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Updates every hour. Last Updated: 27-Jan-2026 20:11 ET (28-Jan-2026 01:11 GMT/UTC)

New study reveals evolutionary and domestication history of button mushroom

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Peer-Reviewed Publication

Led by Prof. ZHAO Ruilin from the Institute of Microbiology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, researchers showed how climate dynamics and a key gene for adaptive evolution and domestication jointly shaped the button mushroom (Agaricus bisporus) 's diversity.

Journal: Current Biology

Researchers achieve breakthrough in transition metal fluorides cathodes for thermal batteries

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Peer-Reviewed Publication

A research team led by Profs. WANG Song and ZHU Yongping from the Institute of Process Engineering of the Chinese Academy of Sciences has developed a new approach to suppressing the shuttle effect in transition metal fluoride cathodes. The team's study focused on thermal batteries—a type of battery that operates at 350–550 °C.

Journal: Advanced Science

New study uncovers how rice viruses manipulate plant defenses to protect insect vectors

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Peer-Reviewed Publication

A recent study led by Prof. ZHANG Xiaoming's team at the Institute of Zoology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), in collaboration with Prof. Ian T. Baldwin's group at the CAS Center for Excellence in Molecular Plant Sciences, has uncovered a novel ecological strategy. Rather than passively "hitchhiking" within insect vectors, rice viruses actively manipulate plant defense pathways to protect their insect carriers. This discovery reshapes our understanding of plant–virus–insect–parasitoid interactions and provides new insights for sustainable pest and pathogen management.

Journal: Science Advances

Researchers identify urban atmosphere as primary reservoir of microplastics

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A research team from the Institute of Earth Environment of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (IEECAS) developed a semi-automated microanalytical method to quantify atmospheric plastic particles and their cross-compartmental fluxes—airborne, dustfall, rain, snow, and dust resuspension—in two major Chinese megacities: Guangzhou and Xi'an.

Journal: Science Advances

Researchers reveal a novel natural “decoy receptor” that protects against inflammatory bowel disease

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A research team led by Prof. QIAN Youcun from the Shanghai Institute of Nutrition and Health (SINH) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences identified a new member of the human IL-17 receptor family, IL-17REL, which plays a protective role in inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), and showed that genetic variants in IL17REL critically affect IBD.

Journal: Nature Immunology

Researchers develop electricity-free chlorine production from brines

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Peer-Reviewed Publication

In a study recently published in Nature Communications, the researchers detail a modular system that integrates hydrochloric acid recovery with chlorine and hydrogen generation—eliminating the need for external electrical input during the electrochemical stage.

Journal: Nature Communications

SPARK-seq: High-throughput platform for aptamer discovery and kinetic profiling

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Peer-Reviewed Publication

A research team led by Prof. TAN Weihong and Prof. WU Qin from the Hangzhou Institute of Medicine (HIM) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences has developed a pioneering, multi-modal platform called SPARK-seq for the large-scale, systematic study of aptamer–target interactions.

Journal: Science

40-Hz auditory stimulation shows long-term efficacy in aged monkeys, offering potential for non-invasive Alzheimer's therapy

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Peer-Reviewed Publication

A research team from the Kunming Institute of Zoology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences has demonstrated for the first time in non-human primates that auditory stimulation at 40-Hz significantly elevates β-amyloid levels in the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) of aged rhesus monkeys, with this effect persisting for over five weeks.

Journal: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Dosage-sensitive genes suggest no whole-genome duplications in ancestral angiosperm

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Peer-Reviewed Publication

Researchers from the Wuhan Botanical Garden of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and Ghent University introduced dosage-sensitive genes as evolutionary markers for detecting ancient whole-genome duplications (WGDs). These genes typically encode core components of protein complexes, signaling pathways, or regulatory networks. Changes in their expression dosage can disrupt cellular stoichiometric balance, making them preferentially retained after WGDs.

Journal: Science Advances

EAST Tokamak experiments exceed plasma density limit, offering new approach to fusion ignition

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Peer-Reviewed Publication

Researchers working on China's fully superconducting Experimental Advanced Superconducting Tokamak (EAST) have experimentally accessed a theorized "density-free regime" for fusion plasmas, achieving stable operation at densities well beyond conventional limits.

Journal: Science Advances

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