Research teams from Lanzhou are unlocking the mysteries of the Yellow River's past and trying to understand how to protect the mighty waterway and its environs in the future, report Li Yingxue in Beijing and Ma Jingna in Gansu province. The Yellow River, known in China as the "mother river", is the artery that pumped life into the earliest vestiges of Chinese civilization. As such, the waterway and its environs hold a special interest to historians and archaeologists, especially those looking to...
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LANZHOU, Oct. 24 (Xinhua) -- Probiotics from the Chinese traditional fermented food Jiangshui have been found capable of helping to treat hyperuricemia, a key biochemical basis of gout, according to Lanzhou University. A research team from the School of Life Sciences under Lanzhou University found that the fermentum GR-3 strain isolated from Jiangshui can degrade uric acid, said Li Xiangkai, the team leader and a professor with the university. As a popular traditional Chinese food, Jiangshui is ...
BEIJING, Aug. 21 (Xinhua) -- Chinese researchers have found that the modern Yellow River began to form 1.25 million years ago, according to a paper published in the journal Science Bulletin. The research on the formation history of Yellow River and its driving mechanism can provide vital evidence to help us understand how the interaction between structure and climate shaped China's geographical environment pattern, said Wang Xin, a professor at Lanzhou University. He said that Sanmenxia, as the ...
A German scholar teaching at Lanzhou University, a renowned university in northwest China, aspires to become a cross-cultural ambassador who will help bridge different cultures. Produced by Xinhua Global Service https://xhnewsapi.xinhuaxmt.com/share/news_pc?id=713412927057920showType=3008version=3.0.2...
GLOBALink | Indian postdoctoral fellow works on life sciences in NW China's Gansu Xinhua Apurva Kakade, an Indian student, is now doing her post-doctoral research at Lanzhou University in northwest China's Gansu Province. She has studied at the university for nearly five years. With the supervisor's guidance, she has been engaged in research about how heavy metals affect the fish in the Yellow River. After getting her doctor's degree from Lanzhou University, Kakade is conducting her post-doctora...
Source: Xinhua|2021-09-26 20:42:55| Editor: huaxia LANZHOU, Sept. 26 (Xinhua) -- Chinese researchers have found that microbial diversity is crucial for ecological balance and stability in arid and extreme arid regions, according to a recent research article published in the journal Nature Communications. The relative importance of plant and soil microbial diversity for ecosystem multifunctionality varies along environmental gradients. The researchers from the School of Life Sciences, Lanzhou Uni...
Last Updated: 2021-09-18 17:15 | CE.cn by Wang Xiaotong LANZHOU, Sep. 18 (China Economic Net) – “There is enormous potential for China and Pakistan to cooperate in energy, animal husbandry, cold water fish, agricultural machinery, etc. Comprehensive agricultural projects on a village or region scale will prolong industry chain and bring more benefits to Pakistani people,” Long Ruijun, Professor at School of Life Sciences, Lanzhou University, said in the latest interview with China Economic Net. ...
By MA JINGNA in Lanzhou and ZHAO RUIXUE | CHINA DAILY Updated:Sept 15, 2021 Han Lin (second from right) shows nurses how to handle an infusion at a hospital in Gansu province. CHINA DAILY An experienced Chinese nurse was honored last month by a society in the United States for the contributions she has made to the profession in Gansu province. Han Lin, who is currently director of the nursing department at Gansu Provincial Hospital, was named a Fellow of the American Academy of Nursing for her c...
Photo taken on May 26, 2021 shows Fang Xiangwen, leader of the research team at the State Key Laboratory of Grassland Agro-Ecosystems of Lanzhou University, explaining to researchers the growth of Caragana plants. (Xinhua/Zhang Wenjing) LANZHOU, June 9 (Xinhua) -- Chinese researchers have recently revealed why Caragana species, a genus of flowering plants, are widely distributed in deserts, semideserts and loesses with great drought tolerance. Researchers at the School of Life Sciences, Lanzhou ...
