Chinese scientists have uncovered the distribution and dissemination mechanisms of soil antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs) in China, according to the Northwest Institute of Eco-environment and Resources (NIEER) under the Chinese Academy of Sciences. This new study advances the understanding of ARGs in terrestrial ecosystems across China. It provides an important scientific basis for further exploring their distribution, dissemination, and public health risks.
A research team from the Institute of Metal Research under the Chinese Academy of Sciences has achieved a breakthrough in solid-state lithium battery technology – developing a flexible battery capable of enduring up to 20,000 bends. The innovation offers a new solution to long-standing challenges such as high interfacial resistance and low ion transport efficiency in solid-state batteries.
All-solid-state lithium batteries, hailed as the "grail" of next-generation energy storage technology, have long faced a challenging problem: maintaining tight contact between the solid electrolyte and the lithium metal electrode. Chinese scientists have developed a self-adaptive interphase in all-solid-state lithium batteries that maintains intimate contact between the lithium metal anode and solid electrolyte without external pressure, a breakthrough that decisively overcomes a major bottleneck toward commercialization.
Bats and toothed whales are distant groups, yet both have independently developed the ability to perceive their environment through echolocation. A Chinese research team has uncovered a key mechanism explaining why different organisms independently evolve similar functions when adapting to similar environments, using an artificial intelligence (AI) protein language model.
Chinese researchers on Monday announced that they have recorded the complete hatching process of a green sea turtle on the beaches of Yongshu Reef, part of the Nansha Islands in the South China Sea, for the first time. The research team observed a green sea turtle coming ashore to lay eggs on Aug. 10.
The Burning Plasma Experimental Superconducting Tokamak (BEST), a compact fusion experiment device under construction in Hefei, east China's Anhui Province, has reached a major milestone with the successful installation of its first key component, the Dewar base, marking progress toward the world's first electricity generation from fusion power.
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