A research team led by Prof. LI Dejun from the Institute of Subtropical Agriculture revealed that the land use type is the dominant factor regulating the climate responsiveness of SON transformation. The study provides insights into the mechanisms underlying land-type-specific nitrogen management strategies and global change modeling.

Researchers from the Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden and their collaborators revealed that during one of the most intense global warming events in Earth’s history, the terrestrial biosphere (forests, soils, and other land ecosystems) likely amplified the warming, rather than mitigating it.

A recent study conducted by a research group from the Xinjiang Astronomical Observatory of the Chinese Academy of Sciences has revealed the physical picture of magnetically driven shocks deep within the jet of blazar 1156+295, finding that the release of magnetic energy within the jet precedes radio flares and the inferred magnetic flux can reach the theoretical threshold of a magnetically arrested disk (MAD) — evidence that powerful AGN jets are magnetically driven from their very core.

A research team led by Prof. HAN Lili from the Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter of the Chinese Academy of Sciences developed an inside-out engineered CuO_x@CNT/Ru catalyst through a combined chemical oxidation and thermal reduction strategy for efficient electrochemical nitrate reduction to NH₃.

A recent study has identified a global mechanism underlying biotic resistance to freshwater fish invasions. Drawing on freshwater fish assemblages from more than 2600 river basins worldwide, the study found that native niche differentiation is the strongest predictor of invasion resistance.

Astronomers have found direct evidence that massive stars can form via a classic accretion disk , even in the most extreme environment of our galaxy—the Central Molecular Zone— demonstrating that the same disk-driven process works no matter how hostile the surroundings are. This finding enhances our understanding of the accretion mechanisms of massive protostars in extreme environments

Scientists from the Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences have explained the microstructure formation mechanism of nonsolvent-induced phase separation (NIPS) by separating the formation processes of different pore structure. Based on the findings, the team developed a free-standing ultrathin porous polymeric membrane with a thickness of only 2.7 μm that simultaneously offers high selectivity and high conductivity.

A research team led by Dr. WANG Guodong from the Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences screened 16 Arabidopsis thaliana mutants with disruptions in four specific metabolic pathways, grew them in alkaline natural soil, and analyzed their growth phenotypes, root metabolomes, and rhizosphere microbiomes.

According to a 20-year study led by researchers from the Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, planting small patches of native trees can help restore degraded tropical forests over the long term. However, the findings also indicate that, without active intervention, recovering areas may remain in an early successional stage dominated by sun-loving pioneer trees.

Using observations from NVST and CHASE, researchers from Yunnan Observatories have revealed that recurrent light bridge jets are driven by three-dimensional slipping magnetic reconnection between horizontal light bridge fields and vertical umbral fields, a process modulated by quasi-periodic photospheric horizontal motions.

Researchers from the Qingdao Institute of Bioenergy and Bioprocess Technology (QIBEBT) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and Shenzhen Third People's Hospital have developed a Ramanome-based phenotypic platform to improve the efficiency of bacteriophage evaluation for potential clinical use.

A team led by Prof. XU Cao from the Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences identified RGF as the first small peptide signal that senses cold during pollen development. Researchers uncovered an "on-demand" peptide-receptor-ion channel signaling axis, offering a powerful genetic strategy to shield crops from sudden climate shocks without compromising baseline yields.

The supergiant bathynomid is a deep-sea isopod famous for surviving more than five years without food. A research team from the Institute of Oceanology has uncovered the mechanisms enabling these deep-sea supergiants to thrive under extreme nutritional constraints.

In a recent study, scientists have predicted 12 naturally occurring candidate nuclei for cluster radioactivity that are expected to be observable in future experiments. The findings provide a roadmap for future searches for new long-lived cluster-radioactive nuclei. Once the alpha decays of these nuclei are experimentally confirmed, they will provide critical data for testing semiempirical decay laws under extremely low decay-energy conditions.

A team led by GAO Caixia at the Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences has developed a genome engineering platform that allows multiple trait stacking in crops by combining gene knockout, precise sequence editing, and chromosome engineering within a single framework.

Chinese researchers have successfully isolated a key gene from maize's wild ancestor, teosinte, which significantly enhances seed protein content. The gene, THP3-T, was identified and cloned by research teams led by WU Yongrui and WANG Haihai from the Center for Excellence in Molecular Plant Sciences of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, along with the collaborators.

A new study led by XUE Chaoyou from the Tianjin Institute of Industrial Biotechnology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, in collaboration with LOU Huiqiang at China Agricultural University and RAO Shuquan from the Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, showing that RNA-guided IS110 transposons use two mechanistically distinct pathways to mobilize DNA.

Chinese scientists have developed mycelial bioceramic scaffolds that enhance bone regeneration by modulating cellular energy metabolism, offering a new strategy for creating biomimetic scaffolds with both structural and metabolic functionality.