[quick news] on December 25, 2018, nature predicts major scientific events in 2019

Nature predicts major scientific events in 2019 In a recent report, nature website combs out the major events that are worth looking forward to in the field of Science in 2019 These events include: China and the European Union have increased investment in scientific research, and China will become the country with the largest R & D expenditure in the world; the world's largest radio telescope "SkyEye" will be fully operational and available to researchers in September 2019; US and UK researchers will go to Antarctica to start their 70 The largest joint mission to the continent over the years; new progress will be made in the study of human origin; the fate of the collider is critical; the gene editing wave continues; with the continuous increase of carbon emissions, 2019 may open the first batch of experiments to explore how to pass the "solar earth engineering" artificial cold earth Https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-018-07847-3 "eight prohibitions" issued by the Chinese Academy of engineering, and "red line" for academician selection will be launched in 2019 In order to further guard the "entrance gate" of increasing the number of academicians, build a team of academicians to adapt to the requirements of the new era, and make the academician system a strong positive energy to guide the healthy growth of scientific and technological innovation talents, the Chinese Academy of engineering recently reiterated the discipline of Academicians' increasing selection, and put forward "eight prohibitions" "Eight prohibitions" require academicians not to accept gifts and gifts from candidates, refuse visits and activities of candidates, and maintain fairness; candidates are not allowed to canvass tickets in a non-conforming way, and are not allowed to cheat; staff of organs are not allowed to interfere in the work of re-election in violation of regulations Http://news.sciencenet.cn/htmlnews/2018/12/421383.shtm Chinese scientists took the lead in knocking on the third generation of cervical cancer vaccine to develop gate cervical cancer, which is mainly caused by human papillomavirus (HPV) infection The existing first and second generation cervical cancer vaccines use "virus like particles" similar to HPV natural virus particles as vaccine antigens, in which about 90% of cervical cancer can be prevented by the nine valent vaccine, but there are still nearly 10% of cervical cancer related HPV types that are not covered Recently, Professor Xia Ningshao's team of Xiamen University adopted the new structural vaccinology method to obtain the third generation of cervical cancer vaccine that only needs seven kinds of virus particles to cover 20 kinds of HPV virus types, which laid a key technical foundation for the development of the third generation of cervical cancer vaccine that covers all high-risk types of HPV, and opened the door for the development of the third generation of cervical cancer vaccine Https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-018-07199-6 "Fuxing" new EMU made its first public appearance in China Railway Science and technology innovation achievement exhibition, sponsored by China Railway Corporation, opened in Beijing National Railway test center on the 22nd, where a large number of independently developed advanced railway technical equipment were intensively displayed In the exhibition, a number of "Fuxing" new EMUs, such as 17 long trains with a speed of 350 km / h, 8 trains with a speed of 250 km / h, and power concentration with a speed of 160 km / h, were unveiled for the first time These railway equipment are independently developed and designed by China, and their technical performance has reached the world advanced level The new EMUs will be put into operation after January 5, 2019 Http://www.xinhuanet.com/2018-12/24/c_.htm the list of candidates for the fourth China Association for science and technology youth talent recruitment project is publicized in accordance with the general office of China Association for science and technology on the announcement of the fourth China Association for science and technology youth talent recruitment project (2018-2020 According to the notice on project approval results, 285 candidates (excluding candidates in special science and technology fields) for the fourth China Association for science and technology youth talent selection project are selected by all project approval units In accordance with the detailed rules for the implementation of the young talents trust project of China Association for science and technology, the 285 candidates are now publicized, with the publicity period of 24-28 December 2018 During the publicity period, if you have any objection to the list of candidates, please report in writing to the Management Office of the academic department of the Chinese Association for science and technology http://www.cast.org.cn/art/2018/12/24/art_458_82386.html