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2-Nov-2025

China's high intensity heavy-ion accelerator facility completes beam commissioning

Chinese Academy of Sciences Headquarters
Business Announcement

The High Intensity heavy-ion Accelerator Facility (HIAF) of the Institute of Modern Physics, one of China's major scientific and technological infrastructure projects, successfully completed commissioning with beam on October 28, marking a crucial milestone in its construction.

30-Oct-2025

Researchers identify rare lost allele boosting soybean seed protein

Chinese Academy of Sciences Headquarters
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A research team led by Prof. HOU Xingliang from the South China Botanical Garden of the Chinese Academy of Sciences has used genome-wide association studies (GWAS) to identify a rare allele that controls seed protein content and was lost during soybean domestication.

Journal: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

29-Oct-2025

Researchers uncover oldest 3D burrow systems in Hubei's Shibantan Biota

Chinese Academy of Sciences Headquarters
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A research team from the Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences has made progress in studying the Shibantan Biota in Yichang, Hubei Province, uncovering the oldest known complex three-dimensional burrow systems to date. Preserved in approximately 550-million-year-old strata, these trace fossils show that complex animal behaviors were modifying the seafloor environment nearly 10 million years earlier than previously thought.

Journal: Science Advances

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3-Nov-2025

Novel S-Scheme photocatalyst efficiently purifies antibiotic-contaminated water

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

A novel S-scheme Mn_0.5Cd_0.5S/In₂S₃ photocatalyst efficiently degrades antibiotic pollutants in water. Its unique electron transfer mechanism enhances charge separation, boosting performance. The catalyst demonstrates high efficiency across various water types and excellent stability in a continuous-flow system. Toxicity assessments confirm the degradation process renders antibiotics harmless. This research provides a sustainable and effective strategy for combating antibiotic contamination, paving the way for advanced water purification technologies.

Journal: Chinese Journal of Catalysis

3-Nov-2025

New study shows high-resolution cmip6 models better capture long-term precipitation trends in high mountain Asia

Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Using six pairs of CMIP6 models with different horizontal resolutions, an IAP/CAS team analyzed how higher resolution improves the simulation of long-term summer precipitation trends (1951–2014) over High Mountain Asia and explored the physical mechanisms driving this improvement.

Journal: Journal of Climate

3-Nov-2025

Photoswitchable exceptional points derived from bound states in the continuum

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

Exploring topological singularities in non-Hermitian photonic systems has recently become a frontier in modern physics and engineering. Towards this goal, researchers in China have experimentally realized the transition from a bound state in the continuum (BIC) to an exceptional point (EP) in a terahertz metasurface by tuning the incident angle. Optical pumping modulates silicon’s carrier concentration, enabling dynamic EP switching and THz beam deflection for compact sensing and non-Hermitian photonic applications.

Journal: Light Science & Applications
Funder: National Natural Science Foundation of China, Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities

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China's high intensity heavy-ion accelerator facility completes beam commissioning

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Photoswitchable exceptional points derived from bound states in the continuum