Releases World's First Full Series 5.5G Solution

Recently, Huawei released the world's first full range 5.5G product solution. This series of product solutions will provide ten times the network capacity through innovation in broadband, multi frequency, multi antenna, intelligence, green, and other aspects. 5.5G is the transitional stage between 5G and 6G. Specifically, 5.5G is expected to increase its downlink and uplink transmission rates by 10 times compared to 5G, with a network access rate of 10Gbps.

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The first domestic carbonization method fluorescent grade magnesium oxide pilot production line has been built in Qinghai

Source: CCTV News

11The first domestic carbonization method fluorescent grade magnesium oxide pilot production line has been built in Qinghai

It is understood that the carbonization method fluorescent grade magnesium oxide pilot production line uses magnesium hydroxide as the raw material, adopts carbonization technology, and through processes such as impurity removal, sedimentation, and filtration, solves the technical problem of difficult removal of impurities such as chloride ions, iron ions, and calcium ions in the production process of fluorescent grade magnesium oxide. And by conducting hydrothermal treatment on the precursor, changing its morphology and structure, fluorescent grade magnesium oxide products were developed, and an annual production line of 500 tons of fluorescent grade magnesium oxide was built, filling the gap in the production of fluorescent grade magnesium oxide products using carbonization method in China.

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Discovery of Dinosaur Footprint Fossils for the First Time in Hami's "Pterosaur Eden"

Hami is the largest and most abundant pterosaur fossil producing area in the world, where hundreds of millions of pterosaurs have once thrived and thrived, making it a truly 'pterosaur Eden'. Recently, Wang Xiaolin, a researcher of the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, cooperated with Shenyang Normal University and Hami Museum, and published research results on the footprints of theropods of the Hami pterosaur fauna in the international academic journal Historical Biology. This is also the first discovery of Cretaceous dinosaur footprints in the Hami and Tuha basins, increasing the diversity of the Hami pterosaur fauna.

Footprint fossils, as an important type of trace fossils, are important in obtaining information on paleontological ecological habits that skeletal fossils cannot provide. In recent years, the Hami scientific research team led by Wang Xiaolin has successively discovered some theropod footprints fossils, which come from the Shengjinkou Formation of the Lower Cretaceous Tugulu Group in the Yadan area of the Hami Gobi in the Tuha Basin, dating back approximately 130 to 120 million years. In addition to theropod footprints, the scientific research team also discovered a group of footprints including sauropod dinosaurs, pterosaurs, birds, and turtles.

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The world's largest container ship delivered in Shanghai

Source: CCTV News

On the 9th, the last "MSCCHINA" of the world's largest 24000 container class ultra large container ship series, built by China Shipbuilding Group's Jiangnan Shipbuilding and China Shipbuilding Trade for China Shipbuilding Leasing and the Swiss Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC), was delivered in Shanghai. This ship is currently the largest container ship type in the world with the largest container capacity.

Wen Ku, the chairman of the China Communications Standardization Association, stated at the meeting that China is very concerned about the development of 6G and clearly wants to lay out cutting-edge 6G technology. The IMT20306G Promotion Group was established earlier to systematically organize 6G exploration and development work. Industry enterprises, universities, and research institutes in China have launched a 6G layout, starting from areas such as vision, potential technologies, and framework ideas, and have produced a batch of valuable research reports and innovative achievements.

https://www.news.cn/tech/2023-09/29/c_1129893552.htm

Li Zhengdao Research Institute of Shanghai Jiao Tong University officially released the blueprint for the "Hailing Plan" of the South China Sea Neutrino Telescope

Source: People's Daily

Recently, in the 3000m ultra deep-water block located in the the Pearl River Mouth Basin, the "Offshore Oil 720" deep-water geophysical exploration ship carried the "Haijing" system of China's self-developed marine streamer seismic exploration acquisition equipment, completed the ultra deep-water seismic exploration work for the first time, and released China's first ultra deep-water 3D geological exploration map, marking new progress in the development of key core technical equipment for deep-water oil and gas exploration in China.

According to reports, during this operation, the "Offshore Oil 720" deep-water geophysical exploration vessel arranged 10 cables over 8 kilometers long in the "Sea Economy" system in sequence into the seawater according to the design requirements, forming a data acquisition network with an area equivalent to 1021 standard football fields. The sea surface cable acquisition operation was carried out along the route, and real-time seismic data acquisition of the source and detection points was completed, Accurately delineate the location of oil and gas reservoirs on the vast sea surface, assisting in high-quality exploration and development of deep-sea oil and gas resources.

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Hong Kong University research indicates that excessive intake of red meat may increase the risk of cardiovascular disease and diabetes

The School of Medicine of the University of Hong Kong announced on the 9th that the team of the School of Public Health found that excessive consumption of red meat could increase the risk of cardiovascular disease and diabetes through large-scale analysis of research data of more than 4.4 million people. In addition, the research team also found that the risk ratio of stroke and type 2 diabetes caused by the oriental diet culture was lower than that in the west.

The research team believes that this is mainly due to the high intake of red meat, butter, high-fat dairy products, and refined grains in Western dietary cultures, while the intake of whole grains, vegetables, and seafood is higher in Eastern diets, with relatively less red meat.

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The latest dynamic list of appointment and dismissal of university personnel:

Yang Wei Appointed as Secretary of the Party Committee of Guizhou University

Yang Wei (source: Guizhou University official website)

Recently, according to the official website of Guizhou University, Yang Wei has been appointed as the Party Secretary of Guizhou University in the current leadership column.

https://www.gzu.edu.cn/225/list.htm

Xue Hongwei (source: official website of South China Agricultural University)

Recently,Update of the current leadership page on the official website of South China Agricultural UniversityXue Hongwei has been appointed as the President of South China Agricultural University.

https://www.scau.edu.cn/1255/list.htm

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