A new study reveals how manganese-modified biochar helps beneficial fungi break down agricultural residues and accelerate the formation of valuable humic substances, offering a promising approach to sustainable organic waste recycling and soil improvement.

Soils are among the planet's largest carbon reservoirs, yet salinity and land degradation threaten their ability to store carbon and support agriculture. Improving carbon storage in salt-affected farmland could therefore offer a dual benefit: restoring soil health while supporting climate change mitigation.

HONG KONG, October 12, 2026 — NEW HORIZON PRESS LIMITED (“New Horizon Press”), an independent open access academic publisher, has joined the National Information Standards Organization (NISO) as a Voting Member.

A study published in Nature discusses the newly discovered species, Yuezhuornis yangyuanensis, which lived during the Late Jurassic period (150–148 million years ago). The research suggests that the evolution of the avian body plan was not a straightforward progression toward improved flight capabilities, but a complex process involving the exploration of different ecological niches, including some that did not require flight.

A new study in mice shows that neutrophils, a type of immune cell, can signal intestinal epithelial cells to undergo apoptosis after blood flow returns to the gut.

A research team has mapped a family of plant gene regulators across cultivated sweetpotato and three wild relatives, identifying expression patterns associated with the formation of swollen storage roots or slender “pencil roots.” 

A research team has developed a molecularly imprinted electrochemical sensor combined with a “conversion factor T” strategy to rapidly and selectively quantify the major lutein esters in marigold extracts. 

A research team has developed an integrative computational model revealing how tomato plants coordinate light and temperature signals to activate cold-acclimation responses.