25-Jul-2025 Ancient desert berry unlocks new hope for diabetes treatment Zhejiang University In a potential game-changer for diabetes treatment, researchers have uncovered remarkable benefits from an obscure desert plant.
25-Jul-2025 How light and hormones shape cannabis flowers Nanjing Agricultural University The Academy of Science Flower development in cannabis is key to its therapeutic and industrial potential, but how this complex process is regulated has remained unclear. Journal Horticulture Research
24-Jul-2025 How potassium powers sweeter oranges: a leaf-to-fruit sugar journey Nanjing Agricultural University The Academy of Science Sweetness is central to the appeal of citrus fruit, but the molecular story behind that flavor has long remained untold. Journal Horticulture Research
24-Jul-2025 Revolutionizing nitrogen monitoring in ginkgo with spectral modeling Nanjing Agricultural University The Academy of Science A research team developed a novel method using bidirectional reflectance factor (BRF) spectra combined with the PROSPECT-PRO model and modified ratio indices to estimate nitrogen content nondestructively. Journal Plant Phenomics
24-Jul-2025 Exploring microbial carbon fixation in semiarid farmlands: a path to sustainable agriculture Maximum Academic Press In semiarid farmlands, microbes are quietly shaping the planet's carbon cycle. Journal Pedosphere
24-Jul-2025 Visual question answering model enables smarter diagnosis of crop diseases Nanjing Agricultural University The Academy of Science A research team has developed a novel AI model, ILCD, and a supporting dataset, CDwPK-VQA, to help early diagnose crop diseases. Journal Plant Phenomics
24-Jul-2025 Fighting back against a dangerous tick-borne disease University of Missouri-Columbia It’s tick season, and University of Missouri researcher Roman Ganta is fighting back. As summer heat fuels the rise of lone star ticks across the Midwest and beyond, so too emerges a microscopic menace: Ehrlichia chaffeensis, the dangerous bacterium behind the disease human monocytic ehrlichiosis (HME). Like all bacteria, this tick-borne killer has potential to evolve and outsmart the antibiotic currently used to treat HME. Journal Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology
24-Jul-2025 How wild strawberries evolved to survive on mountain tops Nanjing Agricultural University The Academy of Science Wild polyploid strawberries hold clues to how plants evolve and adapt to harsh environments. Journal Horticulture Research
24-Jul-2025 New approach maps nearly 10,000 disease genes to 93 complex diseases, creating 54,240 gene-disease-cell links for precision medicine Higher Education Press TripletDGC, an open-source GitHub toolkit, leverages single-cell RNA-seq to map nearly 10,000 disease-associated genes to their most impacted cell types—creating over 54,000 gene-disease-cell links to accelerate precision medicine and targeted drug discovery. Journal Frontiers of Computer Science
24-Jul-2025 New python toolkit automates single-cell lineage tracing, accelerates tumor drug resistance analysis Higher Education Press Researchers at Tsinghua University have unveiled a new Python toolkit for automated single-cell lineage tracing and analysis—featuring rapid barcode QC, clone-size metrics, dynamic Sankey visualizations and quantitative fate-diversity indicators—to accelerate breakthroughs in regenerative medicine and cancer therapy. Journal Frontiers of Computer Science
