Science——an important lever to tackle sustainability in the specialty chemical industry

<正>Carbon neutrality by the mid-twenty-first century is essential in order to limit global warming to≤1.5℃,which is also laid down in the Paris Agreement signed by 196 countries including China,the European Union and the USA,etc.[1].The chemical industry is crucial to building a sustainable global economy to contribute to carbon neutrality.     

Stakeholder analysis——Based on Chinese companies

<正>1.Introduction A book called modern corporation and private property put forward an view that corporations separate ownership and controlling right from management widespread(Adolth Berle and Gardiner Means,1991),which means more and more stakeholders not only shareholders are taking part in the process of corporate governance and need to get benefits.Because,to some extent,the benefit of each stakeholder is mutually exclusively,it is hard to satisfy all stakehold-     

Biodiversity Is Life——An interview with WANG Song and XIE Yan

Prof. WANG Song （WANG Sung） with the CAS Institute of Zoology （IOZ） is among the first scholars to realize the prime importance of wildlife and biodiversity and to initiate early conservation efforts in China. To mark the UN International Year of Biodiversity, BCAS reporter SONG Jianlan invites Prof. Wang and his cooperator and IOZ colleague, Dr. XIE Yan to give a review of the past practice and offer advice to future conservation of wildlife and biodiversity in the country.     

On legal value of mediation——from the view of jurisprudence

Mediation is becoming more and more important in the process of settling conflict nowadays, so it＇s quite necessary to explain the legal value of mediation from the view of jurisprudence.     

China's High Energy Experiment Goes Into Space——An Interview with ZHANG Shuangnan,Principal Investigator of the Hard X-ray Modulation Telescope

At long last,after two decades of endeavor,China’s first high energy astrophysics research probe is about to take of f.The 2.5-ton Hard X-ray Modulation Telescope(HXMT),which is set to be sent 550 km above the ground early2017,will be carrying a trio set of detectors to gather X-rays emitted by black holes and neutron stars in the 1-250ke V band,and enable Chinese scientists to explore the distribution and property of these mysterious sources–with their own data,for the first time in history,in the next four years or more.In August,BCAS reporter XIN Ling had the privilege to meet astrophysicist ZHANG Shuangnan of the Institute of High Energy Physics(IHEP),Chinese Academy of Sciences who is now principal investigator of the HXMT project.During the interview,ZHANG talked about the telescope’s research missions,potential challenges in orbit,as well as its history and lessons to be learned in developing one of the nation’s first science satellites.     

Tracing the origin and early radiation of birds——Paleornithologist ZHOU Zhonghe

With great care, Dr. ZHOU Zhonghe takes out a package wrapped by cotton tissue from a drawer and says: "This is the gem of our collections: the fossil of a bird that lived 125 million years ago!" Then, pointing at a tiny mound, he explains: "Look, this is the claw and that is the head. It was in the egg shell and ready to hatch ... The species fell into a family of waterside inhabitants."     

Industrial Dehumanization——Viewed from the husband and wife relationship in "Odour of Chrysanthemums"

Lawrence is regarded as one of most accomplished short story writers in twentieth century, with ＂Odour of Chrysanthemums＂ one of his early works. Through the death of a miner, the text shows how humanity was ruined by industrial civilization. This essay is intended to unveil the destructive force by analyzing the relationship between the husband and wife.     

Yangbajain Cosmic Ray Observatory——The world''''s largest experimental base on high elevation

Cosmic rays are flows of high-energy particles coming fromthe deep of the universe as material samples voluntarily making their way to the Earth from an extra-terrestrial origin. They are involved with some key, unsolved and long-standing puzzles on the cosmic history, evolution of celestial bodies, spatial environment etc. On the Earth's surface, the observation of the primary cosmic rays is to detect the groups of secondary particles resulting from the interaction between them and the atomic nuclei of the     

A new face at Natural Science Foundation of China——An interview with NSFC President Wei Yang

<正>Upon assuming his new post as the President of NSFC in late February,Wei Yang deined the mission of NSFC:‘to expand the territory of exploration,to enrich the source of innovation,to strengthen interdisciplinary interaction,and to nurture young talents’.Known for his innovative approaches in higher education during his previous tenure as the President of Zhejiang University,what new measure is in store in Yang’s new presidency has atracted much atention.In the recent interview with NSR,     

Three-decade Devotion to Sino-Swedish Cooperation on Protein Purication—— An interview with Prof. Jan-Christer Janson

正Dr.Jan-Christer Janson is Professor Emeritus at the Department of Chemistry of Uppsala University,Sweden.He is a distinguished bio-separation scientist known for his contributions to modern protein chromatography on an industrial scale,in particular,for the development of cross-linked agarosegel chromatographic media and columns that have been widely used in the bio-pharmaceutical industry.     

Probing into Protection of“Associated Designs”under the Current Legal System

It is one of the fundamental principles of the patent sys- tem to prohibit doubt patenting.As for the design patent,the law provisions relating to this principle are Articles 23 and 9 of the Patent Law and Rule 13,paragraph one of the Imple- menting Regulations of the Patent Law.However,whether the above principle is applicable to associated designs is yet to be explicated in the Chinese law provisions.By way of analysis of a series of cases,this article is meant to present     

Help Those Missing from the Table——Confronting Gender Issues in New Looks

The widespread application of new technologies, while empowering women with new opportunities, might also put them at disadvantage. For example, in comparison with males, the application of AI might be more likely to cost them their jobs. Meanwhile, women are missing out the opportunity to participate in the policy-making process – they are absent from the table. If no change is made in the current policies, we will miss the goal to achieve gender equality, the fifth of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals set for UN's 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, warned elite women scientists with the Organization for Women in Science for the Developing World(OWSD). What shall be done now? How can we make a difference? They are in action to help.     

The Pailure of a Black Hero in a White World——A Study of Othello''''s Tragedy

This article analyses the real cause of the tragedy of Othello. From the perspective of his social status, the article points out that the implication of his collapse into murderous violence is actually his constant worries about the threats to his social identity as a black hero in a white world.     

Rewriting and the Original Work——An analysis of the adapted version of Outlaws of the Marsh

One of the best known and best loved of the ancientChinese novels to have come down through the ages, ShiNai’an’s Outlaws of the Marsh is based on a peasant up-rising which took place in the reign of Hui Zong, a SongDynasty emperor who ruled from 1101 t…     

Fighting Against Persistent Organic Pollutants——An Interview with Prof.JIANG Guibin

Persistent organic pollutants(POPs)are invisible killers to our environment and health.Among the fighters against those toxic chemicals,there is Prof.JIANG Guibin from the CAS Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences.As director of the State Key Laboratory of Environmental Chemistry and Ecotoxicology,this     

Mechanical effects: challenges for high-field superconducting magnets

<正>Due to its clean products and sufficient raw materials, fusion energy is expected to become one of the main solutions of the energy crisis and ensuring the sustainable development of human society,which is a long-term strategicfrontier field.The promise offusion energy is to constrain the motion of high-temperature plasma by the high magnetic field generated by superconducting magnets, and then achieve controllable thermonuclearfusion.Fusion power is proportional to the fourth power of ...     

Teaching Organisational Writing

Many people would agree that teaching writing is much more difficult than teaching other language skills. My experience of teaching Englishin senior high school has proved that it is true. In each class of high schools, all the language skills are taught by one teacher. So the teacher is the very person who has the right to say that writing is the students’weakest point. It may be because writing is intimately related to the other language skills. One re- ads a text to write answers to quest…     

Rockets in the Sky

What is the sky? Where is it? How high is it? What lies above the sky? I am sure that you have asked questions like these. They are very difficult to answer, aren't they?Perhaps we can answer some of these questions now. What is the sky? It is vast space. In the sky there is the sun, the moon, and all the stars.Scientists have always wanted to know more about space. They use telescopes to obtain information. But this     

Tracing the origin and early radiation of birds—Paleornithologist ZHOU Zhonghe

With great care, Dr. ZHOU Zhonghe takes out a package wrapped by cotton tissue from a drawer and says： “This is the gem of our collections： the fossil of a bird that lived 125 million years ago!” Then, pointing at a tiny mound, he explains： “Look, this is the claw and that is the head. It was in the egg shell and ready to hatch ... The species fell into a family of waterside inhabitants.”