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First physics result of Jiangmen Underground Neutrino Observatory published in Nature

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JUNO's first physics result was published in Nature. Through the analysis of valid data collected over 59 days from August 26 to November 2, 2025, the JUNO Collaboration made the high-precision measurement of the two key oscillation parameters, reducing the associated uncertainties by a factor of 1.6 compared to the combined experimental results in the past decades.

Journal: Nature

Newly discovered “whale necropolis” enhances understanding of deep-sea ecology

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Researchers from the Institute of Deep-sea Science and Engineering (IDSSE) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, in collaboration with the University of Pisa, Italy, and the National Institute of Water and Atmosphere Research, New Zealand, have now documented the world’s deepest and largest known aggregation of whale fossils and active whale-fall ecosystems. This deep-sea site, referred to as a “whale necropolis” due to its vast size, is located in the Diamantina Zone of the southeastern Indian Ocean and contains evidence of cetacean falls for at least 5.3 million years.

Journal: Nature
Funder: National Key R&D Program of China, National Natural Science Foundation of China, International Mega-Science Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Global Hadal Exploration Programme

"cold insurance" for crops: Researchers unlock "on-demand" climate resilience

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A team led by Prof. XU Cao from the Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences identified RGF as the first small peptide signal that senses cold during pollen development. Researchers uncovered an "on-demand" peptide-receptor-ion channel signaling axis, offering a powerful genetic strategy to shield crops from sudden climate shocks without compromising baseline yields.

Journal: Nature

Researchers recover high-protein maize gene from wild ancestor

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Chinese researchers have successfully isolated a key gene from maize's wild ancestor, teosinte, which significantly enhances seed protein content. The gene, THP3-T, was identified and cloned by research teams led by WU Yongrui and WANG Haihai from the Center for Excellence in Molecular Plant Sciences of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, along with the collaborators.

Journal: Nature

Researchers reveal how supergiant deep-sea isopods survive years without food

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A research team from the Institute of Oceanology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (IOCAS) has uncovered the mechanisms enabling these deep-sea supergiants to thrive under extreme nutritional constraints.

Journal: Cell

Researchers develop "all-in-one" platform for multiple trait stacking in crops

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A team led by GAO Caixia at the Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences has developed a genome engineering platform that allows multiple trait stacking in crops by combining gene knockout, precise sequence editing, and chromosome engineering within a single framework.

Journal: Nature Biotechnology

Study reveals high sedimentation risk in small reservoirs worldwide

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Reservoirs around the world are losing storage capacity at an average rate of 7.3 percent per decade—disproportionately affecting small reservoirs, which together provide water to billions of people. The data come from a study published in Nature Sustainability on June 5, which offers the clearest global assessment of reservoir sedimentation to date.

Journal: Nature Sustainability

Researchers advance understanding of RNA-guided transposon mechanics

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A new study led by XUE Chaoyou from the Tianjin Institute of Industrial Biotechnology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, in collaboration with LOU Huiqiang at China Agricultural University and RAO Shuquan from the Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences has shown that RNA-guided IS110 transposons use two mechanistically distinct pathways to mobilize DNA.

Journal: Molecular Cell

Asian scientists unveil 10-year roadmap for building synthetic cells

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Scientists from six Asian countries have launched an ambitious 10-year effort to build synthetic cells from non-living molecules, marking the region's first coordinated push to create an artificial single-celled biological system.

Journal: Nature Biotechnology

Chang'e-5 Regolith studies reveal nanoscale space-weathering processes

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A collaborative team jointly led by Prof. YIN Zongjun from the Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (NIGPAS), together with Profs. SHEN Bing and ZHOU Jihan from Peking University, has conducted systematic studies of impact-glass particles associated with Chang'e-5 lunar regolith grains.

Journal: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

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