A study published in Space: Science & Technology and led by LEI Xiaohua's team from the Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences uncovered how chronic, extremely low-dose ionizing radiation—simulating deep-space conditions—harms early embryonic development in mice, and proposed a dual-target intervention strategy.

Researchers identified two pathways that explain why La Niña events can persist for multiple years. Beyond recognizing the influence of strong El Niño events, they highlight the role of meridionally extended sea surface temperature anomalies, in particular temperature anomalies south of the equator, which strengthen equatorial easterlies, enhance upwelling, and weaken the decay of La Niña. The findings aid improved predictions of prolonged La Niña events and associated extreme weather impacts worldwide.

A study published in Nature Communications suggests that under extreme warm climates, the proportion of shallow cyclones increases significantly in the tropics. 

A study published in Advanced Materials and led by DU Xuemin from the Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology (SIAT) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences developed multifunctional ferroelectric bioelectronic interfaces (FBI) that integrates self- rolling, interfacial adhesion, and bioelectrical signals, enabling long-term biosafe vagus nerve modulation.

In a study published in Bone Research, a team led by Prof. GUAN Min from the Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology (SIAT) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, along with collaborators, revealed a novel liver-MAT-cartilage axis that promotes cartilage degeneration in osteoarthritis through the complement component 3 (C3)-complement factor D (CFD)-membrane attack complexes (MAC) cascade, and demonstrated that targeting estrogen-related receptor alpha (ESRRA) in adipocytes interrupts this pathological crosstalk and alleviates osteoarthritis progression.