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11-Dec-2025

Chinese scientists reveal how isoflavone 6-hydroxylase mediates soybean resistance to Phytophthora sojae

Chinese Academy of Sciences Headquarters
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Researchers from the Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) have uncovered the long-elusive biosynthetic pathway of glycitein, a key soybean isoflavonoid. They also revealed how its production determines the plant's resistance to Phytophthora sojae.

Journal: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

11-Dec-2025

Scientists uncover how Earth’s mantle locked away vast water in early magma ocean

Chinese Academy of Sciences Headquarters
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Recently, a team of researchers led by Prof. DU Zhixue from the Guangzhou Institute of Geochemistry of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (GIGCAS) has discovered that substantial amounts of water could have been efficiently "locked away" deep within the mantle as it crystallized from a molten state.

Journal: Science

5-Dec-2025

Physicists provide key mass data for determining X-ray burst reaction rate

Chinese Academy of Sciences Headquarters
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A research team from the Institute of Modern Physics (IMP) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) has directly measured the masses of two highly unstable atomic nuclei, phosphorus-26 and sulfur-27. These precise measurements provide crucial information for determining the nuclear reaction rate during X-ray bursts, advancing our understanding of how elements are synthesized under such extreme conditions.

Journal: The Astrophysical Journal

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11-Dec-2025

Climate research reveals global warming intensifies temperature "roller coasters”

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

A new study published in Nature Climate Change reveals that rapid, large-scale fluctuations in temperature from one day to the next have intensified under global warming, representing a distinct climate hazard with significant impacts on human health.

Journal: Nature Climate Change

11-Dec-2025

Summer predictability barrier phenomenon of Indian Ocean Dipole events

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

The researchers employed an innovative data analysis method based on predictability dynamics. By examining the evolution of initial errors, they systematically investigated the predictability barrier of both symmetric and asymmetric IOD events, as well as the dynamic mechanisms underlying the growth of prediction errors.

Journal: Atmospheric and Oceanic Science Letters

9-Dec-2025

Helical pulses – flying electromagnetic conches – were observed

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

Helical pulses, shaped like flying electromagnetic conches, long predicted but never directly observed, have now been experimentally realized in both optical and microwave bands. The work shows that light can twist through space and time within a single cycle, forming truly space time nonseparable wave packets. This breakthrough confirms a decades old theoretical prediction and opens new paths for ultrafast communication, topological field control, and advanced imaging.

Journal: Nature Communications
Funder: National Natural Science Foundation of China, Natural Science Foundation of Sichuan Province, Aeronautical Science Foundation of China, European Research Council, Singapore Ministry of Education (MOE) AcRF Tier 1, Singapore Agency for Science Technology and Research (A*STAR) MTC Individual Research Grants, Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation

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Chinese scientists reveal how isoflavone 6-hydroxylase mediates soybean resistance to Phytophthora sojae

Scientists uncover how Earth’s mantle locked away vast water in early magma ocean

Physicists provide key mass data for determining X-ray burst reaction rate

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Climate research reveals global warming intensifies temperature "roller coasters”

Summer predictability barrier phenomenon of Indian Ocean Dipole events

Helical pulses – flying electromagnetic conches – were observed