30-Sep-2025 Genomic map reveals keys to boosting flowering Chinese cabbage yields Nanjing Agricultural University The Academy of Science Flowering Chinese cabbage, a staple leafy vegetable across Asia, has undergone decades of breeding to improve adaptability, productivity, and quality. Journal Horticulture Research
29-Sep-2025 Unsupervised AI network separates wood and leaves in 3D forest scans Nanjing Agricultural University The Academy of Science A research team has developed a powerful unsupervised deep learning network that can accurately separate wood and leaf components in 3D point clouds of trees—without the need for labor-intensive data labeling. Journal Plant Phenomics
29-Sep-2025 Fractal-based 3D modeling delivers high-fidelity tree reconstructions Nanjing Agricultural University The Academy of Science A research team has developed an innovative three-dimensional (3D) tree modeling method that dramatically improves accuracy in estimating tree structure and volume. Journal Plant Phenomics
29-Sep-2025 New imaging approach unlocks high-precision wetland nutrient monitoring Nanjing Agricultural University The Academy of Science A research team introduces the constrained PROSAIL-PRO spectra matching (CPSM) approach, which transforms unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) multispectral data into hyperspectral-like signals spanning 400–2500 nm. Journal Plant Phenomics
29-Sep-2025 Deep learning model reveals genetic keys to wheat freeze tolerance Nanjing Agricultural University The Academy of Science A research team has developed FreezeNet, a lightweight deep learning model that uses smartphone-captured images to accurately assess freeze injury in wheat seedlings. Journal Plant Phenomics
29-Sep-2025 Imaging sugar beet disease: MRI and PET reveal hidden damage from SBR Nanjing Agricultural University The Academy of Science A research team has combined magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and positron emission tomography (PET) to non-invasively track how the sugar beet disease known as syndrome “basses richesses” (SBR) damages taproot structure and disrupts sugar distribution. Journal Plant Phenomics
29-Sep-2025 Expanding the reach of leaf spectroscopy: Toward universal models for plant trait prediction Nanjing Agricultural University The Academy of Science A research team has demonstrated that spectroscopy combined with partial least squares regression (PLSR) can accurately estimate plant leaf traits, but models built at one site often fail elsewhere. Journal Plant Phenomics
29-Sep-2025 Radar-based control of a helical microswimmer in 3-dimensional space with dynamic obstacles Beijing Institute of Technology Press Co., Ltd A research paper by scientists at The Chinese University of Hong Kong proposed a 3D radar-based control scheme that realizes the navigated locomotion of microswimmers in 3D space with multiple static and dynamic obstacles. The new research paper, published on Jun. 2 in the journal Cyborg and Bionic Systems, presented a 3D hierarchical radar with a motion sphere and a detection sphere is firstly developed. Using the radar-based avoidance approach, the desired motion direction for the microswimmer to avoid obstacles can be obtained, and the coarse-to-fine search is used to decrease the computational load of the algorithm. Three navigation modes of the microswimmer in 3D space with dynamic conditions are realized by the radar-based navigation strategy that combines the global path planning algorithm and the radar-based avoidance approach.
29-Sep-2025 New framework puts forward a general way to describe physics from the perspective of a quantum system Université libre de Bruxelles In an article published in Communications Physics, researchers from the Université libre de Bruxelles and the Institute for Quantum Optics and Quantum Information in Vienna present a new framework for describing physics relative to quantum reference frames, unveiling the importance of previously unrecognised “extra particles”. Journal Communications Physics
28-Sep-2025 Exploring the anticancer potential of heterocyclic natural products FAR Publishing Limited A comprehensive review published in Current Pharmaceutical Analysis delves into the anticancer properties and synthesis of heterocyclic natural products. The study examines furan, quinoline/isoquinoline, and indole/carbazole derivatives, highlighting their bioactivity and potential as chemotherapeutic agents. The review emphasizes the importance of scalable and efficient synthesis methods for these compounds.
