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22-Jan-2026

Increased soil salinity alters global inorganic carbon storage

Chinese Academy of Sciences Headquarters
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A new global study ed by Prof. XUE Xian from the Northwest Institute of Eco-Environment and Resources of the Chinese Academy of Sciences shows that increasing soil salinity is systematically reshaping the storage and distribution of soil inorganic carbon (SIC), providing the first comprehensive global assessment of how soil salinization influences inorganic carbon storage and highlight its implications for the global carbon cycle.

Journal: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

21-Jan-2026

Scientists unveil “dissolution barocaloric” cooling, opening new path to zero-carbon refrigeration

Chinese Academy of Sciences Headquarters
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A research team led by Prof. LI Bing from the Institute of Metal Research of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, together with collaborators, has overcome a longstanding bottleneck in refrigeration technology. Their findings, published in Nature on January 22, introduce a novel cooling method based on the "dissolution barocaloric effect," which offers a promising zero-carbon alternative to traditional refrigeration.

Journal: Nature

20-Jan-2026

Scientists reveal splicing-based mechanism driving therapy resistance in pediatric acute myeloid leukemia

Chinese Academy of Sciences Headquarters
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Research teams led by Profs. WANG Qianfei and LIU Zhaoqi from the China National Center for Bioinformation, a research center affiliated to the Chinese Academy of Sciences, in collaboration with researchers from the Children's Hospital of Soochow University, analyzed transcriptome sequencing data from 702 pediatric AML patients. The team identified sequence-dependent ribonucleic acid (RNA) splicing abnormalities in roughly 36% of the cases.

Journal: Cell Reports Medicine

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22-Jan-2026

Hidden symmetries enable efficient quantum state transfer

Light Publishing Center, Changchun Institute of Optics, Fine Mechanics And Physics, CAS
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Researchers from University of Rostock and University of Hamburg have demonstrated for the first time that hidden symmetries can be used to transfer quantum states. Their experiments in a photonic system show that even in networks without any visible symmetry, reliable high-fidelity quantum state transfer is possible. Their findings pave the way towards new architectures for secure quantum communication and cryptography.

Journal: eLight
Funder: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, FET Open Grant EPIQUS, Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft via SFB 1477 ‘Light–Matter Interactions at Interfaces’, European Commission Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Individual Fellowship

22-Jan-2026

Scientists discover why some Central Pacific El Niños die quickly while others linger for years

Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Scientists discover why some Central Pacific El Niños die quickly while others linger for years

Journal: Atmospheric and Oceanic Science Letters

21-Jan-2026

Deciphering light transformation in chiral metasurface in real space and time by ultrafast electron microscopy

Light Publishing Center, Changchun Institute of Optics, Fine Mechanics And Physics, CAS
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Chiral metasurfaces can strongly twist the polarization of light, but how this process unfolds in space and time has been unclear. Scientists in China have now used ultrafast electron microscopy and photon-induced near-field electron microscopy to directly image the near fields of a chiral metasurface at nanometer-femtosecond resolution, revealing their correlation to the far-field ellipticity and geometry-dependent energy dissipation pathways for the chiral light transformation.

Journal: Light Science & Applications
Funder: National Key Research and Development Program of China, National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC), Natural Science Foundation of Tianjin, Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities, Supercomputing Center of Nankai University

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Deciphering light transformation in chiral metasurface in real space and time by ultrafast electron microscopy