[quick news] new trend of "outstanding youth" on September 5, 2019: Incarnation of "national venture capital", pilot contract system

The new trend of "outstanding youth": Incarnation of "national venture capital" and pilot contract system on September 2, the Symposium on the work of National Science Foundation for Distinguished Youth (hereinafter referred to as "outstanding youth" fund) was held in Beijing The new trends of "outstanding youth" such as "venture capital fund" and "contract system" revealed at the meeting attracted great attention As of the end of 2018, the "outstanding youth" fund has funded 3988 scientific researchers, who have gradually grown into a group of outstanding academic leaders and made achievements leading the world's science and technology frontier Since 2018, NSFC's reform has clearly put forward NSFC's funding orientation in the new era, that is, "encourage exploration, highlight the original, focus on the front, find new ways, demand traction, break through bottlenecks, common orientation, cross accommodation" In the view of researchers, using the "outstanding youth" fund as the national "venture capital fund" is the best embodiment of this funding orientation Http://news.scienceet.cn/htmlnews/2019/9/430191.shtm it only takes 46 days for insrick medical company to explore potential new drugs by using its developed artificial intelligence (AI) system to conceive and design new drug molecular structure, and then synthesize and successfully test a major candidate drug in mice The AI system takes only 21 days to design molecules, while the total time for design, synthesis and validation is about 46 days Although it seems that the drugs designed by AI system are not more effective than the DDR1 inhibitors developed by traditional research methods, compared with the traditional methods of developing candidate drugs that take more than 8 years and tens of millions of dollars to develop, the new method of insrick company only takes a few weeks and costs about 150000 dollars Http://digitalpaper.stdaily.com/http_ technological innovation cooperation is becoming a new growth point for the development of China Africa relations Bai Chunli, President of the Chinese Academy of Sciences 4 In an exclusive interview with Xinhua news agency, Japan said that in recent years, under the framework of the China Africa Cooperation Forum, China Africa scientific and technological innovation cooperation has developed rapidly, which has not only expanded the scope of China Africa cooperation, but also enriched the connotation of China Africa cooperation, and is becoming a new growth point for the development of China Africa relations The China Africa center has carried out substantive cooperation with nearly 20 universities and scientific research institutions in more than 10 African countries, including Kenya, and has recruited 210 African students These students have participated in the scientific research cooperation between the two sides at the learning stage, and will become an important force for the development of African science and technology undertakings and China Africa scientific and technological innovation cooperation in the future Http://news.scienceet.cn/htmlnews/2019/9/430193.shtm nearly 8000 samples of human digestive tract strains have been isolated and preserved by Massachusetts Institute of technology and Broder Research Institute, and their genetic and metabolic backgrounds have been revealed The research was published in the latest issue of nature medicine The team collected fecal samples from about 90 people over a two-year period to learn more about the changes of microbial population within individuals The study focused on people living in the Boston area, but the team is also gathering more samples from around the world in the hope of preserving microbial strains that people living in industrialized societies do not have Http://digitalpaper.stdaily.com/http_ scientists reveal the remediation mechanism of heavy metal and cadmium pollution by modified biochar Recently, Lu Yizhong, a professor of the school of resources and environment of China Agricultural University, made important progress in the remediation of heavy gold and cadmium pollution mechanism by using modified biochar Relevant papers were published online in the Journal of hazardous materials The porous biochar was prepared by potassium carbonate modification, and its surface was aminated and oxidized Then the micro mechanism of cadmium adsorption was investigated In this study, the key factors of surface amination and surface oxidation biochar adsorption of cadmium are distinguished, and the micro adsorption mechanism is revealed, which provides a theoretical basis for the preparation of functional biochar http://news.sciencenet.cn/htmlnews/2019/9/430171.shtm