Changchun Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics and Physics of CAS

Changchun Institute of Optics, Fine Mechanics, and Physics (CIOMP) of CAS was established in Changchun, Jilin Province, on July 5, 1999 on the basis of consolidation of two former CAS institutes: Changchun Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, and Changchun Institute of Physics. The institute is an experimental unit of CAS Knowledge Innovation Program (KIP).

CAS Institute of Metal Research

CAS Shenyang-based Institute of Metal Re-search (IMR), established in 1953, and CASShenyang-based Institute of Corrosion and Protec-tion of Metal, founded in l982, were merged into thenew Institute of Metals Research in May 1999, as aresult of CAS polit project of national KnowledgeInnovation Program (KIP).

WUHAN INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS & MATHEMATICS, CAS

Affiliation unit: The Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) Brief history: the new Institute emerged from the merger of Wuhan Institute of Physics, which was founded in 1958, and the Wuhan Institute of Physics rebuilt in 1979, both being affiliates to the Wuhan Branch of the CAS. Based on the guideline of institutional reshuffling, remolding,

Northeast Institute of Geography and Agricultural Ecology, CAS

The Northeast Institute of Geography and Agricultural Ecology, a new CAS research body inaugurated in March 2002,comes from the merger of two former CAS research affiliates:Changchun Institute of Geography and Heilongjiang Institute of Agricultural Modernization in Harbin.……

THE REFORM & DEVELOPMENT OF CAS INSTITUTES IN BORDER AREAS

This article offers an analytic explanation of the geographic, historical and environmental features as well as the strategic positions of CAS-affiliated border area institutes (BAIs). In addition, it puts forward several suggestions in a bid to advance their reform and development.

INSTITUTE OF MECHANICS: GIVING FULL PLAY OF ITS MULTIDISCIPLINARY NATURE

The CAS Institute of Mechanics is a multi-disci-plinary research institution, with applied mechanics as its main body. In this respect, it has achieved great success in basic research, development research and hi-tech production work, which are considered as three mainstay fields, because the institute sticks to the line of "taking national economic development as the goal, high-level research and advanced scientific and technical achievements as the target." In recent years, the general planning of the research and development work at the Institute of Mechanics has focused on the goal of promoting economic and social development in China.

Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, CAS

Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research (IGSNRR) was established in late 1999 on the basis of the consolidation of two former CAS institutions: the Institute of Geography and the Commission for Integrated Surveys of Natural Resources. With an aim to promote the coordinated development between population, resources, economy and the environment, the IGSNRR strives to serve the nation’s major needs in resource and the

THE DECAY DIAGRAMS OF TWO NEW NUCLIDES ESTABLISHED BY CHINA FOR THE FIRST TIME IN THE WORLD Lanzhou Institute of Modern Physics, CAS

The decay diagrams of radioactive nuclei are the obvious indication of the main properties shown by the nuclei at low states of excitement and of the basic aspects of nuclear physics.They are extensively applied in industry’,agriculture,energy,national defense,medical science,the environment,and metrology,as well as in astronomy,archaeology,geology,biology,chemistry and other basic sciences.Therefore,they are always focuses of interest.

Comparison of as-cast microstructure,tensile and creep properties for Mg-3Sn-1Ca and Mg-3Sn-2Ca magnesium alloys

The as-cast microstructure,tensile and creep properties of Mg-3Sn-1Ca and Mg-3Sn-2Ca magnesium alloys were investigated and compared by using optical microscopy and scanning electron microscopy,X-ray diffraction analysis and tensile tests. The results indicate that the as-cast microstructures of Mg-3Sn-1Ca and Mg-3Sn-2Ca alloys are different.The former is mainly composed ofα-Mg,eutectic CaMgSn and solid state precipitation of Mg 2 Sn,whereas the latter is mainly composed ofα-Mg, primary CaMgSn,eutectic CaMgSn and Mg2Ca phases.As a result,the two alloys obtain different tensile and creep properties. Mg-3Sn-1Ca alloy shows relatively higher ultimate tensile strength and elongation at room temperature and 150℃than Mg-3Sn-2Ca alloy,however,the yield strengths of Mg-3Sn-1Ca alloy at room temperature and 150℃are relatively low.In addition,the creep properties of Mg-3Sn-1Ca alloy at 150℃and 70 MPa for 100 h are obviously lower than those of the Mg-3Sn-2Ca alloy.

Effects of cooling rate on bio-corrosion resistance and mechanical properties of Mg-1Zn-0.5Ca casting alloy

Mg?1Zn?0.5Ca alloys were prepared by traditional steel mould casting and water-cooled copper mould injection casting at higher cooling rate. Microstructure, mechanical properties and bio-corrosion resistance of two alloys were contrastively investigated. Grain size reduces remarkably and microstructure becomes homogenous when raising cooling rate. The bio-corrosion behaviour in 3.5% sodium chloride solution (3.5% NaCl) and Hank’s solution at 37°C was investigated using electrochemical polarization measurement and the results indicate that the alloy prepared at higher cooling rates has better corrosion resistance in both types of solution. Further mass loss immersion test in Hank’s solution reveals the same result. The reason of corrosion resistance improvement is that raising cooling rate brings about homogeneous microstructure, which leads to micro-galvanic corrosion alleviation. The tensile test results show that yield strength, ultimate tensile strength and elongation are improved by raising cooling rate and the improvement is mainly due to grain refinement.

Effect of Gasifying Medium on the Coal Chemical Looping Gasification with CaSO_4 as Oxygen Carrier

The chemical looping gasification uses an oxygen carrier for solid fuel gasification by supplying insufficient lattice oxygen. The effect of gasifying medium on the coal chemical looping gasification with Ca SO4 as oxygen carrier is investigated in this paper. The thermodynamical analysis indicates that the addition of steam and CO2 into the system can reduce the reaction temperature, at which the concentration of syngas reaches its maximum value.Experimental result in thermogravimetric analyzer and a fixed-bed reactor shows that the mixture sample goes through three stages, drying stage, pyrolysis stage and chemical looping gasification stage, with the temperature for three different gaseous media. The peak fitting and isoconversional methods are used to determine the reaction mechanism of the complex reactions in the chemical looping gasification process. It demonstrates that the gasifying medium(steam or CO2) boosts the chemical looping process by reducing the activation energy in the overall reaction and gasification reactions of coal char. However, the mechanism using steam as the gasifying medium differs from that using CO2. With steam as the gasifying medium, parallel reactions occur in the beginning stage, followed by a limiting stage shifting from a kinetic to a diffusion regime. It is opposite to the reaction mechanism with CO2 as the gasifying medium.

CRISPR/Cas9-mediated SNAC9 mutants reveal the positive regulation of tomato ripening by SNAC9 and the mechanism of carotenoid metabolism regulation

NAC transcriptional regulators are crucial for tomato ripening.Virus-induced gene silencing(VIGS)of SNAC9(SlNAC19,Gene ID:101248665)affects tomato ripening,and SNAC9 is involved in ethylene and abscisic acid(ABA)metabolic pathways.However,the function of SNAC9 in pigment metabolism in tomatoes remains unclear.This work seeks to discover the mechanism of SNAC9 involvement in pigment metabolism during tomato ripening by establishing a SNAC9 knockout model using CRISPR/Cas9 technology.The results indicated that fruit ripening was delayed in knockout(KO)mutants,and SNAC9 mutation significantly affected carotenoid metabolism.The chlorophyll(Chl)degradation rate,total carotenoid content,and lycopene content decreased significantly in the mutants.The transformation rate of chloroplasts to chromoplasts in mutants was slower,which was related to the carotenoid content.Furthermore,SNAC9 changed the expression of critical genes(PSY1,PDS,CRTISO,Z-ISO,SGR1,DXS2,LCYE,LCYB,and CrtR-b2)involved in pigment metabolism in tomato ripening.SNAC9 knockout also altered the expression levels of critical genes involved in the biosynthesis of ethylene and ABA.Accordingly,SNAC9 regulated carotenoid metabolism by directly regulating PSY1,DXS2,SGR1,and CrtR-b2.This research provides a foundation for developing the tomato ripening network and precise tomato ripening regulation.

Effects of Zn content on the microstructure and the mechanical and corrosion properties of as-cast low-alloyed Mg–Zn–Ca alloys

The effects of Zn content on the microstxucture and the mechanical and corrosion properties of as-cast low-alloyed Mg-xZn~.2Ca alloys （x = 0.6wt%, 2.0wt%, 2.5wt%, hereafter denoted as 0.6Zn, 2.0Zn, and 2.5Zn alloys, respectively） axe investigated. The results show that the Zn content not only influences grain refinement but also induces different phase precipitation behaviors. The as-cast microstxucture of the 0.6Zn alloy is composed of ct-Mg, Mg2Ca, and Ca2Mg6Zn3 phases, whereas 2.0Zn and 2.5Zn alloys only contain ct-Mg and Ca2Mg6Zn3 phases, as revealed by X-ray diffraction （XRD） and txonsmission electron microscopy （TEM） analyses. Moreover, with in- creasing Zn content, both the ultimate tensile strength （UTS） and the elongation to fracture first increase and then decrease. Among the three investigated alloys, the largest UTS （178 MPa） and the highest elongation to fracture （6.5%） are obtained for the 2.0Zn alloy. In addition, the corrosion rate increases with increasing Zn content. This paper provides on updated investigation of the alloy composi- tion-microstxucture-property relationships of different Zn-containing Mg-Zn-Ca alloys.

Xinjiang Institute of Ecology and Geography established three new research departments

Xinjiang Institute of Ecology and Geography（XJEG）,Chinese Academy of Science（CAS）,established three new research departments in 2011.They are Department of Geology Mineralization and Mineral Resources,Department of Environmental Pollution and Process Control, and Department of Central Asian Cooperation and Coordinated Development, respectively. Now, there are a total of eight research departments in XJEG, CAS.

Disciplinary Adjustment at Institute of Physics

The Institute of Physics (IOP) was chosen in 1998as an experimental unit for the trial implementationof the National Knowledge Innovation Program (KIP)being conducted at the Chinese Academy of Sciences(CAS). Through its efforts to refine its innovationgoals, reform its operational mechanisms, and developits research contingent, the institute has achieved

A Sweeping Reshuffle at CAS Institutes

Reorganization of CAS institutes was conducted over the past four years. For example, with the merger of the former Institute of Mathematics,Institute of Applied Mathematics, Institute of Systems Science and Institute of Computational Mathematics & Scientific/Engineering Computing, an Academy of Mathematics & System Sciences was formed. In the Shanghai area, the eight former biological institutes was regrouped into four institutes and one center,which formed the newly established Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences.……

Two CAS Institutes in Xinjiang Merged

Apreludial step of the current drive for structural adjustment in the CAS system, the establishment of Xinjiang Institute of Ecology & Geography was announced on July 7, 1998. The new institute is to incorporate the research resources of two former CAS institutes in the region in a bid to concentrate scattered R&D expertise and promote the interdependence of different disciplines in the implementation of national program

THE RESEARCH INSTITUTES AFFILIATED TO THE CAS IN HEFE1 AREA, ANHUI PROVINCE

The Hefei Branch of the CAS is an R&D base specializing in basic research and applied developmentof technological physics, established by the CAS in the area of Hefei City,capital of Anhui Province.It is situated beside the Dongpu Reservoir in the western suourb of the City’s downtown area,covering 186.7 hectares in total area. At present, the Branch consists of five subordinate unit.i.e.the Branch organ, the Anhui Institute of Optics & Fine Mechanics, the Institute of Plasma Physics, the Institute of Solid-state Physics and the Institule of Intel-

SHANGHAI INSTITUTE OF BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

The Shanghai Institute of Biological Sciences(SIBS) under the Chinese Academy of Sciences(CAS) was formally founded on July 3, 1999. It wasbased on eight CAS research institutes and tworesearch centers in the Shanghai area, namely, theShanghai institutes of Biochemistry, Cell Biology,Materia Medica, Physiology, Brain Research, PlantPhysiology, Entomology, and Biotechnology, aswell as the Shanghai Life Sciences Research