BEIJING, Feb. 1 (Xinhua) -- The following is a summary of published science and technology news of China.

MICROBIAL STRAIN RESOURCE DATASET

Yunnan Agricultural University has set up China's first microbial strain resource dataset focusing specifically on coffee fermentation, according to a report carried on the Science and Technology Daily on Wednesday.

Fermentation is crucial for improving coffee quality, while microbial fermentation is an important way to stabilize coffee flavor, enhance coffee aroma and acidity, and improve the yield of specialty coffee.

Southwest China's Yunnan Province contains 98 percent of the country's coffee planting area and produces 98 percent of the country's coffee yield, according to the report.

CHINA'S AIMS TELESCOPE

The world's first solar magnetic-field telescope working in the mid-infrared wavelength has achieved a breakthrough by improving its measurement accuracy, according to Chinese scientists.

The telescope, known as the Accurate Infrared Magnetic Field Measurements of the Sun (AIMS), is a major project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China. It is located in the Lenghu township in northwest China's Qinghai Province, at an average altitude of about 4,000 meters.

Scientific data shows that the AIMS telescope has carried out precise measurements of solar vector magnetic fields for the first time with an accuracy exceeding the 10 Gauss level, said Wang Dongguang, chief engineer of Huairou Solar Observing Station of National Astronomical Observatories, under the Chinese Academy of Sciences.

AI ROBOTS

The image of a farmer pulling a field-ploughing buffalo is usually conjured up when thinking of the physically-taxing farm work.

With that picture in mind, one would startle at the scene of remote-control-holding engineers "herding" robotic "cattle," in a farmland situated in the outskirt of Shanghai.

The futuristic scene was created by over 70 engineers who have, over the past seven years or so, buried themselves in research and development of farming robots in Tinglin Township's Diantian Farm in Shanghai. These engineers are employed at the high-tech company, Shanghai Sweet AI Technology. Enditem

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