[quick news] 2018 / 10 / 19 "Oscar Award" in the scientific community -- 2019 "science breakthrough Award" announced

The "Oscar" in the scientific community - the 2019 "scientific breakthrough Award" was announced recently, and the 2019 "breakthrough prize" was announced Five biologists, two physicists and one mathematician won the prize Among them, Zhuang Xiaowei, a Chinese scientist, and Chen Zhijian, a Chinese scientist, won awards for their super-resolution imaging technology that surpasses the traditional optical microscope, revealing the mechanism by which cells detect foreign DNA and trigger immune responses The "science breakthrough Award" is honored as the most generous Science Award in the world, with a single award of US $3 million The award, which has been held for seven years, aims to recognize the achievements of scientists in life science, basic physics and mathematics Https://breakthroughprize.org/news/47 two farmers used eucalyptus pulp to make the first biodegradable potato chip packaging bag in the UK Two British farmers founded twofarmers to produce the first biodegradable potato chip packaging bag in the UK This packaging is made of Eucalyptus Pulp and can be decomposed into fertilizer by microorganisms within 26 weeks The invention breaks the deadline set by chips giant walkers for the production of degradable packaging in 2025, which is "a great progress in plastic waste treatment" Https:// leukemia bid farewell to chemotherapy US biotechnology giant abbvie recently announced that the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has accepted a supplementary new drug application (SNDA) targeting the anti-cancer drug imbruvica ）And has granted the priority examination qualification The SNDA seeks approval for the use of imbruvica in combination with the Roche anticancer drug gazyva (obinutuzumab) in the treatment of adult patients with chronic lymphoblastic leukemia or small lymphocytic lymphoma (CLL / SLL), who have not previously received treatment Https:// the world's highest transmission tower put on the graphene anticorrosion "coat" Recently, six projects including the 380m world's highest transmission tower anti-corrosion project of Zhoushan base have passed the examination and acceptance successfully More than ten experts, including Ding Wenjiang, academician of Shanghai Jiaotong University, Jian Xigao, academician of Dalian University of technology, and Xue qunji, academician of Ningbo Institute of materials, Chinese Academy of Sciences, have observed and put on graphene anti-corrosion "coat" on Jintang Island, Zhoushan , the world's highest power transmission tower with sea and wind Graphene can enhance the mechanical properties of the coating, such as adhesion, impact resistance and the shielding and barrier performance of the medium, especially can significantly improve the penetration ability of the anti-corrosion medium of the coating in the tropical marine atmosphere environment, greatly reduce the thickness of the coating film, and improve the anti-corrosion life of the coating Http://news.scienceet.cn/htmlnews/2018/10/418775.shtm new method of quitting smoking using engineering enzyme to eliminate smoking addiction is harmful to health, but quitting smoking is not easy The Scripps Institute has developed a new method of quitting smoking, which uses an engineering enzyme to eliminate smoking addiction with good effect Researchers recently published research results in science advanced The researchers said that the new method can reduce the dependence on nicotine, will not cause smoking addiction and other serious withdrawal symptoms, and has less side effects on the blood rather than the brain, so it is a very promising way to quit smoking http://advances.sciencemag.org/content/4/10/eaat4751