A research team from the Aerospace Information Research Institute of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, together with its collaborators, has developed a novel synthetic aperture radar (SAR) interpretation method that identifies the specific scattering sources on three-dimensional targets responsible for prominent radar reflections visible in SAR images.

An international research team led by the Aerospace Information Research Institute of the Chinese Academy of Sciences has developed the global forest disturbance type dataset at 30-meter resolution: the Global Forest Disturbance Type Dataset (GFD). The dataset reveals that approximately 1.247 billion hectares of forest—equating to 31% of the global forest cover—underwent disturbances between 2000 and 2020.

A research team led by Prof. WANG Shudong from the Aerospace Information Research Institute of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, has proposed a novel integrated framework combining remote sensing observations, deep learning technologies, and Earth System Models. The framework is designed to reconstruct long-term variations in global surface soil moisture and enhance the accuracy of future projections.

Researchers from the Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden and the Kunming Institute of Botany have demonstrated the role of potassium extends far beyond its classic function as a simple "stomatal osmoticum", or a substance that controls water pressure in guard cells. It actively regulates the genetic machinery that drives photosynthetic efficiency under both stable and fluctuating light conditions.

A research team from the Lanzhou Institute of Chemical Physics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences has developed a method to predict how strain modifies adsorption energies and reaction barriers across diverse metal systems.

A research team from the Xinjiang Astronomical Observatory of the Chinese Academy of Sciences has observed the unusual spin-down behavior of the magnetar Swift J1834.9-0846, developed a unified evolutionary model that simultaneously incorporates magnetic dipole radiation, wind braking, and gravitational-wave emission, and provided a new explanation for the magnetar's unusually low braking index.

A team led by Prof. XU Guosheng from Hefei Institutes of Physical Science of the Chinese Academy of Sciences for the first time demonstrated a plasma regime in a metal-wall environment that simultaneously achieved partial divertor detachment, an edge-localized-mode (ELM)-free high-confinement mode (H-mode), and high pedestal performance.

A research team led by Prof. LU Limin and Prof. CHEN Zhiduan from the Institute of Botany of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, along with collaborators from Australia and the United Kingdom, identified a new global biodiversity hotspot in Central China, based on traditional measures of taxonomic endemism.

Researchers led by Prof. WANG Chao from the Institute of Applied Ecology revealed a significant coupling between the temperature sensitivities of carbon use efficiency and nitrogen use efficiency, with higher Q₁₀ values at lower temperatures and a shift in the primary drivers from biotic to abiotic factors as temperature increased.

A research team led by Prof. ZENG Jiangyuan from the Aerospace Information Research Institute of the Chinese Academy of Sciences has developed a new algorithm, the Heterogeneity-Aware Downscaling Algorithm (HADA), which significantly improves global soil moisture observation by enhancing satellite-derived data resolution from approximately 25 km to 5 km.

A research group led by Prof. HAN Fangpu from the Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences successfully cloned the broad-spectrum stripe rust resistance gene Yr83 from the Ukrainian triticale accession Rozovskaya.

A new study has reconstructed nearly 40 years of suspended sediment concentration data across the Yellow River, uncovering both a long-term downward trend and a recent reversal in this decline. By integrating decades of satellite observations with a newly developed retrieval model, the study illustrates how reservoirs, tributary inflows, vegetation restoration and check dams have collectively reshaped sediment dynamics along one of the world's most sediment-rich waterways.

Research led by Profs. WANG Yucai, ZHU Shu, and JIANG Wei from the University of Science and Technology of China, has for the first time uncovered the fundamental mechanism underlying the body’s non-specific clearance of drug delivery carriers by identifying a gut–liver immune regulatory axis maintained by intestinal commensal bacteria and the intestinal endocrine system.

A team of Chinese researchers has modeled the potential global benefits of installing solar panels on outside building walls, a concept known as façade-integrated photovoltaics (FIPV). They found that solar panels installed on building façades not only generate substantial electricity but also reduce cooling demand, thereby reducing carbon emissions and improving urban climate adaptation.

A study led by Dr. ZHU Yingjie and Dr. CHEN Zijun from the Shenzhen Institute of Advanced Technology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences revealed that a septal inhibitory circuit constrains alcohol reward and mediates liraglutide's suppressive effects on alcohol intake in mice.

A research team led by Prof. SUN Yonghua from the Institute of Hydrobiology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences has established an inducible Treg (iTreg)-mediated immune-tolerant host system that overcomes the immune rejection barrier in subcutaneous transplantation of allogeneic gonadal primordia.

A research team from the Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, working with researchers from Northeastern University, has developed a novel solar-driven co-upcycling strategy that enables the synergistic valorization of waste polystyrene and elemental sulfur. The approach integrates clean solar energy with the high-value utilization of industrial byproducts.

Prof. HUI Lijian's team from the Center for Excellence in Molecular Cell Science of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, and the collaborators, revealed how genomic instability and immune remodeling jointly shape malignant transformation, providing a rare glimpse into the earliest stages of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) evolution.