1. Chinese military medical university unexpectedly discovered natural compass in brain when researching on brain-computer interfaces
Prof. Zhang Shengjia’s team of neurosurgery departments at the army military medical university Xinqiao hospital, discovered for the first time a “natural compass” in rats’ brains. The team shared that the discovery might aid in advancing treatment of neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer’s disease, and inspire brain-like intelligence research, drawing on the spatial coding and memory mechanisms of neural circuits to develop an energy-saving brain-like navigation system.
Source: https://new.qq.com/omn/20220330/20220330A07RMN00.html
2. Huawei’s first public investment into a lithium battery company, together with Xiaomi
Last week, Xiaomi and Huawei announced their investment in the lithium battery company, Weilan New Energy Technology. Sources revealed that Weilan New Energy Technology is cooperating with Weilai Automobile to launch a hybrid solid-liquid electrolyte battery with a single charge range of 1,000 kilometres based on et7 models, with a battery pack of 150 degrees of electricity and an energy density of 360Wh/kg. The solid-state battery is expected to begin mass production at the end of this year or the first half of next year.
Source: https://new.qq.com/omn/20220330/20220330A07LE200.html
3. Mountains of rubbish dumped at Hong Kong’s camping sites during the pandemic period
Camping outings have become one of the top choices for relaxation for many Hong Kongers during the pandemic period, but environmental groups said that campers showed lack of environmental awareness by dumping large amount of rubbish at these camping sites. One environmental group found mountains of domestic garbage piled up in the vicinity of the camping sites, in addition to visible damages to trees and pointed that the locals are responsible for this.
Source: https://www.163.com/news/article/GTHFR8AR00018AP1.html
4. Solar PV panel installers rush to sell solar panel products to rural areas, causing chaos with zero dollar loans
Rural areas in China are in a frenzy to install distributed solar panels on the roof top of their houses, causing much chaos. Many farmers fallen prey to zero dollar “Photovoltaic loans”. Farmers, especially those who are saddled with heavy debts, believed that they are renting out their roof space to earn extra income, but realised that they had become responsible for maintaining photovoltaic panels and becoming one of the hardest hits among the buyers.
Source: https://www.163.com/dy/article/H3UJ724N05118DFD.html
5. Chinese internet watchdog issued warnings to Douban, prompting the company to cease its app’s popular function for creating private secret chat groups
Douban.com is a Chinese social networking service for users to record information and create content related to film, books, music, recent events, and activities in Chinese cities. One of its popular functions, creation of private chat groups came under the scrutiny of the Chinese internet regulatory agency for bad social influence. Douban responded by ceasing this function and shutting down many popular chat groups.
Source: https://www.163.com/dy/article/H3T65D63051100B9.html
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