Researchers in China identified that the TraesCS4B02G044100 (TaGeBPL-4B) is a candidate gene of the GNS using QTL mapping and GWAS. Knockout and overexpression studies showed that TaGeBPL-4B participates in the positive regulation of the GNS. The RNA-seq and DAP-seq analyses revealed that TraesCS5B02G120800 (TaAAP-5B) is a direct downstream target gene of TaGeBPL-4B. We further confirmed this regulation by Y1H, Dual-Luc and EMSA. TaGeBPL-4B activates the expression of TaAAP-5B and modulates amino acid contents, which possibly influence wheat spike development and GNS.

A review published in Cyber-Physical Energy Systems examines how IoT and machine learning technologies can transform manufacturing energy management. By enabling real-time monitoring, prediction, and optimization, these approaches offer new pathways for energy-efficient and sustainable factories while addressing key challenges in industrial adoption.

Inflammation is central to coronary artery disease, yet many anti-inflammatory strategies have failed to improve cardiovascular outcomes. A new Science Bulletin review explains why and proposes a “4R framework”—right target, right patient, right timing and right benefit–risk balance—to guide precision anti-inflammatory therapy.

Deltamethrin disrupts gut bacteria and brain clock signaling, impairing antibacterial immunity in Nile tilapia through the brain–thyroid–immune axis. Dietary sodium butyrate alleviates this immune damage.

A research team has discovered a new low-energy thermodynamic response in the frustrated quantum magnet SrCu₂(BO₃)₂ by combining high-pressure, low-temperature, and magnetic-field measurements. Using advanced calorimetry techniques, the team observed a robust T-linear specific heat region near the pressure-induced first-order transition between the plaquette-singlet and antiferromagnetic states. This finding reveals a previously unexplored regime of gapless excitations in a quantum magnetic insulator and offers new opportunities for studying emergent phenomena in strongly correlated systems.