Scientists have decoded the genetic machinery behind the golden petals of Camellia nitidissima and successfully transferred this trait into tomato plants to enhance their nutritional value. 

Grapevine diseases like white rot pose growing threats to global viticulture, leading to major yield losses and economic setbacks. 

The Korea Research Institute of Standards and Science (KRISS, President Lee Ho Seong) has developed a detachable acoustic lens that allows for easy adjustment of the focal length in ultrasonic inspection equipment. Much like swapping lenses on a DSLR camera to improve image quality, this technology enables users to optimize the resolution of ultrasonic imaging systems for specific inspection tasks.

Researchers have employed a combination of thermal desorption spectroscopy (TDS), neutron depth profiling (NDP), and laser ablation mass spectrometry (LAMS) alongside cluster dynamics modeling to investigate helium retention and migration in tungsten. These findings are critical for understanding the performance of tungsten in fusion reactor environments and predicting the evolution of helium-induced microstructural changes.

Researchers from the University of South China have developed the Two-Potential approach to obtain the key information about the nuclear structure in heavy and superheavy region.  It is found that atomic nuclei with the number of neutrons near N=162 are more stable. Encouraged by this, the half-lives of unknown nuclei around N = 162 are predicted. More importantly, the half-lives of possible new elements are also predicted. These theoretical results can serve provide guidance for the subsequent synthetic experiments.

Researchers at the Institute of Modern Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, have pioneered a groundbreaking experimental method to calibrate the sensitivity of non-destructive Schottky detectors. This innovation enables precise counting of highly charged ions in heavy ion storage rings, significantly expanding the capabilities of storage mass spectrometry and advancing the study of rare isotopes.

In the field of nursing, it is crucial to gain a deeper understanding of the patient experience, the role of healthcare professionals, and the cultural and social factors in the healthcare environment. While traditional research methods have limitations in revealing these complex phenomena, autoethnography is emerging as an emerging research method. It skilfully combines personal experiences with cultural analyses, opening up new perspectives for nursing research.

In order to solve the difficult problem of pigeon robots in outdoor flight altitude control, Prof. Zhendong Dai's team at the School of Electromechanics, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics (NUAA), has started an in-depth cooperation with the Brain-Computer Interface and Fusion Intelligence team at the Institute of Automation, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CASIA). For the first time, the research team has expanded the research on flight control of pigeon robots from indoor to outdoor real flight environments, and proposed a quantitative neural stimulation method based on the Locus Coeruleus (LoC) of pigeon midbrain; the research team systematically explored the effects of three key parameters, namely stimulation frequency (SF), stimulation interval (ISI), and stimulation cycle (SC) on the flight altitude control of pigeon robots.