In a paper published on aBIOTECH, the authors examine the current status of research and applications of agricultural GMOs in China, analyze future prospects and challenges, and discuss strategies to promote the development and utilization of agricultural biotechnology in China.

We investigated the composition of fish life history strategies across 14 major rivers worldwide and found that variation in environmental factors plays a key role in shaping riverine fish assemblages and life history strategies. In the Yangtze River basin, we observed a shift in environmental conditions from stable to unstable states. These findings highlight the potential of life history strategies as effective indicators for monitoring riverine ecological conditions.

Researchers from Shandong Normal University and Kunming Institute of Botany Chinese Academy of Sciences in China and in the US have developed a freely-available online analysis platform about plastid phylogenomics and comparative genomics for botanists and evolutionary biologists. The analysis platform offers a set of 25 tools spanning diverse plastome analyses, including the updated version of popular free tool PGA (Plastid Genome Annotator).

This study deciphers the genesis of the Huoshaoyun deposit, the world's largest carbonate-hosted Zn-Pb system, through ore characteristics, isotopes, and trace elements, revealing multi-stage mineralization linked to crust-mantle interaction and Jurassic volcanic-hydrothermal processes. 

A research team from the Harbin Institute of Technology have fabricated tungsten-doped vanadium dioxide (WₓV₁₋ₓO₂) films that exhibit exceptional dynamic radiative properties, paving the way for innovative thermal management systems. The integration of advanced in situ characterization methodologies, the team has elucidated the fundamental relationships between fabrication process parameters and the temperature-dependent optoelectronic properties of the film.

The new polycrystalline WₓV₁₋ₓO₂ films demonstrated a remarkable ability to modulate infrared radiation in response to temperature changes. By precisely controlling oxygen flow rates and post-annealing temperatures during fabrication, scientists have achieved materials capable of dynamically adjusting their emissivity range from 0.25 to 0.87 within the atmospheric transparency window. This significant range allows buildings and devices to optimize heat loss or retention adaptively, greatly reducing energy consumption.

This study presents a new 1.8-billion-year full-plate tectonic model, integrating geological and paleomagnetic data to reconstruct supercontinent cycles (Nuna, Rodinia, Pangea), revealing dynamic Proterozoic tectonics and challenging the “boring billion” hypothesis.