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Updates every hour. Last Updated: 20-Sep-2025 00:11 ET (20-Sep-2025 04:11 GMT/UTC)

19-Sep-2025

Scientists reveal process of gas accretion in massive star formation

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Peer-Reviewed Publication

Researchers from the Shanghai Astronomical Observatory (SHAO) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences have revealed for the first time how gas flows from vast distances toward the disk surrounding a nascent massive star in the process of star formation.

Journal

Science Advances

19-Sep-2025

Research breakthrough offers hope for new colorectal cancer treatments

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Peer-Reviewed Publication

Researchers led by Prof. George F. Gao from the Institute of Microbiology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) have identified the key mechanism by which F. nucleatum binds to the human cell receptors CEACAM1 and CEACAM5, which are frequently overexpressed on many types of cancer cells.

Journal

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

17-Sep-2025

Researchers develop first "dynamic" soft electrode for brain-computer interfaces

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Peer-Reviewed Publication

Researchers from the Shenzhen Institute of Advanced Technology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and Donghua University reported a soft, movable, long-term implantable fiber electrode called "NeuroWorm," marking a radical shift for bioelectronic interfaces from static operation to dynamic operation and from passive recording to active, intelligent exploration.

Journal

Nature

15-Sep-2025

Researchers develop proximity labeling based antigen amplification technology

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Peer-Reviewed Publication

A research team led by Prof. HAN Shuo from the Center for Excellence in Molecular Cell Science of the Chinese Academy of Sciences developed a novel cell-surface protein engineering strategy called Proximity Amplification and Tagging of Cytotoxic Haptens (PATCH), which applies proximity labeling to immunomodulation for the first time.

Journal

Nature

12-Sep-2025

Researchers reveal molecular assembly and efficient light harvesting of largest eukaryotic photosystem complex

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Peer-Reviewed Publication

Chinese researchers led by Prof. WANG Wenda and Prof. TIAN Lijin from the Institute of Botany have revealed a breakthrough in understanding the light-harvesting efficiency of coccolithophores.

Journal

Science

5-Sep-2025

Researchers discover massive geo-hydrogen source to the west of the Mussau Trench

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Peer-Reviewed Publication

Researchers from the Institute of Oceanology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and their collaborators discovered and analyzed a large pipe swarm—a cluster of cylindrical geological structures—with remnants of hydrogen hydrothermal activity on the east Caroline Plate, west of the Mussau Trench.

Journal

Science Advances

3-Sep-2025

Chinese scientists reveal hidden extinction crisis in native flora

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Peer-Reviewed Publication

A new study led by Dr. SHEN Guozhen from the Institute of Botany of the Chinese Academy of Sciences has revealed a "hidden extinction crisis" in China's flora, showing that habitat decline over the past four decades has sharply increased extinction risks nationwide.

Journal

One Earth

28-Aug-2025

Scientists identify unique chemical regime for secondary organic aerosol formation in urban China

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Peer-Reviewed Publication

Air pollution from secondary organic aerosols (SOA) has now become a greater problem in Chinese cities since 2013 because regulations have successfully reduced fine particulate matter (PM_2.5) emitted directly from, for example, vehicles and industries, according to a study led by Prof. HUANG Rujin at the Institute of Earth Environment of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and Prof. Marianne Glasius at Aarhus University.

Journal

Science

28-Aug-2025

Researchers develop novel treatment for central nervous system injury

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Peer-Reviewed Publication

Researchers from the Institute of Process Engineering (IPE) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, in cooperation with Shenzhen Second People's Hospital, have developed a novel exosome-based therapeutic agent for treating traumatic CNS injuries. This treatment can alleviate neuronal apoptosis, restore glial homeostasis, and remodel glia-neuron networks, offering potent therapeutic benefits in murine (mouse) TBI and SCI models.

Journal

Cell Reports Medicine

25-Aug-2025

Chinese scientists develop high-performance iron catalyst for fuel cells

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Peer-Reviewed Publication

A team of Chinese scientists has developed a high-performance iron-based catalyst for these fuel cells that could potentially reduce reliance on platinum. The new design, described as "inner activation, outer protection," enables record efficiency and long-term durability.

Journal

Nature