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20-Nov-2025

The riddle of rising extreme heat days in Europe: Remote “triggers” and local “amplifiers”

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

The riddle of rising extreme heat days in Europe: Remote “triggers” and local “amplifiers”

Journal

Atmospheric and Oceanic Science Letters

20-Nov-2025

Scientists quantitatively identify main causes of Russian once-in-a-century heatwave

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

Scientists quantitatively identify main causes of Russian once-in-a-century heatwave

Journal

Atmospheric and Oceanic Science Letters

17-Nov-2025

Fine-tuning a classic climate model yields better ENSO simulations

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

Researchers enhance the classic Zebiak–Cane model by refining key atmospheric parameters, improving the realism of ENSO simulation and offering a refined tool for ENSO research.

Journal

Advances in Atmospheric Sciences

17-Nov-2025

New satellite study reveals a widespread transition zone in the sky, challenging climate models

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

A new study published in Advances in Atmospheric Sciences has shed light on a previously overlooked but common atmospheric phenomenon: the transition zone (TZ) where clouds and aerosols blend together, making it difficult to tell where one ends and the other begins.

Journal

Advances in Atmospheric Sciences

14-Nov-2025

New cell-scale method reconstructs whole-brain fiber tracts from routine histology

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

This work published in Nature Methods, offers a practical route to high-precision, high-throughput connectome mapping with potential applications in psychiatry and epilepsy.

Journal

Nature Methods

13-Nov-2025

Scientists seek biological biomarkers for early intervention in severe mental disorders

Shenzhen Institute of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Meeting Announcement

Currently, schizophrenia is diagnosed based on psychological symptoms. However, experts at the symposium emphasized the potential of measurable biological indicators to revolutionize diagnosis and treatment.

12-Nov-2025

A novel approach to predicting Arctic sea-ice extent

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

This study developed a new real-time prediction method for September Arctic sea-ice extent, based on the interannual increment and stepwise regression approaches

Journal

Atmospheric and Oceanic Science Letters

11-Nov-2025

The interannual variation of summer precipitation in the East China Sea exhibits its own uniqueness

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

The interannual variation of summer precipitation in the East China Sea exhibits its own uniqueness

Journal

Atmospheric and Oceanic Science Letters

11-Nov-2025

Alternating current bias capacitance imaging enables stable, high-performance perovskite X-ray detector

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

This study proposes a capacitance signal–based imaging strategy that uses an alternating current (AC) bias to suppress ion migration and eliminate nonlinear responses.

Journal

Science Advances

10-Nov-2025

Researchers reveal novel mechanisms for decoding bacterial frequency modulation in signal processing

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

This framework enables quantitative predictions about how cellular systems convert frequency-encoded signals into precise amplitude outputs across different dynamical regimes.

Journal

Nature Physics