BEIJING, April 8 (Xinhua) -- The following is a summary of published science and technology news of China.

CARBON CAPTURE

To achieve China's dual carbon goals of peaking carbon emissions by 2030 and achieving carbon neutrality by 2060, Chinese energy enterprises use carbon capture, utilization, and storage (CCUS) technology to reduce emissions.

In east China's Zhejiang Province, a pilot project that can store CO2 in bricks has recently passed the 72-hour running test. It is one of the country's leading projects using CCUS technology to capture and utilize CO2 emitted from coal-fired power plants.

The project was built at a power plant in Lanxi County that was affiliated with Zhejiang Provincial Energy Group Company (Zhejiang Energy). Its technology team consists of researchers from the company and institutions such as Zhejiang University and Baima Lake Laboratory.

CLIMATE CHANGE

Chinese researchers have predicted that the global warming would lead to warming and wetting of the northern margin of the Qinghai-Xizang Plateau.

The researchers from the College of Earth and Environmental Sciences of Lanzhou University compared the wet-dry changes in the region during the mid-Holocene warm period, the medieval climate anomaly, the current warm period, and the future warm period from the perspective of paleoclimate.

They found that the mid-Holocene warm period was mainly affected by the orbit-controlled East Asian summer monsoon, and the region experienced warm and humid climate, according to the research article published in journal Science China: Earth Sciences.

TOMATOES

Chinese researchers have recently discovered the formation mechanism behind self-pollination in cultivated tomatoes, providing valuable insights for increasing tomato yield.

Researchers from the Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University have identified a set of homeodomain-leucine zipper (HD-ZIP) genes that regulate the formation of these trichomes. Simultaneously, these genes regulate the length of the female style, allowing coordinated development of a self-pollinating reproductive structure.

In agriculture, self-pollination in plants leads to higher fruiting rates and ensures the inheritance of excellent traits, making it one of the key objectives in crop modification for humanity, said Wu Minliang, a researcher of the study. Enditem

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