Scientists from Prof. XIE Qi's lab at the Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences identified two key genes and the strategy in sorghum's resistance to Striga.

A research team led by Prof. ZHANG Jian from the Ningbo Institute of Materials Technology and Engineering (NIMTE) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences has utilized metal corrosion to prepare high-performance electrodes, enabling efficient and cost-effective upgrading of bio-based 5-hydroxymethylfurfural (HMF).