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Molecular locking strategy enables efficient and scalable organic solar cells

Chinese Academy of Sciences Headquarters
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Prof. GE Ziyi's group from the Ningbo Institute of Materials Technology and Engineering has developed a molecular locking strategy to stabilize the interface between the electrode and the hole-transport layer in organic solar cells, enabling large-area, highly efficient, and stable photovoltaic devices.

Journal: Joule

Wind plays an overlooked role in ecosystem water-use efficiency

Chinese Academy of Sciences Headquarters
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Wind does more than sway trees. It also plays an important role in determining an ecosystem’s water-use efficiency—defined as the amount of carbon an ecosystem absorbs per unit of water lost. Water-use efficiency is an important measure of how ecosystems balance growth and water availability. A research team led by Prof. FU Zheng at the Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research of the Chinese Academy of Sciences has revealed a previously overlooked role for wind in regulating ecosystem water-use efficiency.

Journal: Nature Climate Change

Wetland reclamation brings limited agricultural gains but high flood exposure

Chinese Academy of Sciences Headquarters
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A research team led by Prof. DONG Jinwei from the Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, together with international collaborators, has mapped global croplands reclaimed from wetlands from 2000 to 2022 and evaluated their crop production performance and flood exposure risk.

Journal: Nature Sustainability

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Updates every hour. Last Updated: 23-Oct-2026 16:17 ET (23-Oct-2026 20:17 GMT/UTC)

Mycorrhizal type and life form independently shape resource‑use strategies of Qinling woody plants

South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A field‑based study reveals that mycorrhizal association and life form act as decoupled drivers governing functional trait syndromes in temperate woody species of the Qinling Mountains.

Journal: Biological Diversity
Funder: National Natural Science Foundation of China, Open Fund of Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Qinling Ecological Security, National Key Research and Development Program of China

Woven ferroelectric fabric for photonic topological memory

Light Publishing Center, Changchun Institute of Optics, Fine Mechanics And Physics, CAS

Researchers have observed something never before seen in a solid crystal: a three-dimensional woven network of ferroelectric domains that forms spontaneously as the material cools through a phase transition. Importantly, the intricate fabric can be selectively manipulated using light, opening a new route toward robust photonic memory and neuromorphic information processing.

Journal: Light: Science & Applications
Funder: National Key Research and Development Program of China, Horizon EIC-Pathfinder Challenges-01 Heisingberg

From snapshots to trajectories: Environmental nucleic acids unlock dynamic ecological monitoring

South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Peer-Reviewed Publication

This review elaborates how environmental nucleic acids shift ecological biomonitoring from static state snapshots toward trajectory-centered assessment to support adaptive environmental management.

Journal: Biological Diversity
Funder: Jing-Jin-Ji Regional Integrated Environmental Improvement—National Science and Technology Major Project of the Ministry of Ecology and Environment of China

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