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Updates every hour. Last Updated: 28-Jun-2026 21:16 ET (29-Jun-2026 01:16 GMT/UTC)

12-Feb-2026

 

Yangtze River fishing ban halts seven decades of biodiversity decline

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Peer-Reviewed Publication

Researchers led by Prof. CHEN Yushun from the Institute of Hydrobiology (IHB) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, along with domestic and international collaborators, have revealed that the Yangtze River fishing ban has not only halted the 70-year decline in fish resources but has also triggered an initial recovery.

Journal

Science

11-Feb-2026

 

Chinese researchers achieve device-independent quantum key distribution over 100 km

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Peer-Reviewed Publication

A team of researchers led by PAN Jianwei, ZHANG Qiang, and BAO Xiaohui from the University of Science and Technology of China (USTC) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), along with other colleagues, has, for the first time, provided a critical building block for scalable quantum repeaters, enabling the team to subsequently achieve device-independent quantum key distribution (DI-QKD) over 100 km.

Journal

Science

11-Feb-2026

 

Chinese scientists develop distributed intercity quantum sensor network to expand dark matter research

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Peer-Reviewed Publication

Researchers from the University of Science and Technology of China (USTC) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and their collaborators developed the first intercity nuclear-spin-based quantum sensor network, thereby experimentally exceeding astrophysical observation constraints on dark matter associated with axion topological defects.

Journal

Nature

11-Feb-2026

 

Scientists report increased rather than decreased soil carbon accumulation in boreal sphagnum peatlands under warming

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Peer-Reviewed Publication

A new study  led by Prof. FENG Xiaojuan from the Institute of Botany of the Chinese Academy of Sciences reports that climate warming can increase soil carbon accumulation in boreal Sphagnum peatlands by boosting plant productivity, protecting iron, and inhibiting microbial decomposition. These responses contrast sharply with warming-enhanced soil carbon mineralization—the process by which carbon is released as CO₂—in boreal forests and tundra.

Journal

Nature Ecology & Evolution

10-Feb-2026

 

Rising CO₂ and warming jointly limit phosphorus availability in rice soils

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Peer-Reviewed Publication

A decade-long study has revealed that rising atmospheric CO₂ and warming work together to reduce the availability of phosphorus in rice-upland crop rotation systems, potentially threatening future food security. The research, which was led by scientists from the Institute of Soil Science of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, shows that warming plays a dominant role in redirecting phosphorus into less accessible soil pools.

Journal

Nature Geoscience

10-Feb-2026

 

Scientists develop novel nanothrombolytic strategy

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Peer-Reviewed Publication

Researchers led by Prof. SHI Jianlin from the Shanghai Institute of Ceramics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences have developed a novel silicon-based nanothrombolytic therapy that achieves efficient thrombus clearance and in situ regulation of the coagulation microenvironment while minimizing systemic bleeding risk.

Journal

Science Advances

8-Feb-2026

 

Physicists clarify key mechanism behind energy release in Molybdenum-93

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Peer-Reviewed Publication

A team of physicists from the Institute of Modern Physics (IMP) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, together with collaborators, has identified the dominant physical mechanism responsible for energy release in the nuclear isomer molybdenum-93m (Mo-93m).

Journal

Physical Review Letters

6-Feb-2026

Researchers boost perovskite solar cell performance via interface engineering

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Peer-Reviewed Publication

Researchers from the Qingdao Institute of Bioenergy and Bioprocess Technology (QIBEBT) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, in collaboration with international partners, have engineered a thin two-dimensional perovskite phase at the buried interface of three-dimensional (3D) perovskite solar cells (PSCs) to boost device performance and operational stability.

Journal

Nature Energy

5-Feb-2026

Researchers identify "northwest passage" mechanism of bile acid transport

Chinese Academy of Sciences Headquarters
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Using cryo-EM structure determination, molecular dynamics simulations, and electrophysiological analyses, researchers from the Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and Renji Hospital determined how Ostα/β transports bile acids and why it differs fundamentally from previously characterized carriers. 

Journal

Nature

3-Feb-2026

Scientists characterize heating process in a driven quantum system

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Peer-Reviewed Publication

Scientists from the Institute of Physics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, along with their collaborators, have conducted a random multipolar driving experiment on a large, two-dimensional superconducting quantum processor, Chuang-tzu 2.0. During the experiment, they observed a long-lived prethermal regime where the system temporarily avoided full thermalization.

Journal

Nature