A recent study led by the South China Botanical Garden proposes an integrated biomarker-isotope method for credible saltmarsh blue carbon accounting. It reveals that plant-derived organic carbon dominates saltmarsh sedimentary organic carbon, accounting for more than 75% of the total in two Chinese saltmarsh systems.

Freshwater ecosystems worldwide have been suffering from declining oxygen levels—a trend known as deoxygenation—that threatens biodiversity, fisheries, and ecosystem stability. However, a new study published in Nature Geoscience offers hope: targeted nutrient management via wastewater control can reverse this trajectory, even in the face of rapid climate warming.

A team of researchers led by Prof. JIANG Changlong from the Hefei Institutes of Physical Science of the Chinese Academy of Sciences developed a simple fluorescent sensing system that can quickly and visually detect phoxim, an organophosphorus pesticide of concern in food safety and environmental monitoring.

Researchers from Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter of the Chinese Academy of Sciences proposed an assembly strategy synergizing covalent and hydrogen‑bond interactions. They constructed an extra‑large hydrogen‑bonded snub cube, one of the 13 Archimedean solids, composed of 30 components, demonstrating selective recognition and separation of fullerenes.

High-quality chromosome-level genomes of two critically endangered island oaks reveal how contrasting population histories and natural selection regimes drive divergent genomic diversity and genetic load patterns, highlighting the role of efficient purging in buffering small populations from extinction risk.

A team of researchers led by Dr. WANG Yu from the Shenzhen Institute of Advanced Technology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences developed PRINCE and Little Prince, dual small-molecule-controlled genome editing systems that allow CRISPR activity to be switched on by drug inducers and kept largely silent in their absence.

Scientists have recently revealed a novel RtERF1–RtXTH2 regulatory module that enhances aluminum tolerance in Rhodomyrtus tomentosa via cell wall remodeling, providing new insights into the molecular mechanisms of woody plant adaptation to acidic soils.

Researchers from the Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden (XTBG) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences revealed that found that rapid urban expansion fundamentally alters the ecological relationship between strangler figs and their host trees.

A new study led by researchers from the Institute of Atmospheric Physics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences revealed that the hydrological consequences of reforestation depend critically on how much the world warms.

Researchers led by Prof. CHEN Chang from the Institute of Biophysics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences for the first time, systematically compared the protective effects of a laboratory-prepared Lycium barbarum (goji berry) extract with those of three common daily consumption methods on bone and muscle health in naturally aged mice.

Scientists have recently discovered a Lyman-continuum-emitting galaxy, designated LCEz4-M1. This object is the highest-redshift, the most distant Lyman-continuum-emitting galaxy known to date, and it carries significant implications for understanding the early universe and cosmic reionization.

A research team from the Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, in collaboration with a team from Xiamen University spatially resolves the atomic-scale interplay between hole transfer dynamics and the evolution of water oxidation intermediates on faceted BiVO₄ particles.

A research team from the Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences revealed that the electric field and oxygen spillover operate in a coupled manner to govern electrode migration in solid oxide electrolysis cells.

Researchers led by Prof. WANG Xiaohui from the Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry of the Chinese Academy of Sciences have proposed that natural hallucinogens may have primarily evolved as ecological tools that help organisms survive, defend themselves, and interact with other species.

A team of researchers led by SU Bing from the Kunming Institute of Zoology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, along with collaborators, built the first three-dimensional, single-cell atlas of an entire lamprey brain, which is essentially a high-resolution map showing the location of every cell and which genes are active in each cell.

Researchers from Yunnan University and the Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden examined how tropical forests respond ecologically to drought. Their results reveal that, while abundant sunlight typically boosts tree growth in normal times, it can become a critical liability during severe drought, especially for large, canopy-dominant trees.

A recent industry perspective article has summarized the long-term experience and recent advances in both fundamental research and industrial application of vanadium flow batteries (VFBs), while charting pathways toward hundred-megawatt-scale long-duration energy storage systems.

Researchers have recently uncovered the dynamic evolution of metal surface nanostructures induced by gas-solid interactions. At the atomic scale, van der Waals interactions between water molecules and surface Au atoms can drive the rapid migration, coalescence, and ripening of Au nanoislands on Au(111) in water vapor.