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New Chinese database bridges global gaps in plant trait data

Chinese Academy of Sciences Headquarters
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Researchers from the Wuhan Botanical Garden of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) have built the Chinese Seed Trait Database (CSTD), which has been published in New Phytologist. This innovation overcomes longstanding language barriers (e.g., Chinese-to-English data translation) and enhances the completeness of global seed trait data, providing an invaluable resource for advancing large-scale plant science research.

Journal: New Phytologist

USTC develops weakly space-confined all-inorganic perovskite light-emitting diodes

Chinese Academy of Sciences Headquarters
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Prof. XIAO Zhengguo's team from the University of Science and Technology of China of the Chinese Academy of Sciences has proposed a novel strategy based on weakly space-confined, large-grain crystals of all-inorganic perovskite to prepare perovskite films with larger crystalline grains and higher temperature resistance.

Journal: Nature

Scientists reveal gene pairs conferring resistance to wheat diseases

Chinese Academy of Sciences Headquarters
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A research team led by Prof. LIU Zhiyong at the Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences has identified two novel genetic mechanisms for disease resistance in wheat, offering promising strategies to enhance resilience against powdery mildew and stripe rust.

Journal: Nature Genetics

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Researchers reveal Acyl chain length-dependent conformational dynamics of Acyl carrier protein

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

A team led by Prof. WANG Fangjun from the Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences revealed how acyl carrier protein (ACP) adapts its conformation to accommodate acyl chains of varying lengths, and revealed acyl chain length-dependent conformational dynamics of ACP at the molecular level.

Journal: Journal of the American Chemical Society

Tracing the origin of near-infrared emissions emanating from manganese (II)

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

The origin of near-infrared (NIR) emission by Mn²⁺ has sparked intense academic debates for decades. However, to date, none of the proposed hypotheses have garnered widespread consensus. This study validates that Mn²⁺ positioned within a 6-coordinate octahedral lattice, exhibiting a strong crystal field akin to the AlO₆ site, possesses the capability to produce NIR emission. The results of this study offer a novel perspective for the progress of efficient Mn²⁺-doped NIR phosphors.

Journal: Light Science & Applications
Funder: National Natural Science Foundation of China, Innovation Training Program for College Students in Nanjing Forestry University

Dispersion-engineered spin photonics based on folded-path metasurfaces

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

Spin photonics enables precise optical manipulation but faces bandwidth constraints. Researchers in China developed a folded-path metasurface platform that achieves independent dispersion and phase control of two opposite spin states, overcoming this fundamental barrier. This innovation realizes achromatic focusing, spin Hall effects, and spatiotemporal vector fields using a single metasurface, opening new avenues for a wide range of innovations, from dynamic control of light-matter interactions to the development of next-generation spin-photonic devices.

Journal: Light Science & Applications
Funder: National Key Research and Development Program of China, National Natural Science Foundation of China

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