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Systematic understanding of typical characteristics and driving factors of oxygen minimum zone (OMZ) from the perspective of global change
Science China PressPeer-Reviewed Publication
In a paper published in SCIENCE CHINA Earth Sciences, a research team systematically interpreted the key scientific issues such as the DO threshold, structural characteristics, distribution patterns, formation and maintenance mechanisms, and driving factors of the OMZ in the context of global change. It may provide important scientific basis for further exploring the coupling relationship between global change and oceanic OMZ, and for understanding marine hypoxia and deoxygenation issues from a global perspective
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- Science China Earth Sciences
AI gives doctors early warning of disease “tipping points” — often from a single patient sample
Intelligent MedicinePeer-Reviewed Publication
The next major advance in medical AI may lie not in analyzing more data, but in understanding how health data change over time. A recent editorial in Intelligent Medicine argues that dynamics-driven approaches, designed to detect change rather than merely classify state, can identify the critical moment when a patient's biological system is approaching a disease tipping point — with single-sample analysis reaching AUC > 0.9 and hybrid deep learning cutting blood-glucose prediction error by more than 55%, enabling earlier and more individualized intervention.
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- Intelligent Medicine
Role of environmental enrichment in poststroke functional recovery
Chinese Medical Journals Publishing House Co., Ltd.Peer-Reviewed Publication
Environmental enrichment (EE), which involves a combination of voluntary exercise and social interaction has been known to improve poststroke functional recovery. However, its effect on chronic inflammation and white matter pathology remains elusive. Now, a new study reveals that EE improves sensorimotor recovery after stroke while weakening correlation of infarct size with chronic inflammation and myelin damage. It also identifies TREM2-positive microglia in white matter as a potential cellular signal associated with improved functional recovery.
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- Neuroprotection
Better use of exercise time? Adding resistance training improves strength and aerobic fitness beyond aerobic exercise alone in heart failure
Journal of Sport and Health SciencePeer-Reviewed Publication
Low aerobic fitness and muscle weakness increase the risk of complications and death in people with heart failure. This systematic review found that combined aerobic and resistance training improves aerobic fitness and muscle strength more than aerobic training alone. This advantage remained even when total exercise time was matched. Adding resistance training may therefore be an effective strategy to enhance aerobic fitness, build muscle strength, and potentially improve prognosis in patients with heart failure.
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- Journal of Sport and Health Science
Let AI grow like the brain: Temporal development mechanisms enable cross-domain continual learning
Science China PressPeer-Reviewed Publication
Children’s brains continuously learn at extremely low energy cost, whereas advances in artificial neural networks typically rely on expanding model size. How brain developmental mechanisms can be incorporated to enable efficient continual learning has remained unclear. Now, the research team led by Professor Zeng Yi at the Institute of Automation, Chinese Academy of Sciences, reports in National Science Review a brain-inspired continual learning framework TD-MCL, which enables cross-domain continual learning while reducing network scale.
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- National Science Review
New insights into focal adhesion kinase reveal promising paths toward next-generation cancer therapies
Science China PressPeer-Reviewed Publication
A new review reveals how focal adhesion kinase (FAK) acts as a central regulator of tumor progression and immune suppression in solid tumors. The study summarizes molecular mechanisms of FAK activation and highlights emerging combination therapies and next-generation inhibitors that could reshape future cancer treatment strategies.
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- Science Bulletin
Researchers identify key gene for perennial growth in wild rice
Chinese Academy of Sciences HeadquartersPeer-Reviewed Publication
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- Science
Rice functional genomics innovation team reveals the molecular mechanism of Fd1/FNR1 in thermotolerance and stable yield, providing new germplasm
Science China PressPeer-Reviewed Publication
Recently, the team led by Academician Qian Qian from the China National Rice Research Institute published an online research article in Science Bulletin entitled “Regulation of photosynthesis and ROS homeostasis by Fd1 and FNR1 confers thermotolerant yield stability in rice”. This study elucidated the molecular mechanism by which the photosynthetic electron transport protein Fd1 and its interacting protein FNR1 enhance thermotolerant yield stability in rice under heat stress by stabilizing photosynthesis and reducing reactive oxygen species (ROS) accumulation. It provides important theoretical and technical support for breeding new rice varieties with high thermotolerance, superior quality, and stable yield.
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- Science Bulletin
Researchers Elucidate Complete Biosynthesis of Nicotine
Chinese Academy of Sciences HeadquartersPeer-Reviewed Publication
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- Cell