A team led by Assoc. Prof. CAO Liang from the Hefei Institutes of Physical Science of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the collaborators developed a new approach based on controlled interlayer sliding to regulate quantum states in layered materials. This approach enables the design of superlattices and the regulation of electronic properties through structural engineering.

A research team led by Prof. ZHANG Na from the Hefei Institutes of Physical Science of the Chinese Academy of Sciences determined the first atomic-resolution structure of an RNA–DNA hybrid G-quadruplex (RDQ) formed between human telomeric DNA and a TERRA RNA fragment.

Researchers from the Shanghai Advanced Research Institute of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY reported that a continuous-wave (CW) X-ray free-electron lasers (XFELs) could generate terawatt-class attosecond X-ray pulses at megahertz repetition rates, based on comprehensive simulations of Shanghai HIgh repetitioN rate XFEL and Extreme light facility (SHINE).

A group of researchers have found super-Earths (SEs) and mini-Neptunes (MNs) planets followed distinct evolutionary paths, after conducting an in-depth study based on large-sample observational data, according to the National Astronomical Observatories of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.

The supergiant bathynomid is a deep-sea isopod famous for surviving more than five years without food. A research team from the Institute of Oceanology has uncovered the mechanisms enabling these deep-sea supergiants to thrive under extreme nutritional constraints.

A research team led by Prof. SUN Chaomin from the Institute of Oceanology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (IOCAS) has revealed that deep-sea methanogenic archaea efficiently utilize phosphorus and store energy through polyphosphate (polyP) metabolism.

Chinese astronomers have conducted observations and analyses of star clusters in the outer halo of the Andromeda Galaxy -- the Milky Way's cosmic neighbor -- hoping to uncover the growth story of this galaxy from these celestial "time capsules."

A study published in Science and conducted by Ke-Ting Shin, Dong-sheng An, Ji-Wei Xie, Ji-Lin Zhou and Fei Dai first revealed that super-earths and mini-neptunes follow different orbital period—eccentricity relations, indicating that despite with similar sizes, super-earths and mini-neptunes underwent distinct dynamical evolutionary histories.

Researchers from the Institute of Deep-sea Science and Engineering of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, along with the collaborators, have now documented the world's deepest and largest known aggregation of whale fossils and active whale-fall ecosystems. This deep-sea site, referred to as a "whale necropolis" due to its vast size, is located in the Diamantina Zone of the southeastern Indian Ocean and contains evidence of cetacean falls for at least 5.3 million years.

Chinese astronomers have unveiled the mysterious origins of a young pulsar located in the Milky Way's halo, providing compelling observational evidence for the study of such objects' formation. The study was conducted by a team from the Xinjiang Astronomical Observatory of the Chinese Academy of Sciences。