Researchers from the Institute of Semiconductors under the Chinese Academy of Sciences have achieved a breakthrough in perovskite solar cell technology, paving the way for their commercial adoption, Science and Technology Daily reported on Monday. The newly developed prototype attained a high photoconversion efficiency of 27.2 percent alongside markedly enhanced operational stability. These findings were recently published in the journal Science.

A research team from the Guangzhou Institute of Energy Conversion of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, in collaboration with partners, has developed a lithium cycle computable general equilibrium (LCCGE) model. The framework bridges micro-level recycling data with macroeconomic trends to inform robust decarbonization strategies.

A research team led by Prof. YANG Yuanhe from the Institute of Botany has revealed how grassland degradation alters the relationship between biodiversity and ecosystem multifunctionality across the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau alpine grasslands.

Prof. ZENG Fanjiang's team from the Xinjiang Institute of Ecology and Geography of the Chinese Academy of Sciences has unveiled distinct soil organic carbon accumulation mechanisms across typical land-use types in hyper-arid regions.

A new study has revealed that the Southern Ocean releases far more carbon dioxide into the atmosphere during the winter than previously estimated, with seasonal emissions potentially underestimated by as much as 40 percent. The study was led by researchers from the Ministry of Natural Resources' Second Institute of Oceanography and the Chinese Academy of Sciences' Nanjing Institute of Geography and Limnology (NIGLAS), and its results were published in the latest issue of Science Advances.

A collaborative research team has discovered that the Southern Ocean releases substantially more carbon dioxide during the dark austral winter than previously thought. Their new study reveals that this winter outgassing has been underestimated by up to 40%.

China has successfully achieved the first-ever thorium to uranium nuclear fuel conversion in a Thorium Molten Salt Reactor (TMSR), and obtained valid experimental data following thorium fuel loading, confirming the technical feasibility of thorium utilization in a molten-salt reactor nuclear energy system, according to the Chinese Academy of Sciences' Shanghai Institute of Applied Physics (SINAP) on Saturday.

A research team from the Wuhan Botanical Garden of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, carried out a systematic study in the subtropical mountain forest of Badagongshan.

A new study led by Prof. LI Xiaosong from the Aerospace Information Research Institute of the Chinese Academy of Sciences has evaluated land productivity dynamics (LPD) across the African Great Green Wall (GGW) between 2013 and 2022.

A new review has revealed the potential of desert ecosystems in the global fight against climate change. The review, led by Prof. ZENG Fanjiang from the Xinjiang Institute of Ecology and Geography, synthesizes evidence showing that deserts can function as vital carbon sinks through innovative management and technology.

Researchers from the Institute of Applied Ecology have conducted an ecosystem-wide assessment of enhanced rock weathering in forest plantations. Led by Dr. KANG Ronghua, they revealed how the application of finely ground silicate minerals influences soil carbon fluxes and tree growth in a larch plantation in northeastern China.

Prof. ZHANG Yuanming's team from the Xinjiang Institute of Ecology and Geography have unveiled a previously underestimated factor in greenhouse gas emissions from arid environments: hydroxyl radicals, often dubbed "free radicals".