A research team has revealed how geographical conditions and local micro-environments jointly regulate nitrogen removal in a forest-dominated river, with the dominant controls shifting between seasons. 

The release of marine isoprene is an important component of material exchange between the ocean and the atmosphere, and its long-term variability and climatic drivers have attracted widespread attention. A research team led by Professor Jialei Zhu at Tianjin University constructed a global marine isoprene emission flux dataset spanning 1950–2020 using machine learning and an improved parameterization scheme. Basing on this dataset, they have revealed mechanisms through which the El Niño–Southern Oscillation (ENSO) modulates the interannual variability of marine isoprene emissions by influencing sea surface temperature, solar radiation, surface winds, phytoplankton activity, and other environmental factors. This study has been published in 2026 Chinese and English editions of SCIENCE CHINA Earth Sciences.

A multi-institutional research team reviews progress in CO₂-involved organic synthesis over the past five years. By organizing reactions according to C-C, C-N, and C-O bond formation, the review highlights the growing role of photochemistry and electrochemistry in converting CO₂ into value-added organic products.

The researchers demonstrate ultra-effective growths of archetypal metastable correlated-perovskites, e.g. nickelates (RENiO₃), via liquid phase epitaxy within alkali-chlorides molten-salts, realizing micrometer-thickness and scalability. This bridges technological-discontinuities in micrometer-thick film-growths of RENiO₃, achieving record-competing electronic phase transitions at analog-compatible resistances enabling more effective and energy-efficient analog cryogenic alarming applications. Wafer-scale RENiO₃ with high-uniformity was firstly successfully grown within low melting-point eutectic alkali-chlorides, eliminating previous reliance on MPa-high oxygen-pressures. This strategy was extendable to multiple functional oxide-systems.

A new World Health Organization (WHO) analysis estimates that approximately 171 million illnesses worldwide were attributable to foodborne transmission of invasive parasites, highlighting the significant burden these often-overlooked diseases continue to place on global health.

This research, which includes contributions from Texas A&M College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences (VMBS) professor Dr. Christine Budke, updates global estimates for 14 foodborne parasitic diseases. Although progress has been made over the past decade in decreasing their prevalence, the findings show these illnesses continue to disproportionately affect vulnerable populations around the world.   

Optical computing is attracting strong interest because light can carry and process information at extremely high speed while consuming less energy than many electronic approaches. In principle, optical systems can accelerate demanding tasks such as artificial intelligence inference, image processing, scientific simulation, and high-bandwidth signal processing. However, most proposed optical processors still depend on electronic memory to hold intermediate data. Each time information is converted between light and electronics, the system pays a penalty in speed, energy, and complexity.