Chinese scientists from the Hefei Institutes of Physical Science have developed helium-3–free cooling technology that can reach 106 millikelvin, marking the lowest temperature achieved by a metal magnetocaloric material without using the scarce global resource helium-3.

A research team led by Prof. WANG Kelin from the Institute of Subtropical Agriculture of the Chinese Academy of Sciences has systematically revealed the long-term legacy effects of human disturbance and how they shape the drought responses of karst forests.

Chinese scientists from the Institute of Metal Research have developed high-performance n-type Mg₃(Sb, Bi)₂-based thermoelectric thin films using a novel dual-defect engineering strategy, addressing key challenges that have long hindered the use of these materials in miniature energy harvesting devices.

Chinese researchers led by Prof. ZHANG Xiqi from the Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry developed a photocatalytic membrane reactor that dramatically improves the synthesis of imines—a class of compounds essential to the production of pharmaceuticals, agrochemicals, and advanced synthetic materials.

A new study led by researchers from the Institute of Earth Environment of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and international collaborators has revealed that low-smoke solid fuels cause a two- to three-fold increase in the number of UFPs emitted, even as the total mass of particulate emissions has been reduced.

LI Zhenfei's group from the Center for Excellence in Molecular Cell Science (Shanghai Institute of Biochemistry and Cell Biology) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, along with the collaborators, characterized the molecular features of prostate cancers from distinct anatomical origins and delineated their dynamic evolution following hormone therapy, providing new insights for developing clinical intervention strategies.

A research team from the Institute of Oceanology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences reconstructed the record of the South China Sea Throughflow's volume transport from 1894 to 2022.

A research team led by the Yantai Institute of Coastal Zone Research of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, in collaboration with scientists from Tianjin University, the CAS Institute of Soil Science, and other institutions, conducted a systematic investigation of 36 mangrove and saltmarsh wetlands spanning a 20-degree latitudinal gradient along China's coastline.

In a new study, researchers from the Ningbo Institute of Materials Technology and Engineering of the Chinese Academy of Sciences have revealed how strain gradients influence magnetic properties. Understanding this mechanism is key to achieving stable and reliable performance in next-generation flexible magnetic devices.

A new study using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) has uncovered how magnetic fields, gravity, and turbulence interact within two dense clumps near the center of the Milky Way, offering fresh insight into how stars form in such dense regions.

Astronomers have unveiled the most extensive image ever captured by the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA), revealing the turbulent heart of the Milky Way in unprecedented detail.

A research team from the Qingdao Institute of Bioenergy and Bioprocess Technology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences has developed a crystal-solvate (CSV) pre-seeding method that enables precise regulation of the bottom interface, paving the way for the development of high-efficiency, large-area perovskite photovoltaic modules.

Chinese scientists have made a major breakthrough in TOPCon technology that sets a new power conversion efficiency (PCE) record of 26.66% for industrial-scale solar cells.

Researchers from the Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden (XTBG) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences revealed how plant species diversity dynamically regulates the relative limitations of soil N and P nutrients on C processes by altering soil C:N:P stoichiometric relationships in natural forest ecosystems.

Pinpointing when early land plants colonized terrestrial environments and began influencing Earth's systems is a core question in the evolution of the Earth system. A research team led by Prof. ZHAO Mingyu at the Institute of Geology and Geophysics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences has uncovered evidence indicating that land plants may have started reshaping Earth's surface environments far earlier than previously recognized.

A research team led by Prof. CUI Guanglei from the Qingdao Institute of Bioenergy and Bioprocess Technology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences has recently proposed a novel mechanism utilizing interfacial phase equilibrium to regulate metal ion migration.

A research team from the Guangzhou Institutes of Biomedicine and Health of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, in collaboration with South China University of Technology, Guangzhou National Laboratory and Westlake University, has constructed a mouse endothelial development atlas spanning the full embryonic stages and revealed that endothelial cells begin organ-specific differentiation as early as mid-gestation.

An international research team from the Shanghai Astronomical Observatory, in collaboration with institutions from China, South Korea, and Europe, has found that the traditional method of measuring temperatures of molecular clouds in massive star-forming regions may underestimate the true values under high-temperature conditions.