Theanine—a rare amino acid that gives tea its smooth umami taste and calming effects—is more vulnerable to soil nutrients than previously thought. 

Blueberry texture plays a pivotal role in consumer satisfaction and market value, yet breeders have long struggled to improve it due to the complexity of measuring and selecting for this trait. 

Ethylene, once thought of solely as the “ripening hormone,” is now taking center stage in a broader developmental narrative. 

Manual harvesting remains a major bottleneck in muscadine grape production, accounting for up to 40% of production costs. 

Plants owe much of their scent, defense, and signaling power to terpenoids—a diverse group of chemicals made by terpene synthases (TPSs). 

Remote passive drone detection in the presence of strong background noise is challenging, since they are point objects and cannot be recognized by their contour detection. To achieve this goal, scientists in China introduced a new passive single-photon dynamic imaging method using quantum compressed sensing. The method captures the broadband dynamic features of the point object through sparse photon detection and exhibits exceptional performance in noisy environment applications. Due to the dynamic features of the rotor blades of the drone, a successful demonstration of drone detection up to 10 kilometers was achieved.

Large language models (LLMs) are revolutionizing drug development. Researchers from China are exploring the applications of LLMs in the drug development process, including target identification and drug screening, drug molecular design and optimization, drug repurposing, preclinical research, and clinical trials. Moreover, they deeply explore the major challenges LLMs face in pharmaceutical development and provide a scientific outlook on future research directions.

Abnormalities in tumor electrophysiology are key drivers of malignant tumor progression. This review systematically elaborates on its molecular mechanisms and clinical translation: Tumor cells regulate proliferation, maintenance of stemness, and metastasis through membrane potential depolarization and remodeling of specific "ion channel fingerprints". These electrophysiological characteristics interact with key signaling pathways to form a complex regulatory network (e.g., TRPV1 exhibits tissue-specific regulatory patterns in different tumors). Based on the above mechanisms, targeted ion channel modulators, therapeutic tumor electric fields, and nanodelivery platforms have shown significant efficacy in preclinical and clinical studies. Especially when combined with immunomodulatory strategies, they can reshape the tumor microenvironment and enhance anti-tumor immunity. Despite challenges such as treatment-related complications and the need to verify long-term efficacy, electrophysiology-targeted therapies still provide a highly promising new direction for precision oncology.