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21-Jun-2026

New 3D photothermal structure enables efficient solar desalination and crop irrigation

Chinese Academy of Sciences Headquarters
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Researchers from the Institute of Process Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, and Shenzhen University have developed a new three-dimensional (3D) photothermal structure that greatly improves solar evaporation efficiency.

18-Jun-2026

Researchers uncover "intelligent molecular module" for rice chilling recovery and nitrogen use efficiency

Chinese Academy of Sciences Headquarters
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A team led by Prof. CHONG Kang from the Institute of Botany of the Chinese Academy of Sciences has identified what it calls an "intelligent molecular module," <i>Chilling Phoenix</i> (<i>CHPO</i>), which coordinates chilling resilience and nitrogen use in rice by automatically changing its function depending on environmental conditions.

Journal: Nature

17-Jun-2026

Chinese scientists propose "First principle of drug design" and introduce "Pulsatile activation" concept for drug design

Chinese Academy of Sciences Headquarters
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Researchers led by H. Eric Xu and LI Jia from the Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica have proposed what they call the "first principle of drug design"—designing drugs whose delivery mimics the body's physiology—to create a new type of FXR agonist. They have designed and synthesized a non-bile-acid FXR agonist—a novel drug candidate, Linafexor.

Journal: Nature

15-Jun-2026

Novel generative AI model enables atomic-scale prediction of protein–protein interactions

Chinese Academy of Sciences Headquarters
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Researchers from the Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry of the Chinese Academy of Sciences have made an important advance in the atomic-scale prediction of protein–protein interactions by developing Void-X, a generative artificial intelligence (AI) model that designs protein interfaces from the bottom up.

Journal: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

15-Jun-2026

Thermochemical mantle plume identified as the likely origin of Earth's largest oceanic plateau

Chinese Academy of Sciences Headquarters
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Researchers from the South China Sea Institute of Oceanology revealed that the Ontong Java Plateau in the western Pacific Ocean, known as the largest oceanic plateau on Earth, may have been formed by a thermochemical plume.

Journal: Nature Geoscience

14-Jun-2026

Chinese scientists explain formation of global seamounts

Chinese Academy of Sciences Headquarters
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Over 40,000 seamounts are scattered across the ocean floor. Some form linear chains, others appear randomly. But what creates them? By reconstructing the dynamic evolution of Earth's interior over the past 270 million years, a recent study reveals that all seamounts — whether they form linear age-progressive hotspot chains or appear as scattered, isolated cones — are produced by deep plume-related activity.

Journal: Nature Geoscience

11-Jun-2026

First physics result of Jiangmen Underground Neutrino Observatory published in Nature

Chinese Academy of Sciences Headquarters
Peer-Reviewed Publication

JUNO's first physics result was published in Nature. Through the analysis of valid data collected over 59 days from August 26 to November 2, 2025, the JUNO Collaboration made the high-precision measurement of the two key oscillation parameters, reducing the associated uncertainties by a factor of 1.6 compared to the combined experimental results in the past decades.

Journal: Nature

10-Jun-2026

Newly discovered “whale necropolis” enhances understanding of deep-sea ecology

Chinese Academy of Sciences Headquarters
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Researchers from the Institute of Deep-sea Science and Engineering (IDSSE) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, in collaboration with the University of Pisa, Italy, and the National Institute of Water and Atmosphere Research, New Zealand, have now documented the world’s deepest and largest known aggregation of whale fossils and active whale-fall ecosystems. This deep-sea site, referred to as a “whale necropolis” due to its vast size, is located in the Diamantina Zone of the southeastern Indian Ocean and contains evidence of cetacean falls for at least 5.3 million years.

Journal: Nature
Funder: National Key R&D Program of China, National Natural Science Foundation of China, International Mega-Science Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Global Hadal Exploration Programme

10-Jun-2026

"cold insurance" for crops: Researchers unlock "on-demand" climate resilience

Chinese Academy of Sciences Headquarters
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A team led by Prof. XU Cao from the Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences identified RGF as the first small peptide signal that senses cold during pollen development. Researchers uncovered an "on-demand" peptide-receptor-ion channel signaling axis, offering a powerful genetic strategy to shield crops from sudden climate shocks without compromising baseline yields.

Journal: Nature

8-Jun-2026

Researchers recover high-protein maize gene from wild ancestor

Chinese Academy of Sciences Headquarters
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Chinese researchers have successfully isolated a key gene from maize's wild ancestor, teosinte, which significantly enhances seed protein content. The gene, THP3-T, was identified and cloned by research teams led by WU Yongrui and WANG Haihai from the Center for Excellence in Molecular Plant Sciences of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, along with the collaborators.

Journal: Nature

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23-Jun-2026

Wearable microneedle patch turns standard ultrasound probes into continuous glucose monitors

Shenzhen Institute of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Recently, a research published in Science Advances, Prof. MENG Long from the Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology (SIAT) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences along with collaborators Prof. SU Zhongqing from the Hong Kong Polytechnic University, and Prof. Jae-Woong Jeong from the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), developed the ARMPatch (Acoustically Readable Microneedle Patch) — a wearable, enzyme-free glucose monitor built entirely from glucose-responsive hydrogel microneedles.

Journal: Science Advances

23-Jun-2026

As monsoon transforms, new study warns of deadly heat-rain double threat—and reveals a 2-year prediction breakthrough

Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Peer-Reviewed Publication

As India grapples with searing heat and an erratic monsoon, a perspective paper reveals the crisis is worse than thought—and offers a surprising ray of hope.

Journal: Advances in Atmospheric Sciences

23-Jun-2026

Deep learning model predicts South Indian Ocean Dipole seven months in advance

Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Deep learning model predicts South Indian Ocean Dipole seven months in advance

Journal: Atmospheric and Oceanic Science Letters

23-Jun-2026

From scientific instrument to medical device: SIAT's dual-frequency IVUS system gains market approval

Shenzhen Institute of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Business Announcement

On June 2, the ultra-high-definition dual-frequency IVUS imaging system and catheter developed by Professor MA Teng's team at the Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology (SIAT) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, in collaboration with the National Innovation Center for Advanced Medical Devices and Shenzhen Vista Vision Medical Technology Co., Ltd. , received approval for market entry through the National Medical Products Administration (NMPA) Special Review Procedure for Innovative Medical Devices, earning a Class III medical device registration certificate.

23-Jun-2026

China deploys first 24-hour rapid intensification forecast model for typhoons

Shenzhen Institute of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Business Announcement

The model, developed at the Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology (SIAT) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, recently completed operational deployment and real-world application testing at the country's National Meteorological Center.

23-Jun-2026

Efficient algorithm enables translation of black-box AI models into interpretable medical decision knowledge

Shenzhen Institute of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Peer-Reviewed Publication

In a study published in Nature Biomedical Engineering, Prof. CAI Yunpeng's team from the Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology (SIAT) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences developed a mathematical framework named Class-Association Manifold Learning (CAML), which efficiently maps the decision rules of black-box AI models into a low-dimensional manifold that friendly visualizes knowledge to human experts.

23-Jun-2026

Palatable food engages reward-stress neural circuit to relieve anxiety

Shenzhen Institute of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Peer-Reviewed Publication

In a study published in Advanced Science, Dr. TU Jie's team from the Shenzhen Institute of Advanced Technology (SIAT) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences identified a neural circuit from dopamine 1 receptors (D1R) neurons in prefrontal cortex (PFC) to corticotropin-releasing factor (CRF) neurons in paraventricular nucleus (PVN) of hypothalamus—PFC^D1R→peri-PVN^CRFR1→PVN^CRF—that functionally connects the brain's reward system with the stress-response system and mediates reward-driven top-down regulation of stress.

22-Jun-2026

Scientists reveal origin of low-temperature instability in vanadium flow battery electrolytes

Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy Sciences
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Prof. LI Xianfeng's team from the Dalian Instute of Cheical Plysics of the Chinese Academy ofSciences uncovered the origin of low-temperature instability in VEB electrovtes and developed a strategy to suppress precipitation through solvation-shell engineering.

Journal: Angewandte Chemie International Edition

22-Jun-2026

NIR-II-triggered plasmonic catalysis with tip-localized enhancement: a strategy for hypoxic biofilm eradication on orthopedic implants

Light Publishing Center, Changchun Institute of Optics, Fine Mechanics And Physics, CAS
Peer-Reviewed Publication

The utilization of light as an external stimulus to promote the generation of hot electrons in plasmonic heterostructures and thus augment their catalytic efficacy presents significant potential for bacterial biofilm eradication. Towards this goal, Scientist in China engineered a Ti/ePt-Au NBPs/RGDC implant, which not only brought the redshift of the NIR absorption peak, but also accelerated charge separation. The proposed strategy holds tremendous promise for developing next-generation smart coatings to combat implant-associated biofilm infections.

Journal: Light Science & Applications
Funder: Guangxi Natural Science Foundation, National Natural Science Foundation of China, Guangxi Science and Technology Major Program, Innovation Project of Guangxi Graduate Education

22-Jun-2026

Artificial intelligence-generated photonics: Map optical properties to subwavelength structures directly via a diffusion model

Light Publishing Center, Changchun Institute of Optics, Fine Mechanics And Physics, CAS
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Harnessing the power of generative AI, researchers at Tsinghua University have developed AIGP—a diffusion-based generative framework that enables instant translation of optical properties into fabrication-ready metasurfaces. By using transmission, phase, and polarization as “prompts,” AIGP directly maps optical properties to subwavelength, fabricable structures, generating high-fidelity metasurface designs in seconds. This breakthrough overcomes critical bottlenecks in photonic inverse design and paves the way for large-scale, AI-driven generative optical devices.

Journal: Light: Advanced Manufacturing
Funder: National Key Research and Development Program of China, National Natural Science Foundation of China, Beijing Frontier Science Center for Quantum Information, Beijing Academy of Quantum Information Sciences

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New 3D photothermal structure enables efficient solar desalination and crop irrigation

Researchers uncover "intelligent molecular module" for rice chilling recovery and nitrogen use efficiency

Chinese scientists propose "First principle of drug design" and introduce "Pulsatile activation" concept for drug design

Novel generative AI model enables atomic-scale prediction of protein–protein interactions

Thermochemical mantle plume identified as the likely origin of Earth's largest oceanic plateau

Chinese scientists explain formation of global seamounts

First physics result of Jiangmen Underground Neutrino Observatory published in Nature

Newly discovered “whale necropolis” enhances understanding of deep-sea ecology

"cold insurance" for crops: Researchers unlock "on-demand" climate resilience

Researchers recover high-protein maize gene from wild ancestor

News from CAS Institutes

Wearable microneedle patch turns standard ultrasound probes into continuous glucose monitors

As monsoon transforms, new study warns of deadly heat-rain double threat—and reveals a 2-year prediction breakthrough

Deep learning model predicts South Indian Ocean Dipole seven months in advance

From scientific instrument to medical device: SIAT's dual-frequency IVUS system gains market approval

China deploys first 24-hour rapid intensification forecast model for typhoons

Efficient algorithm enables translation of black-box AI models into interpretable medical decision knowledge

Palatable food engages reward-stress neural circuit to relieve anxiety

Scientists reveal origin of low-temperature instability in vanadium flow battery electrolytes

NIR-II-triggered plasmonic catalysis with tip-localized enhancement: a strategy for hypoxic biofilm eradication on orthopedic implants

Artificial intelligence-generated photonics: Map optical properties to subwavelength structures directly via a diffusion model