Researchers from the Institute of Physics, the Ningbo Institute of Materials Technology and Engineering, and Huazhong University of Science and Technology, developed a dynamically adaptive interphase that enables stable battery operation under little or even zero external pressure, which is a critical step toward practical high-energy-density all-solid-state lithium metal batteries.

A research team from the Qingdao Institute of Bioenergy and Bioprocess Technology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences has identified a specific histone modification as the key regulator governing microalgae's adaptation to low-carbon dioxide environments.

Researchers from the Institute of Applied Ecology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences have uncovered how trees balance resource allocation above and below ground to enhance forest productivity and maintain soil fertility.

A collaborative research team led by LU Fei from the Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology and LIU Yongxiu from the Institute of Botany, together with their colleagues, has unraveled the genetic basis of antagonistic selection between seed dormancy and size in wheat through a large-scale genome-wide association study.

A research team from the Wuhan Botanical Garden of the Chinese Academy of Sciences has found evidence confirming the universality of microbial community convergence during succession, regardless of the type of succession or initial environmental conditions.

Researchers from the Institute of Applied Ecology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences have provided new quantitative evidence showing how tree canopies in temperate forests absorb nitrogen dioxide from the atmosphere.

Researchers from the Institute of Applied Ecology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences have uncovered how temperate forest trees adjust their root chemistry and microbial relationships to cope with the combined stress of drought and variable light conditions.

Researchers led by Dr. ZHANG Weidong from the Institute of Applied Ecology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences have unveiled that the addition of powdered wollastonite, a calcium silicate mineral, can greatly increase the formation of stable mineral-associated organic carbon in various soil types.

Researchers from the Institute of Applied Ecology have uncovered how soil viruses influence microbial activity and carbon storage under different nutrient conditions. They found that variations in the carbon-to-nitrogen ratio shape viral behavioral strategies and their ecological roles in soil carbon turnover, a finding that may refine models of global carbon cycling and climate feedbacks.

Researchers from the Institute of Applied Ecology have developed an improved approach to study lysogenic bacteriophages—viruses integrate into bacterial genomes and remain dormant until triggered under certain environmental conditions.

A collaborative research team has analyzed mitochondrial genome data from 97 stonefly species—representing all 17 of the order's extant families—and applied an integrative analytical framework combining multiple evolutionary models. The team was led by Prof. CAI Chenyang from the Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, and Prof. DU Yuzhou from Yangzhou University.

Chinese researchers have developed a novel method to efficiently engineer natural killer (NK) cells for cancer immunotherapy.

Researchers led by Prof. GAO Caixia from the Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology and Prof. QIU Jinlong from the Institute of Microbiology developed a pioneering system that enables rapid and scalable directed evolution of diverse genes directly in plant cells.

A research team led by Prof. CHEN Qinglin from the Institute of Urban Environment of the Chinese Academy of Sciences revealed that drought-induced changes in wheat metabolites selectively enrich drought-tolerant bacteria in the rhizosphere, and these bacteria promote plant growth as well as enhance drought resilience through key functional traits.

A research team led by Prof. QIU Liping from Hangzhou Institute of Medicine of the Chinese Academy of Sciences developed a powerful system by engineering the surface of monocytes with a high affinity Tau-specific aptamer to clear extracellular Tau in the AD-afflicted brain.

A research team led by Prof. FANG Yanshan from the Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry identified FBXO21 as the F-box protein and key factor mediating the ubiquitination and degradation of NMNAT2 in neurons, and found that the knockdown of Fbxo21 in mouse dorsal root ganglion neurons increases NMNAT2 levels and significantly delays Wallerian degeneration.

A research team led by Prof. WU Linping from the Guangzhou Institutes of Biomedicine and Health of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, in collaboration with partners, has developed functional engineered vasculatures using a one-step bioprinting strategy.

Researchers from the Yunnan Observatories of the Chinese Academy of Sciences have unveiled a neural network-based automated method for identifying heartbeat stars—a rare type of binary star system.