Led by Prof. DUAN Weili from the Xinjiang Institute of Ecology and Geography (XIEG) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, the researchers introduced an innovative integration of conventional reservoirs with seasonal pumped hydropower storage reservoirs to ensure a fair, efficient and sustainable water allocation for, food security, ecological flows, and clean hydropower production.

A research team led by Prof. WANG Jinyong from the Institute of Zoology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, has developed a CAR-PSC-derived NKP (CAR-iNKP) cell therapy that enables robust in vivo generation of long-lived CAR-iNK cells.

The Tibet ASγ Experiment has successfully, for the first time, measured magnetohydrodynamic turbulence on scales below one parsec within the gamma-ray halo surrounding the Geminga pulsar wind nebula. This observation extends to the highest energies, above 100 TeV, providing new insights into the behavior of cosmic rays and magnetic fields within the Milky Way.

A study led by Prof. XU Tiantian's team from the Shenzhen Institute of Advanced Technology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, together with Prof. PAN Xiangbin's team from Fuwai Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, developed a novel material, magnetofluids, realizing long-term thrombus-free left atrial appendage occlusion.

Researchers from the Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden (XTBG) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and their collaborators discovered a new species, and named it Heterostemma tongbiguanense.

A research team from the Institute of Theoretical Physics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences has proposed a new theoretical framework for understanding the universal aging behavior of glassy materials, revealing a fundamental mechanism that governs how glasses—from simple spin systems to complex network glasses such as amorphous silica—slowly evolve over time.

A research team led by Prof. SHENG Zhigao from the Hefei Institutes of Physical Science has manipulated the structure and microwave absorption of Co_xSe nanosheets by synthesizing them under a high magnetic field (HMF). The material's reflection loss improved dramatically from −6.3 dB at 0 T to −66.3 dB at 10 T in the C-band (4–8 GHz), representing more than a tenfold improvement.

A research team from the Xinjiang Institute of Ecology and Geography (XIEG) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences published a new review highlighting biochar as a promising, climate-smart strategy for restoring dryland soils and mitigating desertification.

A research team led by Prof. SHAO Dingfu from the Hefei Institutes of Physical Science of the Chinese Academy of Sciences has proposed a universal mechanism that enables deterministic electrical control of collinear antiferromagnets, overcoming a long-standing bottleneck in antiferromagnetic spintronics.

Changes in rainfall across the world's monsoon regions shape the livelihoods of billions of people. For years, climate models have projected that the fingerprint of human-caused climate change on global monsoons would become detectable by a specific timeline. Yet what if that timeline is inaccurate? A recent study suggests this human-driven signal may not emerge until a full decade later than previously estimated.

A research team led by Prof. XU Yigang from the Guangzhou Institute of Geochemistry of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and Prof. DENG Chenglong from the CAS Institute of Geology and Geophysics conducted a study of the Yanshan Scientific Drilling Project (YSDP-4) drill core, with a drill depth of 1497.5 meters. The core was recovered from the lacustrine Jiufotang Formation in northeastern China.

Researchers from the Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and their collaborators investigated the adaptive strategies of Pistacia weinmanniifolia, and revealed the biological mechanisms underlying the species’ sustained tolerance to prolonged dry-heat stress.

A research team led by Prof. SONG Zhan from the Shenzhen Institute of Advanced Technology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, together with Dr. YE Yuping from Fujian University of Technology, developed a new curvature‑fused graph attention network (CF‑GAT) capable of predicting facial landmarks directly from raw point clouds.

A research team led by Prof. LIU Zhaoping at the Ningbo Institute of Materials Technology and Engineering of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, in collaboration with researchers from the CAS Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology and the University of Chicago, has systematically unraveled the lifespan failure mechanisms of ultrahigh-energy lithium metal batteries (LMBs).

Chinese scientists from the Hefei Institutes of Physical Science have developed helium-3–free cooling technology that can reach 106 millikelvin, marking the lowest temperature achieved by a metal magnetocaloric material without using the scarce global resource helium-3.

A research team led by Prof. WANG Kelin from the Institute of Subtropical Agriculture of the Chinese Academy of Sciences has systematically revealed the long-term legacy effects of human disturbance and how they shape the drought responses of karst forests.

Chinese scientists from the Institute of Metal Research have developed high-performance n-type Mg₃(Sb, Bi)₂-based thermoelectric thin films using a novel dual-defect engineering strategy, addressing key challenges that have long hindered the use of these materials in miniature energy harvesting devices.

Chinese researchers led by Prof. ZHANG Xiqi from the Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry developed a photocatalytic membrane reactor that dramatically improves the synthesis of imines—a class of compounds essential to the production of pharmaceuticals, agrochemicals, and advanced synthetic materials.