"Pharmaceutical Biology"
-Industry insiders: The commercialization of domestic oral drugs for new crown is expected to accelerate
-Eid Biotechnology and AstraZeneca reach clinical research cooperation on targeted drugs
"Smart Car"
-Jidu's first model will be equipped with dual lidar
-Volkswagen plans to push the electric vehicle range to 700 kilometers
"New Energy"
-NIO has built a total of 900 battery swap stations nationwide
- Tesla co-founder's battery recycling company: about 6GWh of waste lithium batteries are recycled every year
"Semiconductor"
-Samsung 3 nanometer trial production yield is only 20%. The first year of mass production may only be used for its own
-Samsung adds 6th generation OLED investment, the new factory targets an annual production capacity of 180,000 pieces
"Artificial Intelligence"
-Sony, Nikon, Adob e and Intel set new standards for video image fraud
-Coolpad reached a strategic cooperation with Tencent Cloud to establish a joint laboratory for next-generation operating systems
"Metauniu"
-South Korea Com2uS Group is recruiting professionals for games, blockchain and meta-uniu on a large scale
-Japan established the "Metauniu Promotion Agreement" Discussing the virtual space application
"More Hard Technology"
-Commercial aerospace high-tech enterprise "Deep Blue Aerospace" announced the completion of A+ round of financing
-Environment and lifestyle shaping the gut microbiome
Medicine Biology
■Industry insiders: The commercialization of domestic oral drugs for new coronavirus is expected to accelerate
Junshi Biologics recently disclosed its latest research results for oral drugs for new coronavirus. VV116 is currently in the international multi-center phase III clinical research stage, and a number of clinical studies are underway for patients with mild, moderate and moderate and severe novel coronavirus pneumonia. Previously, Kaituo Pharmaceutical and Real Bio successively disclosed the progress of their respective new crown oral drugs. The first domestic oral drug for new crown is expected to be produced in the above three drugs. Industry insiders believe that the new crown oral medicine has gradually entered the commercialization stage from the R&D stage, promoting the growth of demand for upstream intermediates and raw materials. (China Securities Journal)
■ Aid Bio reached a clinical research cooperation on targeted drugs with AstraZeneca
Aid Bio announced that the company and AstraZeneca signed two cooperation agreements. The company will jointly promote the company's self-developed companion diagnostic products developed by AstraZeneca for the identification of prostate cancer patients with homologous recombinant repair (HRR) gene mutations in China, the EU and Japan; the company will jointly promote the company's self-developed companion diagnostic registration of breast cancer patients with BRCA mutations in Europe. (Titanium Media)
■Yuyue Medical Semi-Automatic External Defibrillator (AED) product obtained a medical device registration certificate
Yuyue Medical Announcement, the wholly-owned subsidiary Jiangsu Pumeikang has received the "Medical Device Registration Certificate" for semi-automatic External Defibrillator Products issued by the State Administration of Drug Administration on April 18, 2022. (Cailianshe)
■ Japan’s Ministry of Health decided to approve the new crown vaccine produced by Novavax company
It is reported that the expert committee of the Japanese Ministry of Health agreed to approve the new crown vaccine produced by Novavax company in the United States, and the vaccine will be approved as soon as possible. The Novavax vaccine is a two-injection vaccine and can also be used as a booster shot. (Kyodo News Agency)
■Developed an AI protein optimization and design platform, Molecular Heart completed a angel round financing of tens of millions of dollars
Recently, MoleculeMind, an AI protein design platform company, completed a angel round financing of tens of millions of dollars, led by Sequoia China, followed by Baidu Venture Capital, Life Park Venture Capital Fund, Xinhang Capital, Future Qichuang and others. This round of financing will be used to further expand the team, the continuous evolution of the AI protein platform, and the product transformation of scientific research results.(Sina Finance)
Intelligent Automobile
■Jidu’s first model will be equipped with dual lidar
Baidu and Geely joint venture Jidu Auto officially released the design details of the first concept car head. Wang Weibao, the head of Jidu Intelligent Driving, revealed that Jidu SIMUCar (software integrated simulated prototype vehicle) has been iteratively upgraded to version 2.0. Its autonomous driving system has been added to lidar sensors and is integrated with Jidu's self-developed advanced autonomous driving intelligent architecture JET1.0 (electronic and electrical architecture + SOA). In addition, the world's highest computing power-on-vehicle chip Nvidia Orin and Hesai AT128 semi-solid-state lidar have been launched and participated in the testing of the intensive autonomous driving system. (Cailianshe)
■Volkswagen plans to push the range of electric vehicles to 700 kilometers
Volkswagen officially released a message that it plans to increase the range of electric vehicles based on the MEB platform to 700 kilometers, while increasing its power. This may be launched as a new model series, and may also appear on upgraded models such as ID.3, ID.4, ID.5 and ID.Buzz. (Cailianshe)
■Zhongke Chuangda and Horizon have established a joint venture to accelerate the mass production of intelligent driving
Zhongke Chuangda and Horizon have announced the establishment of a joint venture. According to reports, the joint venture will be controlled by Zhongke Chuangda, focusing on the intelligent driving track and provide intelligent driving software platforms and algorithm services to OEMs and first-level suppliers and other companies around Horizon automotive-grade AI chips to accelerate the large-scale mass production of intelligent driving. A reporter from the Science and Technology Innovation Board Daily learned that in the future, the two parties will continue to explore new business models based on joint ventures, and rely on their respective advantages in operating systems and chip fields to expand their business to the pan-robot field. (Science and Technology Innovation Board Daily)
New Energy
■NIO has built a total of 900 battery swap stations nationwide
According to NIO WeChat official account, NIO battery swap station Nanjing Jiangning Oushang was officially launched. It is reported that NIO has built a total of 900 battery swap stations nationwide, and NIO users have replaced more than 8 million battery swaps. NIO said it will continue to make plans in the future, and will build a total of 1,300 battery swap stations, 6,000 super charging piles, and 10,000 destination charging piles in the Chinese market in 2022. (Science and Technology Innovation Board Daily)
■ Tesla co-founder's battery recycling company: about 6GWh of waste lithium batteries are recycled every year
Tesla co-founder and former chief technology officer JB Straubel said at a US Senate hearing recently that the battery recycling company Redwood Materials, he founded, has recovered about 6GWh of scrap lithium-ion batteries every year to utilize. In addition, Redwood aims to produce about 100GWh of battery copper foil and active cathode material by 2025, and increase its production capacity by five times to 500GWh by 2030. (Science and Technology Innovation Board Daily)
■Institution: All-solid-state batteries are expected to be commercialized in the next three years
Market research institution SNE Research recently stated that some companies are expected to start producing all-solid-state batteries in 2024 or 2025. All-solid state batteries are roughly divided into oxide, sulfide and polymer-based batteries. By 2030, these batteries are expected to account for 18%, 29% and 37% of the field, while hybrid all-solid state batteries account for 13% of the market share. (Science and Technology Innovation Board Daily)
■ CICC: During the upgrade of the new generation of photovoltaic cells, the market space of laser process will grow exponentially
CICC believes that laser process is a dividend of the new generation of technology, and the masters of core technologies will soon realize the dividends in their financial statements. On the one hand, laser technology can help photovoltaic companies establish high barriers in the early stage of technology, and on the other hand, it can also help photovoltaic companies maintain their lead in the diffusion of dividends, which is worthy of focus on tracking. Especially the application progress of new processes will help related companies continue to improve their differentiated competitiveness. We recommend leading battery module companies, Jinko Energy and Longi Green Energy Technology Co., Ltd., and pay attention to Junda Co., Ltd. and Zhonglai Co., Ltd.; we also recommend paying attention to core laser equipment suppliers such as Dier Laser and Haimuxing.(Science and Technology Innovation Board Daily)
■ Hainan completed the photo storage demonstration project with the largest single capacity. The annual green and clean power supply exceeded 174 million kWh
Datang Wenchang Wengtian 100,000 kW agricultural and optical complementary + energy storage demonstration project was successfully completed and put into production on the 17th. This project is one of the key construction projects in Hainan Province during the 14th Five-Year Plan period, and is also the agricultural and optical complementary + energy storage project with the largest single capacity in Hainan. The project invested 680 million yuan, and the utilization hours of the first year after the project was put into production can reach 1,401 hours, providing more than 174 million kilowatt-hours of pure green clean electricity to the Hainan power grid annually. Compared with coal-fired power generation, carbon dioxide emissions can be reduced by 144,000 tons per year, which is equivalent to the annual absorption of 6,000 mu of forests. (Cailianshe)
■ A Japanese research team increased the life of lithium air batteries to 2 times
Director of Japan's National Institute of Materials Research has developed a material development method that combines automatic experimental robots with data analysis. The electrolyte was successfully manufactured to extend the life of lithium-air batteries (which belong to the new generation of batteries) to about twice. Strive to promote practicality through joint development with enterprises. The R&D team strives to suppress the deterioration of the negative electrode and electrolyte that affects the lifespan. Combine the knowledge of automatic experimental robots and data science to find the best combination of 5 additives added to electrolyte in a short time. (Cailianshe)
semiconductor
■ Samsung’s 3-nanometer trial production yield is only 20%. The first year of mass production may only be used for its own
Samsung Electronics is expected to mass-produce 3-nanometer process chips in the first half of 2021. However, the industry has recently reported that the chip yield is sluggish and mass production is delayed. Compared with the pursuit of external customers to place an order, Samsung is likely to use it for its own chip production first. By 2023, Samsung will enter the second-generation 3nm process and may actively seek external customers. (Taiwan Electronic Times)
■ Samsung added 6th generation OLED investment, the new factory has a target annual production capacity of 180,000 pieces
Samsung has begun to install equipment in the production line of the 6th generation OLED panel A4-2 in Yashan, with an investment amount of nearly 1 trillion won (about 810 million US dollars). It is expected to be put into production as soon as the third quarter of 2022, and the new factory has a target annual production capacity of 180,000 pieces. (Korea IT News)
■HPC chip market demand is strong, and the industrial chain will usher in a period of rapid growth
TSMC's first quarter revenue contribution from HPC reached 41%, surpassing mobile phones for the first time and becoming the largest source of revenue. As demand for clouds only increases and continues to increase in the future, the HPC supply chain will be boosted, and the demand for later design services such as Creative, Shixin-KY, and the demand for high-speed transmission interfaces will be strong simultaneously. (Juheng.com)
Artificial intelligence
■Sony, Nikon, Adobe and Intel set new standards for video image fraud
It is reported that Adobe, Microsoft, Intel and Twitter, as well as Japanese camera manufacturers Sony and Nikon, the BBC and ARM are participating in the formulation of a new standard to ensure that the images and videos shared online are real. C2PA, an alliance of these companies, is developing a software designed to suit any display of tampering with evidence, which will reach more social media platforms such as YouTube to get as many institutions as possible to join the alliance. According to the technical standards that the alliance is developing, the data about the image and video "source" and the content will be "encrypted" and any tampered information can be detected. (Nikkei Asia)
■ Coolpad reached a strategic cooperation with Tencent Cloud to establish a joint laboratory for the next generation of operating systems
Coolpad Group and Tencent Cloud signed a strategic cooperation agreement in Shenzhen. The two parties will set up a joint laboratory to jointly promote the research and development of underlying technologies and explore the next generation of operating systems. Qin Tao, senior vice president of Coolpad Group, said: "The future battle for operating systems is to improve the efficiency of charge and bit conversion. Through this cooperation with Tencent Cloud, we will combine cutting-edge technologies such as 5G, cloud and AI to focus on exploring the next generation of operating systems."(Science and Technology Innovation Board Daily)
■Migration Technology, which focuses on 3D vision, has received millions of US dollars in Series A financing
Recently, Migration Technology has completed a round A financing of millions of US dollars. This round of financing was led by Weiguang Venture Capital, and the old shareholder Zero-Yi Venture Capital exceeded the investment, and Yiwei Capital served as the exclusive financial advisor. This round of financing funds are mainly used for the continuous research and development of 3D vision integrated platform and market expansion. (Science and Technology Innovation Board Daily)
Yuan Yuzhou
■ South Korea Com2uS Group is recruiting professionals for games, blockchain and metaverse on a large scale
Korean game company Five companies under the Korean game company Com2uS Group are recruiting professionals for games, blockchain and metaverse on a large scale, including Gamevil, Com2us Platform, Com2Verse and funflow. At present, its blockchain game platform "C2X" is being promoted with the metaverse business "Com2Verse". (MBN)
■Japan established the "Metaverse Promotion Agreement" Discussing the virtual space application
It is reported that Japan has become the "Meta Universe Promotion Agreement Conference" for application promotion research and complete rules, and held a press conference on the 18th. More than 20 companies including ANA Holdings and Mitsubishi Commercial participated in the association, striving to popularize in life and business. It is reported that the "Meta Universe Promotion Agreement Conference" will explore the ideal state of the legal system and put forward policy suggestions, and will also strive to expand its members. However, the two American IT giants Meta (formerly Facebook) and Japan's NTT, which are currently focusing on the Meta Universe, have not participated. (Kyodo News)
More Hard Science and Technology
■ Commercial aerospace high-tech enterprise "Deep Blue Aerospace" announced the completion of A+ round financing
"Deep Blue Aerospace" announced the completion of A+ round financing. This round of financing was led by Minyin International Holding Group Co., Ltd., followed by old shareholders such as Zhencheng Investment. This financing will be used to accelerate the development of Nebula series rocket recycling and reusable technology and Thunder series engines, and 3D printing additive manufacturing, 3D printing Art and related infrastructure construction. (Science and Innovation Board Daily)
■Environment and lifestyle shape the intestinal microbiome
Recently, Professor Fu Jingyuan's team and collaborators of the University of Groningen, Netherlands published the latest research in the journal Nature, systematically revealing the association between environmental and genetic factors and the human intestinal microbiome, which will promote the future development of targeted treatment of microbiome. (Science and Technology Innovation Board Daily)
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