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Researchers elucidate mechanism of auxin influx in plants

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Peer-Reviewed Publication

Researchers from the University of Science and Technology of China of the Chinese Academy of Sciences have unveiled the structures of Arabidopsis AUXIN RESISTANT 1 protein (AUX1) and clarified the molecular mechanism by which this protein transports auxin into the cell via the proton concentration gradient.

Journal: Cell

New study shows how ancient climates may inform monsoon prediction

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A recent study published in Nature has explored how the South Asian Summer Monsoon (SASM) responds to warming under six climate scenarios, spanning from the past to the future. Led by researchers from the Institute of Atmospheric Physics at the Chinese Academy of Sciences, the study develops a unified framework based on thermodynamic (moisture-driven) and dynamic (wind-driven) processes that govern changes in the SASM, suggesting that insights from past warm climates can inform our understanding of the future SASM.

Journal: Nature

Chinese researchers reveal lipid-based communication between body and gut microbes

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A team of researchers from the Shanghai Institute of Nutrition and Health and the Center for Excellence in Molecular Cell Science uncovered a surprising new way that the body interacts with gut microbes to help maintain intestinal health.

Journal: Nature

Study reveals tool use in insect predator

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Peer-Reviewed Publication

Tool use is widely reported across a broad range of the animal kingdom, mainly among vertebrates. Now, however, Chinese researchers have identified a remarkable example of tool use in the insect world.

Journal: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Oyster fossils shatter myth of weak seasonality in greenhouse climate

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An international research team studying fossilized oyster shells has revealed substantial annual temperature variation in sea water during the Early Cretaceous. The finding overturns the assumption that Earth's greenhouse periods are marked by universally warmer and uniformly stable temperatures.

Journal: Science Advances

Study uncovers neural mechanisms underlying social status link to addiction

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A research team led by Prof. ZHU Yingjie from the Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology (SIAT) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences has revealed the neural mechanisms by which social rank influences vulnerability to drug addiction.

Journal: Nature Neuroscience

Scientists reveal key bacterial immune mechanism

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Peer-Reviewed Publication

A joint research team from the Institute of Biophysics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the Beijing Institute of Technology has uncovered a pivotal mechanism by which bacteria defend themselves against viral infection.

Journal: Cell

USTC makes perovskite LED breakthrough with novel crystal engineering

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Peer-Reviewed Publication

A team from the University of Science and Technology of China of the Chinese Academy of Sciences—working with pure-red PeLEDs— has identified and addressed the root cause of PeLED efficiency loss at high brightness by introducing a novel material design that enables record-breaking device performance.

Journal: Nature

Scientists achieve plastic warm metalworking in previously brittle semiconductors

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Peer-Reviewed Publication

A recent breakthrough by researchers from the Shanghai Institute of Ceramics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and Shanghai Jiao Tong University in the warm processing of traditionally brittle semiconductors offers tremendous potential to expand applications for inorganic semiconductors into these fields.

Journal: Nature Materials

Research links trilobite body size changes in early Paleozoic with marine oxygen levels

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Peer-Reviewed Publication

A recent study shows that marine oxygen levels were crucial to the evolution of Early Paleozoic trilobite body size, suggesting that oxygen may have influenced the evolution of other animals' body size as well.

Journal: Science Advances

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