Using high-resolution DKIST Hα observations, a new study finds that solar spicules are triggered by microfilament eruptions, identifies two spicule morphologies linked to filament size, and supports a common eruptive mechanism across different spatial scales.

A new study of formaldehyde absorption lines toward 73 Planck cold cores reveals the dynamic conditions of early star formation. Most cores remain gravitationally unbound, supporting the hypothesis that Planck cold cores are in the early stages of star formation. In about one‑third of the cores, the inner gas is cold and quiet—poised for collapse—while the surrounding gas remains turbulent, revealing how gravity begins to take hold amidst chaotic motions.

A research team led by Prof. ZHANG Yajie from the Ningbo Institute of Materials Technology and Engineering has developed an innovative oxidation process that converts 5-hydroxymethylfurfural (HMF) into 2,5-furan dicarboxylic acid (FDCA) at a cost competitive with petroleum-based counterparts.

A research team led by Profs. CHEN Xingqiu and SUN Yan from the Institute of Metal Research of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, in collaboration with Prof. NIU Haiyang from Northwestern Polytechnical University, has uncovered a previously unknown phase transformation mechanism in monolayer molybdenum telluride.

Researchers led by Dr. KONG Yazhuo from the Institute of Psychology have developed a new neuroimaging model that integrates corticospinal activity to predict human pain perception. Combining corticospinal functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) with machine learning, the model outperformed conventional brain-only approaches and showed promise for assessing both experimental and chronic pain.

Microbial carbon limitation plays a key role in shaping the blue carbon outcomes of mangrove restoration, according to a new study led by the South China Botanical Garden of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.

An eight-year nitrogen addition experiment carried out by the South China Botanical Garden found that nitrogen treatment hardly affected traits of the high understory, yet altered leaf growth and defense traits with strong intraspecific variation in the low layer, making intraspecific trait variation a vital indicator for monitoring forest responses to nitrogen deposition.

Chinese researchers have revealed the key role of iron in initiating allergic airway inflammation. The study was conducted by a team led by Prof. SUN Bing from the Center for Excellence in Molecular Cell Science (Shanghai Institute of Biochemistry and Cell Biology), along with Prof. LIU Xing's team from the Shanghai Institute of Materia and Medica.

Researchers from the Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden (XTBG) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences revealed that replacing rainforests with rubber trees reduces soil organic carbon and alters its chemical composition, potentially compromising long-term climate benefits.

A research team led by Prof. YU Leqian from the Institute of Zoology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, and the collaborators, built a human embryonic disc-like gastruloid model, named disc-Gastruloid, which can recreate the ordered formation of a primitive streak-like structure in vitro.

A research team led by Prof. WANG Xianlong and Dr. WANG Pei from the Hefei Institutes of Physical Science of the Chinese Academy of Sciences successfully stabilized a B31-type MnSe_0.5Te_0.5 phase that exhibits superconductivity driven by pressure-induced Jahn-Teller distortions.

Dr. LIN Mingqiang's group from Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter of the Chinese Academy of Sciences reported a reinforcement learning-driven adaptive stealthy attack framework named ReLASA for evaluating the vulnerability of data-driven SOH estimation models under FDIAs.

Researchers led by Prof. ZHU Ling from Hefei Institutes of Physical Science of the Chinese Academy of Sciences developed a digital Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats (CRISPR) hydrogel fluorescence-enhancing microsphere sensing system (CrisprDEM) which enables amplification-free relative quantification of nucleic acids.

A research team led by Prof. WANG Wei from the Institute of Botany of the Chinese Academy of Sciences revealed the evolutionary history of the world's largest evergreen broadleaved forest (EBLF), East Asian EBLF, through a multi-taxon analysis.

Researchers led by Prof. ZHANG Hong from the Institute of Biophysics have identified two parallel neuronal circuits that regulate the autophagy-lysosome pathway in the body wall muscle of Caenorhabditis elegans, a tiny nematode worm. Their research has uncovered a previously unknown mechanism by which the worm’s nervous system maintains muscle homeostasis.

A research team led by Prof. LIU Yuan and Prof. JING Ji from the Hangzhou Institute of Medicine of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, and Prof. DAI Yunlu from the University of Macau, have developed nanozyme proximity labeling (NPL), a genetic-engineering-free strategy to map the in situ interactomes and trafficking pathways of nanoparticles in live cells.

A team led by Prof. ZHANG Haijiang from the University of Science and Technology of China (USTC) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences demonstrated that oceanic transform faults are dynamic systems governed by fluids, tides, and magmatism.

Researchers from the Xinjiang Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry, Shanghai Institute of Ceramics, Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter, City University of Hong Kong, and Central South University, systematically investigated Pb(Lu_1/2Nb_1/2)O₃ (PLN)-based antiferroelectric materials, and revealed their atomic-scale structural evolution and polarization reorientation mechanisms.