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A |      8 月 25 日消息，在 8 月 23 日至 27 日的美国化学学会 2026 年秋季会议上，美国南伊利诺伊大学科学家公布了一项新成果，他们研发出一种特殊饼干，材料取自你扔掉的塑料饮料瓶。    

    Unitree Robotics' humanoid robot is displayed at the 14th China Information Technology Expo in Shenzhen, South China's Guangdong Province, on April 10, 2026. Photo: VCG
With just one day to go before Chinese humanoid robotics pioneer Unitree Robotics opens subscriptions for its initial public offering (IPO) on Shanghai's STAR Market, investor attention has extended far beyond the company itself, highlighting a broader capital-market rush into embodied intelligence as the sector moves from technological breakthroughs toward commercialization.
As of press time, discussions surrounding the IPO have pushed the topic to the top of trending lists across multiple stock trading platforms. The debate has focused on Unitree Robotics' disclosed short-term financial performance, as well as the potential opportunities for investors from China's policy push to include embodied intelligence and humanoid robots among key areas of medium- and long-term technology and industrial development.
Experts said the wave of IPOs among robotics companies, including Unitree Robotics, represents a shift that allows robot makers to engage more directly with public markets and investors. It also brings companies at different stages of development and pursuing different technological paths into a common valuation framework, promoting market comparisons and competition.
At the same time, the capital-market boom is likely to accelerate a shakeout, separating companies capable of building sustainable business models from those that struggle to turn technological advances into commercial returns.
On Thursday, Unitree Robotics released its announcement on the IPO of shares and listing on the STAR Market. According to the announcement, the offering price was set at 150.80 yuan per share, valuing the company at approximately 61 billion yuan ($9.04 billion) upon listing. 
Secondary-market professionals told the Global Times that demand for Unitree Robotics' IPO subscription could be extremely high, meaning the chances of individual investors securing shares are likely to be very limited.
Robotics is currently one of the few categories that can translate AI capabilities into tangible assets with relatively comparable valuation metrics, creating a unique advantage in valuation narratives. This scarcity is one of the key factors drawing the attention of both large and small investors, Tian Feng, former dean of SenseTime's Intelligence Industry Research Institute, told the Global Times on Sunday.
Unlike large language model companies, whose capabilities are often assessed through benchmarks and demonstrations that are difficult for ordinary secondary-market investors to directly evaluate, robots offer visible and verifiable evidence through tasks such as grasping, walking and dexterous manipulation, Tian said. This tangible demonstration of "embodied" intelligence naturally creates a valuation premium in market narratives, he added. 
Tian cautioned that extreme subscription figures, such as RobotHoenix's 14,855-fold oversubscription on its listing and LDRobot's 127.62 percent first-day share price surge, were driven by a combination of institutional advantages and sector scarcity rather than serving as evidence of the commercial validation of robotics products. He noted that there is no direct correlation between oversubscription multiples and the certainty of product deliveries or commercialization prospects. 
Beyond Unitree Robotics, a broader financing boom in China's robotics industry has also gained significant momentum, with the Hong Kong Stock Exchange emerging as the main battleground for this latest IPO wave.
Citing industry data provider Wind, the China STAR Market reported that five robotics-related companies have gone public in Hong Kong so far in 2026. Meanwhile, 51 companies with businesses spanning industrial robots, service robots and embodied intelligence solutions are currently in the IPO pipeline in Hong Kong, accounting for 12.7 percent of all companies awaiting listing.
According to data from IT industry research platform ITjuzi.com, financing in China's embodied intelligence sector totaled 93.5 billion yuan in the first half of 2026, surpassing 90 billion yuan and marking a fivefold increase from the same period in 2025. The number of financing deals reached 322, up 137 percent year-on-year. 
Tian said that while policy support and clearer commercialization pathways are boosting confidence in the sector, the latest IPO wave should also be viewed through a more cautious lens. The surge comes partly as the primary market's ability to continue funding embodied intelligence companies faces limits, prompting firms to seek new liquidity channels through public markets, rather than solely reflecting a dramatic leap in industrial maturity.
As emerging technology sectors increasingly become the focus of public attention, more objective and professional analysis is also needed to help investors assess companies' technological capabilities, commercialization prospects and long-term value, rather than simply following market enthusiasm, Chinese experts noted.
。随着全球日益严重的塑料污染和对粮食安全的担忧日益加剧，南伊利诺伊大学卡本代尔分校的一个团队正在测试一种微生物，可以将塑料废弃物转化为人类可食用的食物，这一技术名为 μBites。

B | ▲ 图源南伊利诺伊大学卡本代尔分校这项工作属于美国 NASA 主导的一个项目，旨在为资源有限的深空探索环境创造食物。最常见的塑料形式之一是聚对苯二甲酸乙二醇酯（PET），这种材料常用于制造塑料瓶。PET 含有大量碳分子，可以重建成类似蛋白质的物质。虽然这种重建可以在实验室用化学反应和溶剂完成，但更简单、更环保的解决方案是将工作外包给微生物。从美国化学学会介绍获悉，该团队改造了多种酵母，包括烘焙酵母，将塑料和农业废弃物中的分子转化为蛋白质、维生素和调味料。

C | 研究人员将 PET 塑料、废弃的玉米杆和叶子及其他生物质，经过一种称为氧化热液溶解的专有工艺处理。该方法由南伊利诺伊大学卡本代尔分校地质学教授 Ken Anderson 发明，利用高温高压的水和氧气将坚硬物质分解成微生物可接触的碎片。然后，这些碎片被送给特别编程后的酵母，酵母会将它们转化为多种新的食品成分，包括蛋白质、脂肪和酸。最后，研究人员加入纤维、淀粉和甜味剂，并通过 3D 打印机挤出，形成富含蛋白质的饼干 μBites。尽管数据显示 μBites 是安全的，但团队仍在等待机构批准进行味觉测试。目前，这些饼干在香气方面获得了很高的评价，大多数参与者都同意在资源有限的情况下愿意吃。为了让 μBites 成为消费者在较为严峻环境下更容易下咽的选择，该团队创造了能够生产更多食品添加剂的酵母。

D | 现在，面包酵母可以利用植物生物质产生香草味，而另一种菌株则能将 PET 中的乙二醇转化为 β-胡萝卜素，身体可以将其转化为维生素 A。未来，该团队希望利用微生物生产 μBites 的主要成分，包括添加的淀粉、纤维和甜味剂，并希望 μBites 能在几年内面向公众开放，既能在地球上使用，也能在更极端的环境中使用，比如潜艇，甚至月球、火星上的殖民地。

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