Researchers from the South China Sea Institute of Oceanology revealed that the Ontong Java Plateau in the western Pacific Ocean, known as the largest oceanic plateau on Earth, may have been formed by a thermochemical plume.

In a recent study, scientists from the Xinjiang Institute of Ecology and Geography have developed a roadmap to harness extremophytes—plants that thrive in multi-stress desert environments—for designing climate-resilient crops for arid lands and promoting sustainable agriculture practices.

A research group led by Associate Prof. WU Nan and Prof. XIA Xiaoqin from the Institute of Hydrobiology (IHB) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences revealed the sex-dimorphic immune-metabolic regulation controlled by foxp3a across the gut-liver-gonad axis in zebrafish.

A recent study published in Science has uncovered how rumen ciliates modulate methane (CH₄) emissions in ruminants. The study identified a previously unknown single-membrane hydrogen-producing organelle, termed the "hydrogenobody", that plays a key role in this mechanism.

Rresearchers from the Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden have uncovered the molecular and physiological mechanisms behind cold sensitivity in a specialized rice line derived from common wild rice. Their findings provide insight into how different plant organs (leaves and roots) respond to low-temperature stress, offering potential pathways for breeding more resilient rice varieties.

A team led by Prof. JIANG Changlong from Hefei Institutes of Physical Science of the Chinese Academy of Sciences developed a copper-doped cobalt aluminum layered double oxide (CoAlCu-LDO) nanozyme with a two-dimensional hexagonal ultrathin nanosheet structure, enabling highly sensitive detection of multiple biomarkers in sweat.

Researchers from the the Xinjiang Institute of Ecology and Geography have established the most comprehensive phylogenetic framework for Phlomoides covering the majority of known species globally, finding that basal leaf morphology, mericarp indumentum, and root type are key traits shaping Phlomoides' ecological adaptation.

A research team from the Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences has developed a plasma-cascade process that enables the direct synthesis of cyclohexanone cyanohydrin [Cy(OH)CN] with nitrogen, methane, and cyclohexanone under mild conditions. The process achieved a Cy(OH)CN selectivity of 95.8% selectivity, a yield of 23.9%, and a formation rate of 0.60 mmol/h.

Researchers from the Shanghai Astronomical Observatory of the Chinese Academy of Sciences have utilized the extremely faint counterjet in the nearby radio galaxy 3C 84 as a tomographic probe, discovering that the dense ionized gas surrounding the central supermassive black hole is lumpy and inhomogeneous. The team successfully used this hard-to-see jet as a moving backlight to illuminate the black hole's hidden environment. The study was published in The Astrophysical Journal.

By reconstructing the dynamic evolution of Earth's interior over the past 270 million years, researchers from the Institute of Geology and Geophysics reveal that all seamounts — whether they form linear age-progressive hotspot chains or appear as scattered, isolated cones — are produced by deep plume-related activity.

A research team led by Prof. LI Dejun from the Institute of Subtropical Agriculture revealed that the land use type is the dominant factor regulating the climate responsiveness of SON transformation. The study provides insights into the mechanisms underlying land-type-specific nitrogen management strategies and global change modeling.

A research team led by Prof. CHAO Jianshu from Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter of the Chinese Academy of Sciences developed a novel RGB-D semantic segmentation framework, M³WaveGNet, for UAV-based power equipment inspection.

Researchers from the Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden and their collaborators revealed that during one of the most intense global warming events in Earth’s history, the terrestrial biosphere (forests, soils, and other land ecosystems) likely amplified the warming, rather than mitigating it.

A recent study conducted by a research group from the Xinjiang Astronomical Observatory of the Chinese Academy of Sciences has revealed the physical picture of magnetically driven shocks deep within the jet of blazar 1156+295, finding that the release of magnetic energy within the jet precedes radio flares and the inferred magnetic flux can reach the theoretical threshold of a magnetically arrested disk (MAD) — evidence that powerful AGN jets are magnetically driven from their very core.

A research team led by Prof. HAN Lili from the Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter of the Chinese Academy of Sciences developed an inside-out engineered CuO_x@CNT/Ru catalyst through a combined chemical oxidation and thermal reduction strategy for efficient electrochemical nitrate reduction to NH₃.

A recent study has identified a global mechanism underlying biotic resistance to freshwater fish invasions. Drawing on freshwater fish assemblages from more than 2600 river basins worldwide, the study found that native niche differentiation is the strongest predictor of invasion resistance.

Astronomers have found direct evidence that massive stars can form via a classic accretion disk , even in the most extreme environment of our galaxy—the Central Molecular Zone— demonstrating that the same disk-driven process works no matter how hostile the surroundings are. This finding enhances our understanding of the accretion mechanisms of massive protostars in extreme environments

Scientists from the Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences have explained the microstructure formation mechanism of nonsolvent-induced phase separation (NIPS) by separating the formation processes of different pore structure. Based on the findings, the team developed a free-standing ultrathin porous polymeric membrane with a thickness of only 2.7 μm that simultaneously offers high selectivity and high conductivity.