The Tianjin Institute of Industrial Biotechnology (TIB) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and Belgium's Vlaams Instituut voor Biotechnologie-Flanders Institute of Biotechnology (VIB) renewed their commitment to advancing synthetic biology research through the extension of their Joint Center for Synthetic Biology. The agreement was signed on December 15 in Tianjin, China, by Prof. XIANG Hua, director of TIB, and Dr. Christine Durinx, Managing Director of VIB.
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An interdisciplinary research team has uncovered a new explanation for the foraging division of labor in bumblebees, drawing on insights from fluid dynamics, morphology, and ecology. Their study reveals that subtle variations in the microstructure of the insects' functional organs can shape labor division at the colony level.
A new study demonstrates that rapid, label-free readings from individual yeast cells can be translated into many of these same key process metrics—while also uncovering cell-to-cell variation masked by bulk testing methods.
Prof. ZHOU Yongjin's team from the Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and Prof. Martin Grininger's team from Goethe University Frankfurt developed a modular and programmable fatty acid synthesis platform which enables high specificity production of medium-chain fatty acids in yeast.
A research team led by Prof. TIAN Hengci from the Institute of Geology and Geophysics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences conducted extensive analysis of lunar basalts collected by Chang'e-6 from the South Pole–Aitken Basin. These samples exhibit significantly heavier potassium (K) isotopic compositions than all previously documented lunar basalts from the Apollo missions and lunar meteorites.
A novel experiment on the fundamental science of lithium-ion batteries has been carried out aboard China's Tiangong space station.
In late Dec 2025, a diverse group of young Chinese explorers, led by CAS scientist Wang Feiteng, visited Urumqi Glacier No. 1 in Xinjiang. This glacier, the closest to a major city, retreats 5 meters annually due to global warming, with its area having shrunk by 20% since 1959. Amid global glacier decline, the NGO Polar Hub launched the "Glacier Watch" project and set up monitoring stations. Using drones and AI, the young team collects data, develops virtual games, and advocates for glacier protection to raise public awareness.
A Chinese research team has achieved a major advance in the precise regulation of protein degradation in living organisms, opening new avenues for therapeutic strategies against diseases ranging from cancer to neurodegenerative disorders.
China is accelerating the transition of its nuclear fusion program from fundamental research to large-scale engineering, as construction of the Burning Plasma Experimental Superconducting Tokamak (BEST) gains momentum.
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