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18-Jul-2025

Deep life’s survival secret: Crustal faulting generates key energy sources, study shows

Chinese Academy of Sciences Headquarters
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Chinese researchers have recently challenged the long-held belief that "all life depends on sunlight." In a study published in Science Advances, the researchers identified how microbes in deep subsurface areas can derive energy from chemical reactions driven by crustal faulting, offering critical insights into life deep below Earth's surface.

Journal: Science Advances

18-Jul-2025

Evolution's gamble: Human-specific genes that shaped human intelligence may fuel cancer

Chinese Academy of Sciences Headquarters
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A study led by Dr. LI Chuanyun from the Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) has revealed how recently evolved human-specific genes—critical for brain development and cognitive abilities—can be hijacked by cancer to drive tumor growth.

Journal: Cell Genomics

16-Jul-2025

FAST telescope unveils supersonic filamentary network in very-high-velocity cloud

Chinese Academy of Sciences Headquarters
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Using the Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical radio Telescope (FAST), researchers from the Shanghai Astronomical Observatory of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, in collaboration with other institutes, has uncovered an unexpectedly complex and dynamic filamentary network within a very-high-velocity cloud (VHVC) in the Milky Way.

Journal: Nature Astronomy

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18-Jul-2025

Researchers realize in situ formation of functional materials in living systems

Shenzhen Institute of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Peer-Reviewed Publication

This approach enabled the in situ synthesis of gold–polymer nanocomposites within living E. coli, effectively transforming the bacteria into "living nanofactories".

Journal: Angewandte Chemie International Edition

18-Jul-2025

Innovative implant delivers sustained hydrogen therapy

Shenzhen Institute of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Researchers develop an innovative implant delivers allowing for controlled and sustained H₂ release to facilitate bone repair in diabetic conditions.

Journal: Advanced Materials

18-Jul-2025

Electrosynthesis of value-added chemicals: Challenges from laboratory research to industrial application

Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy Sciences
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Focusing on the research progress of electro-synthetic value-added chemicals, this comment proposes lab strategies to enhance energy conversion efficiency, including catalyst screening, process monitoring, interface optimization, and mass transfer design, with analysis of implementation challenges. It also emphasizes that for industrial application of electrosynthesis technology, breakthroughs are needed in performance, lifespan, and cost, and multidimensional challenges such as modular integration, thermal and mass management, smart control, power configuration, and material separation must be addressed.

Journal: Chinese Journal of Catalysis

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Deep life’s survival secret: Crustal faulting generates key energy sources, study shows

Evolution's gamble: Human-specific genes that shaped human intelligence may fuel cancer

FAST telescope unveils supersonic filamentary network in very-high-velocity cloud

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Researchers realize in situ formation of functional materials in living systems

Innovative implant delivers sustained hydrogen therapy

Electrosynthesis of value-added chemicals: Challenges from laboratory research to industrial application