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8-Aug-2025

Scientists discover rare deep-sea hydrothermal system in Western Pacific producing massive hydrogen emissions

Chinese Academy of Sciences Headquarters
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Scientists from the Institute of Oceanology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences have discovered a massive hydrogen-rich hydrothermal system beneath the western Pacific seafloor, offering a new glimpse into deep-sea serpentinization—a process in which iron- and magnesium-rich rocks chemically react with water to form serpentine minerals and release hydrogen.

Journal: Science Advances

4-Aug-2025

Scientists achieve megabase-scale precision genome editing in eukaryotic cells

Chinese Academy of Sciences Headquarters
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A team led by Prof. GAO Caixia from the Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences developed two new genome editing technologies, known collectively as Programmable Chromosome Engineering (PCE) systems to achieves multiple types of precise DNA manipulations ranging from kilobase to megabase scale in higher organisms, especially plants.

Journal: Cell

31-Jul-2025

Researchers reveal spatiotemporal coordination between pre-rRNA processing and nucleolar architecture

Chinese Academy of Sciences Headquarters
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A team led by Prof. CHEN Lingling from the Center for Excellence in Molecular Cell Science of the Chinese Academy of Sciences revealed a spatiotemporal separation in the processing of distinct rRNA precursors (pre-rRNAs) within the nucleolus, offering a new perspective on how nucleolar architecture is functionally organized.

Journal: Nature

28-Jul-2025

High-resolution satellite remote sensing reveals underestimated methane emissions from global landfills

Chinese Academy of Sciences Headquarters
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A research team led by Prof. CHENG Tianhai from the Aerospace Information Research Institute of the Chinese Academy of Sciences has made a breakthrough by developing a high-resolution satellite remote sensing method to quantify global methane emissions from landfills.

Journal: Nature Climate Change

27-Jul-2025

Researchers reveal role of wetlands in terrestrial carbon sink change

Chinese Academy of Sciences Headquarters
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A research group led by Prof. DING Weixin from the Institute of Soil Science of the Chinese Academy of Sciences has utilized a newly developed dynamic global wetland water level (WL) dataset to assess the spatiotemporal dynamics of wetland carbon sequestration from 2000 to 2020.

Journal: Nature

23-Jul-2025

Researchers develop new microscope for neurovascular coupling imaging

Chinese Academy of Sciences Headquarters
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A research team led by Prof. ZHENG Hairong, Prof. LIU Chengbo, and Prof. ZHENG Wei from the Shenzhen Institute of Advanced Technology has developed a linear transducer-array-based hybrid microscope (LiTA-HM) that enables simultaneous, dynamic, high-resolution imaging of neuronal activity and microvascular behavior across the entire cortex of awake mice.

Journal: Science Advances

23-Jul-2025

Scientists propose AI-driven biotech model for future crop breeding

Chinese Academy of Sciences Headquarters
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Prof. GAO Caixia from the Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and her collaborators proposed an integrated framework that combines biotechnology and artificial intelligence (AI) to revolutionize crop breeding.

Journal: Nature

23-Jul-2025

First quantum confinement achieved without physical downsizing

Chinese Academy of Sciences Headquarters
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A team led by Prof. DOU Xincun at the Xinjiang Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry of the Chinese Academy of Sciences synthesized a new covalent organic framework (COF)—a crystalline material made of a light element such as carbon, hydrogen, nitrogen, or oxygen, which can be customized at the molecular level. Using the new COF—dubbed tDACH—the researchers inserted cyclohexane-based linkers as conjugation "breakpoints," thereby engineering π-conjugated domains that enable intrinsic exciton confinement at the molecular scale.

Journal: Cell Reports Physical Science

22-Jul-2025

Ancient brachiopods used tiny bristles to maintain “social distancing,” study reveals

Chinese Academy of Sciences Headquarters
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Researchers in China have uncovered the first direct evidence: Approximately 436-million-year-old brachiopods from the early Silurian period used tiny, bristle-like structures called setae to maintain orderly, "checkerboard" spacing—ensuring they had enough room to thrive on the ancient seafloor.

Journal: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

20-Jul-2025

Physicists discover aluminium-20, a new three-proton-emitting isotope

Chinese Academy of Sciences Headquarters
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Physicists from the Institute of Modern Physics (IMP) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) and their collaborators have reported the first observation and spectroscopy of aluminium-20, a previously unknown and unstable isotope that decays via the rare process of three-proton emission.

Journal: Physical Review Letters

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12-Aug-2025

Wafer-scale nano-fabrication of multi-layer diffractive optical processors for unidirectional visible imaging

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

UCLA and Broadcom researchers introduced the design and fabrication of a broadband, polarization-insensitive unidirectional imager operating in the visible spectrum. This device was fabricated through wafer-scale lithography on high-purity fused silica, offering high optical transparency, thermal stability and ultra-low loss. This work marks the first wafer-scale multilayer diffractive processor designed for visible imaging, enabling scalable, high-throughput production for advanced applications such as intelligent imaging, optical sensing, privacy protection, and all-optical information processing.

Journal: Light Science & Applications
Funder: U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), Office of Basic Energy Sciences

11-Aug-2025

Bipolar-barrier tunnel heterostructures for high-sensitivity mid-infrared photodetection

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

Achieving high specific detectivity at room-temperature, comparable to background-limited mid-infrared (MIR) performance, has been a longstanding challenge in the MIR optoelectronics. Towards this goal, scientist in Singapore designed a bipolar-barrier tunnel heterostructure, which effectively suppresses dark current while facilitating the tunneling of photogenerated carriers, enabling high-sensitivity mid-infrared photodetection. The design will open new avenues for advancement of next-generation infrared optoelectronic devices.

Funder: Singapore Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), National Medical Research Council (NMRC), National Research Foundation Singapore

10-Aug-2025

Long-propagating ghost phonon polaritons enabled by selective mode excitation

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

Controlling light at the nanoscale unlocks opportunities for future technologies. Scientists from Australia and the United States have discovered that micron-scale gold antennas, fabricated on the surface of calcite, can act as miniature mirrors to launch “ghost” light waves over unprecedented distances. This breakthrough, which increases propagation length by four-fold, offers potential applications in improved heat management in high-performance computers. This strategy paves the way for next-generation nanophotonic technologies.

Journal: Light Science & Applications
Funder: ANU PhD Student Scholarship, Australian Research Council, ARC Centre of Excellence in Quantum Computation and Communication Technology, National Science Foundation’s QLCI-CI: Hybrid Quantum Architectures and Networks

10-Aug-2025

Topological pumping of light governed by Fibonacci numbers

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

This study extends Thouless pumping from periodic to quasi-periodic driving, uncovering the intrinsic link between topological transport and the irrational frequency ratio of the lattice modulation. The findings broaden the applicability of Thouless pumping in topological transport.

Journal: eLight
Funder: Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT), Institute of Spectroscopy of the Russian Academy of Sciences,, Shanghai Outstanding Academic Leaders Plan, Shanghai Leading Talent Program 1 of Eastern Talent Plan (The 16th Shanghai Leading Talent Program), National Natural Science Foundation of China, China Postdoctoral Science Foundation

10-Aug-2025

Researchers develop triggered interfacial synthesis strategy for rapid customization of ultrathin 2D metal-organic framework membranes

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

A research team led by Prof. YANG Weishen and Prof. PENG Yuan from the Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences developed a triggered interfacial synthesis strategy that accelerates the fabrication of high-performance metal-organic framework membranes.

Journal: National Science Review

8-Aug-2025

Researchers develop microlens-augmented atomic force microscopy for real-time nanoscale observation and control

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

This paper presents a nanomanipulation approach enabled by real-time super-resolution imaging guidance.

Journal: Nano Research

7-Aug-2025

Spatiotemporal photonic emulator of potential-free Schrödinger equation

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

Recently, scientists in China experimentally realized a class of three-dimensional spatiotemporal wavepackets with spherical harmonic symmetry. This achievement is made by exploiting the mathematical analogy between the paraxial wave equation for spatiotemporal optical fields and the potential-free Schrödinger equation in quantum mechanics, utilizing their self-developed spatiotemporal light field modulation apparatus. Such spherically symmetric spatiotemporal light fields show promising potential for applications in photonic quantum emulator and particle manipulation, among other fields.

Journal: eLight
Funder: National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC), Shanghai Science and Technology Committee, National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF), Ministry of Education, Key Project of Westlake Institute for Optoelectronics

7-Aug-2025

New experiment paves the way for secure, high-speed communication

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

Quantum Key Distribution (QKD) enables information-theoretic secure communication based on quantum physics. A new study by Danish, Austrian, and Canadian researchers has demonstrated composable secure key generation against collective attacks over 20 km fiber using discrete-modulated Continuous-Variable QKD and modern numerical security proof methods. This marks the first practical implementation of a long-theorized protocol, combining high key rates, standard telecom compatibility, and rigorous security guarantees - an important step toward real-world quantum-secure communication in metropolitan networks.

Journal: Light Science & Applications
Funder: QuantERA II Programme, Austrian Research Promotion Agency (FFG), European Union’s Digital Europe programme, the European Union’s Horizon Europe research and innovation programme, Innovation Fund Denmark, Danish National Research Foundation, Center for Macroscopic Quantum States, Carlsberg Foundation

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Scientists discover rare deep-sea hydrothermal system in Western Pacific producing massive hydrogen emissions

Scientists achieve megabase-scale precision genome editing in eukaryotic cells

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High-resolution satellite remote sensing reveals underestimated methane emissions from global landfills

Researchers reveal role of wetlands in terrestrial carbon sink change

Researchers develop new microscope for neurovascular coupling imaging

Scientists propose AI-driven biotech model for future crop breeding

First quantum confinement achieved without physical downsizing

Ancient brachiopods used tiny bristles to maintain “social distancing,” study reveals

Physicists discover aluminium-20, a new three-proton-emitting isotope

News from CAS Institutes

Wafer-scale nano-fabrication of multi-layer diffractive optical processors for unidirectional visible imaging

Bipolar-barrier tunnel heterostructures for high-sensitivity mid-infrared photodetection

Long-propagating ghost phonon polaritons enabled by selective mode excitation

Topological pumping of light governed by Fibonacci numbers

Researchers develop triggered interfacial synthesis strategy for rapid customization of ultrathin 2D metal-organic framework membranes

Researchers develop microlens-augmented atomic force microscopy for real-time nanoscale observation and control

Spatiotemporal photonic emulator of potential-free Schrödinger equation

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