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Updates every hour. Last Updated: 15-Sep-2025 15:13 ET (15-Sep-2025 19:13 GMT/UTC)

20-Aug-2025

Researchers identify increased microbial carbon use efficiency upon abrupt permafrost thaw

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Peer-Reviewed Publication

A research team led by Prof. YANG Yuanhe from the Institute of Botany of the Chinese Academy of Sciences has shown how microbes can stabilize soil carbon and potentially weaken the climate risk.

Journal

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

19-Aug-2025

Long-term biochar use found to sustainably boost crop yields and cut greenhouse gas emissions

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Peer-Reviewed Publication

Researchers led by Profs. YAN Xiaoyuan and XIA Longlong from the Institute of Soil Science of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, showed that biochar can deliver lasting benefits for food security and climate mitigation when applied to farmland over the long term.

Journal

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

18-Aug-2025

Scientists develop new method to create novel layered inorganic materials

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Peer-Reviewed Publication

A research team led by Prof. HUANG Qing from the Ningbo Institute of Materials Technology and Engineering of the Chinese Academy of Sciences has developed a new way to "edit" the internal layers of certain advanced materials, called MAX phases, in a breakthrough that could lead to entirely new kinds of two-dimensional (2D) layered materials with valuable technological uses.

Journal

Nature Synthesis

15-Aug-2025

Researchers show how to use defects to improve spintronic devices

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Peer-Reviewed Publication

Scientists have turned a longstanding challenge in electronics—material defects—into a quantum-enhanced solution, paving the way for new-generation ultra-low-power spintronic devices.

Journal

Nature Materials

11-Aug-2025

"Crop–robot co-design" signals crop-breeding breakthrough

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Peer-Reviewed Publication

Scientists from the Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences have reimagined the pollination process by developing a new system that uses gene editing to create flowers that can be easily pollinated by AI-controlled robots working round the clock.

Journal

Cell

8-Aug-2025

Scientists discover rare deep-sea hydrothermal system in Western Pacific producing massive hydrogen emissions

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Peer-Reviewed Publication

Scientists from the Institute of Oceanology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences have discovered a massive hydrogen-rich hydrothermal system beneath the western Pacific seafloor, offering a new glimpse into deep-sea serpentinization—a process in which iron- and magnesium-rich rocks chemically react with water to form serpentine minerals and release hydrogen.

Journal

Science Advances

4-Aug-2025

Scientists achieve megabase-scale precision genome editing in eukaryotic cells

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Peer-Reviewed Publication

A team led by Prof. GAO Caixia from the Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences developed two new genome editing technologies, known collectively as Programmable Chromosome Engineering (PCE) systems to achieves multiple types of precise DNA manipulations ranging from kilobase to megabase scale in higher organisms, especially plants.

Journal

Cell

31-Jul-2025

Researchers reveal spatiotemporal coordination between pre-rRNA processing and nucleolar architecture

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Peer-Reviewed Publication

A team led by Prof. CHEN Lingling from the Center for Excellence in Molecular Cell Science of the Chinese Academy of Sciences revealed a spatiotemporal separation in the processing of distinct rRNA precursors (pre-rRNAs) within the nucleolus, offering a new perspective on how nucleolar architecture is functionally organized.

Journal

Nature

28-Jul-2025

High-resolution satellite remote sensing reveals underestimated methane emissions from global landfills

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Peer-Reviewed Publication

A research team led by Prof. CHENG Tianhai from the Aerospace Information Research Institute of the Chinese Academy of Sciences has made a breakthrough by developing a high-resolution satellite remote sensing method to quantify global methane emissions from landfills.

Journal

Nature Climate Change

27-Jul-2025

Researchers reveal role of wetlands in terrestrial carbon sink change

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Peer-Reviewed Publication

A research group led by Prof. DING Weixin from the Institute of Soil Science of the Chinese Academy of Sciences has utilized a newly developed dynamic global wetland water level (WL) dataset to assess the spatiotemporal dynamics of wetland carbon sequestration from 2000 to 2020.

Journal

Nature