Technology Morning News丨The "14th Five-Year Plan" for the development of intelligent manufacturing was released; Israel began the fourth dose of new crown vaccine vaccination experiment

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The "second nine" is approaching, and the temperature in Heihe City, Heilongjiang Province has dropped sharply, but it is warm as spring indoors. The glass window is the junction of severe cold and warmth. Water vapor blooms into ice flowers on the window surface, which are crystal clear and in various shapes. Photo by Wang Dianjie, China News Service

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●The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology and eight other departments jointly issued the "14th Five-Year Plan for Intelligent Manufacturing Development" on the 28th. The plan proposes that by 2025, most manufacturing enterprises above a certain scale will achieve digitalization and networking, and key industry backbone enterprises will initially apply intelligence; by 2035, manufacturing enterprises above a certain scale will fully popularize digitalization and networking, and key industry backbone enterprises will basically achieve intelligence. (Source: Industry and Information Technology Micro News)

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●According to the National Pipeline Network Group on the 28th, the West-East Gas Pipeline System has transported more than 100 billion cubic meters of natural gas this year. This is the first time that the annual gas transmission volume of the West-East Gas Pipeline has exceeded 100 billion cubic meters. Since its commissioning, the West-East Gas Pipeline has transported more than 700 billion cubic meters of natural gas, equivalent to replacing 932 million tons of standard coal, reducing carbon dioxide emissions by 1.024 billion tons, and benefiting nearly 500 million people. (Source: Xinhua News Agency)

Zhao Lijian Photo source: Ministry of Foreign Affairs website

● In response to the Starlink satellites launched by the US Space Exploration Technology Company approaching the Chinese space station twice and posing a threat to the life and health of Chinese astronauts, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Zhao Lijian pointed out in Beijing on the 28th that the US should respect the international order of outer space based on international law and take immediate measures to prevent such incidents from happening again. (Source: Xinhua News Agency)

Pure Technology

There are a lot of reports on the escape of Omicron from neutralizing antibodies. Source: Nature online version

●A team of scientists from the Pasteur Institute in France recently published a paper in the journal Nature, analyzing the sensitivity of the Omicron variant to nine monoclonal antibodies that have been approved for clinical use or are still under development. The results showed that it can completely or partially resist the neutralizing effect of all monoclonal antibodies in the experiment. Antibody therapy may need to be adjusted for Omicron. (Source: Science and Technology Daily)

The picture shows a brain-like device for integrating silent synapses and functional synapses. Source: Singapore University of Technology and Design

●According to the latest issue of the American Chemical Society journal Applied Materials & Interfaces, a research team from the Singapore University of Technology and Design has developed a new type of artificial synapse based on two-dimensional materials that can be used for highly scalable brain-like computing. (Source: Science and Technology Daily)

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●On the 27th local time, Israel's Sheba Medical Center and the Ministry of Health jointly started the world's first fourth dose of COVID-19 vaccination experiment. The experiment will give 6,000 people a fourth dose of Pfizer vaccine, including 150 medical staff from Sheba Medical Center. Participants in the experiment must receive the third dose of the vaccine before August 20 this year, and must undergo serum testing, and the antibody concentration cannot be higher than a certain value. (Source: Science and Technology Daily)

● According to Japanese media reports, on the 28th, the Japanese government held a meeting to revise the schedule of the "Basic Space Plan", adding for the first time the target time for Japanese astronauts to land on the moon, that is, to strive to achieve the moon landing in the late 2020s. Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said, "The universe is not only a new field that carries the dreams and hopes of mankind, but from the perspective of economic security, it is also an important foundation to support the economy and society." (Source: China News Service)

Data map: The COVID-19 pandemic has caused a shortage of hospital beds in the United States. Source: Overseas Network

●The latest report released by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows that the average life expectancy in the US in 2020 is 77 years old, 1.8 years less than the previous year. This is the largest annual decline in life expectancy in the US in 75 years. COVID-19 has become the third leading cause of death in the US after heart disease and cancer. (Source: Xinhua News Agency)

Source: Science and Technology Daily

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