In shale reservoirs, total oil content does not necessarily show where oil is stored or how mobile it may be. Researchers led by Bo Liu at Northeast Petroleum University developed a multiscale workflow that combines swelling-extraction experiments, SEM/AFM pore characterization and molecular dynamics simulations. The study separates shale oil into five occurrence types: kerogen-swelling oil, adsorbed oil in organic pores, free oil in organic pores, adsorbed oil in inorganic pores and free oil in inorganic pores. The framework offers a tool with strong applicability across study areas for understanding oil-rock interactions and evaluating shale-oil mobility in continental shale systems.

A study in Geodesy and Geodynamics used satellite radar to examine the November 2025 Hayli Gubbi eruption in Ethiopia’s Afar Depression. Researchers combined NISAR’s left-looking radar with Sentinel-1’s right-looking observations to reconstruct three-dimensional ground movement. Although the eruption occurred at Hayli Gubbi, the strongest deformation was detected at Erta Ale, where the summit crater partially collapsed and the ground sank inward. Modeling linked this to two shallow dikes beneath Erta Ale, both about 1 km deep. The event also reactivated nine nearby faults. Compared with a larger eruption earlier in 2025, the November event was more localized and relied mainly on shallow magma storage.

A new study published in Science China Earth Sciences presents a comprehensive plan for scientific ocean drilling in the Huatung Basin, a key region in the western Pacific. Researchers propose a four-site drilling strategy for China’s new drilling vessel, Mengxiang, to resolve long-standing debates about the basin's age and the origin of the adjacent Gagua Ridge. The plan aims to determine if the Huatung Basin is a remnant of Mesozoic oceanic crust and to clarify the region's tectonic evolution, marking a potential shift for China’s role in leading international ocean drilling.

Researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems and Carnegie Mellon University have unveiled a breakthrough technology that allows for highly accurate 3D motion capture using only standard video cameras, eliminating the need for expensive, specialized hardware and the iconic skin-tight motion capture suits covered in reflective markers. They named their system MAMMA – Markerless Accurate Multi-person Motion Acquisition. This system is capable of accurately capturing human motion without the need for markers, making it easy and cheap for everyone to create high-end animations and virtual avatars.

The Korea Railroad Research Institute (KRRI) (President: Sagong Myung) conducted a field demonstration on May 13 (Wed.) at a concrete sleeper storage site near Gimyujeong Station in Chuncheon for railway industry officials and other stakeholders, showcasing the “End-of-Life Concrete Sleeper Recycling System,” which crushes, separates, and sorts waste concrete into recyclable materials such as reinforcing steel and aggregates.

SKKU InfoLab develops a 4D fMRI AI model that analyzes brain activity across space and time while providing interpretable information for trustworthy computer-aided diagnosis

The tea industry is an important part of China’s agricultural economy, but the industrial development challenge of “who will grow tea and how to grow it well” has become increasingly prominent. In the face of realities such as accelerating aging of the rural labor force and insufficient resource endowments of smallholder farmers, promoting the implementation and widespread adoption of agricultural socialized services has become a key path to overcoming the development dilemma of the tea industry.