Using detailed distribution data for woody plant species in China, researchers from the Wuhan Botanical Garden and Peking University have quantitatively evaluated spatial patterns in diversity in Wuling Mountains and the adjacent regions to provide an overview of inter-regional species relationships.

A research team led by Prof. LI Fuhua from the Institute of Oceanology provided new insights into the energy reallocation strategy in L. vannamei in response to heat-stress.

A team led by Prof. ZHANG Chengcai from the Institute of Hydrobiology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, in collaboration with Prof. Wolfgang R. Hess from the University of Freiburg, Germany, reviewed the current knowledge on the RNA turnover-related proteins in cyanobacteria, and revealed that the cyanobacterial proteins and their counterparts in E. coli and B. subtilis have distinct cellular functions despite of their similar biochemical properties.

A polyethylene glycol-modified urchin-like nickel nanoclusters (PUNNC) with an applied 9 Tesla magnetic field can efficiently kill tumor cells in vitro and inhibit tumor tissue growth in vivo, when used for photothermal enhanced chemodynamic synergistic therapy under near-infrared-II radiation, according to researchers led by Prof. WANG Hui at the Hefei Institutes of Physical Science.

A research team at National Center for Nanoscience and Technology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, demonstrated that orally administered bacteria can be an effective vaccine carrier to secrete small membrane vesicles as the tumor vaccine at the gut to fight against various tumors of the animal models.

In a recent study, researchers from the Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden (XTBG) tried to explore how climate affects the multitrophic biotic interactions as well as the community structure by using a multitrophic fig wasp community.

In a recent study, researchers from the Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden (XTBG) provided a rich resource to uncover the multiple layers of the gene regulatory network involved in pulvinus development and signal transduction in the model legume Medicago truncatula.

Researchers led by Dr. DONG Jianfei at the Suzhou Institute of Biomedical Engineering and Technology have recently adopted control theory, for the first time, in analyzing the dynamics of the photochemical reactions in light therapies, and developed the first mathematical model of the light-induced singlet oxygen in treating fungal infections.

Based on a long-term forest conversion scenario in subtropical region of China, the Global Change Ecology Group at the Wuhan Botanical Garden examined heterotrophic respiration and autotrophic respiration distributions using the root trenching method during the growing season, and also the soil microbial community structures in trenched and rhizosphere soils.

A research team led by Prof. TIAN Zhigang and Prof. PENG Hui from the University of Science and Technology of China of the Chinese Academy of Sciences for the first time revealed the heterogeneity of liver-resident natural killer (NK) cells, namely ILC1s, and found that ILC1s could be dissected into two subpopulations with distinct origins and functions.

During a floristic exploration of Mêdog, Tibet, researchers from the Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden collected some unknown Agapetes materials of an interesting plant with fruits from two locations in the understory of a primeval subtropical forest. After careful morphological comparison, they confirmed the plant represents a new Agapetes species.

Prof. ZHANG Xin's team at the Hefei Institutes of Physical Science has recently conducted a series of studies to test the biosafety and neurobehavioral effects of 33.0 Tesla high static magnetic field using the self-designed biological research platform of Steady High Magnetic Field Facility (SHMFF).