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29-Oct-2025

Researchers uncover oldest 3D burrow systems in Hubei's Shibantan Biota

Chinese Academy of Sciences Headquarters
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A research team from the Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences has made progress in studying the Shibantan Biota in Yichang, Hubei Province, uncovering the oldest known complex three-dimensional burrow systems to date. Preserved in approximately 550-million-year-old strata, these trace fossils show that complex animal behaviors were modifying the seafloor environment nearly 10 million years earlier than previously thought.

Journal: Science Advances

29-Oct-2025

3D DNA looping discovery in rice paves the way for higher yields with less fertilizer

Chinese Academy of Sciences Headquarters
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A team of Chinese scientists has uncovered a hidden 3D structure in rice DNA that allows the crop to grow more grain while using less nitrogen fertilizer. The finding, published in Nature Genetics by researchers from the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) on Oct. 29, could guide the next "green revolution" toward higher yields and more sustainable farming.

Journal: Nature Genetics

27-Oct-2025

China's cropland acidification has ceased—but recovery is slow

Chinese Academy of Sciences Headquarters
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A new study led by Profs. YAO Yijun and LUO Yongming from the Institute of Soil Science of the Chinese Academy of Sciences shows that the steady acidification of China's cropland soils, which began in the 1980s, stabilized around 2013.

Journal: Nature Geoscience

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30-Oct-2025

Low-temperature coke-free methane dry reforming on oxygen-vacancy-rich MgO/Ni@NiAlO

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

Oxygen-Vacancy-Rich MgO/Ni@NiAlO catalyst was successfully fabricated via a MgO-assisted interface engineering, featuring abundant active oxygen vacancies (resistance to coking) and Ni/MgNiO₂ interfaces (inhibiting Ni particles sintering), which achieved coke-free methane dry reforming and unprecedented stability at 600 °C.

Journal: Chinese Journal of Catalysis

30-Oct-2025

Cobalt single atom-phosphate functionalized reduced graphene oxide/perylenetetracarboxylic acid nanosheet heterojunctions for efficiently photocatalytic H2O2 production

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

This study present a novel strategy for synthesizing a uniformly dispersed cobalt single-atom (Co_SA) catalyst with a well-defined Co-N₄ coordination structure through a thermal transformation process using CoPc as the precursor and phosphate functionalized rGO as the support material (Co@rGO-P). Additionally, Co@rGO-P was utilized to construct heterojunctions with PTA nanosheets through an in-situ growth method, resulting in the highly efficient photocatalyst Co@rGO-P/PTA for non-sacrificial H₂O₂ production in pure water.

Journal: Chinese Journal of Catalysis

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