Researchers led by Prof. CHEN Xiaoya from the CAS Center for Excellence in Molecular Plant Sciences/Shanghai Chenshan Research Center and Prof. GAO Caixia from the Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) used targeted gene editing to modify just five amino acids of the Coq1 rice enzyme, creating new rice varieties capable of synthesizing coenzyme CoQ₁₀.

Scientists led by Prof. LIU Jing from the Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry of the Chinese Academy of Sciences have created a leukocyte-like liquid metallic entity that vividly simulates various leukocyte behaviors in nature.

A research team led by Prof. WANG Min from the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences has discovered two bird fossils in Jurassic-era rocks from Fujian Province in southeast China. These rocks date back approximately 149 million years. The fossils fill a spatiotemporal gap in the early evolutionary history of birds and provide the evidence yet that birds were diversified by the end of the Jurassic period.

Scientists from Prof. XIE Qi's lab at the Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences identified two key genes and the strategy in sorghum's resistance to Striga.

A research team led by Prof. ZHANG Jian from the Ningbo Institute of Materials Technology and Engineering (NIMTE) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences has utilized metal corrosion to prepare high-performance electrodes, enabling efficient and cost-effective upgrading of bio-based 5-hydroxymethylfurfural (HMF).

Researchers from the Institute of Oceanology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, in collaboration with scientists from the University of Connecticut, explored the molecular mechanisms underlying the life cycle transitions and dormancy of dinoflagellates.

An international research team has synthesized a multilayered two-dimensional polyaniline (2DPANI) crystal, achieving unique metallic out-of-plane charge transport and high conductivity.