Could China’s Yaogan-47 satellite have a lens as wide as the Hubble Telescope?
One of China’s latest Earth observation satellites operating in low orbit could feature an optical aperture at a…
Viruses in Wastewater: Silent Drivers of Pollution Removal and Antibiotic Resistance
Newswise — These findings suggest that current monitoring strategies, which rely heavily on bacterial indicators alone, may miss…
From straw to soil signals: Humic substances drive microbial metabolism and antibiotic resistance
By simulating natural humification using controlled thermal treatments of crop residues, researchers show that humic substances formed at…
A Redox switch for resilience: How a rubber tree gene strengthens plant stress defense
The gene, named HbRbohD, encodes a membrane-localized enzyme that triggers stress-responsive ROS signaling while simultaneously enhancing antioxidant protection. Through…
Ultrasonic insights into well integrity: Advances and challenges in cement bond evaluation
Ensuring the integrity of wells is fundamental to safe oil and gas production, geothermal energy development, and geological…
Chinese team tackles a century-old puzzle in physics: can we travel back in time?
Chinese researchers have proposed a simple yet powerful theory to explain one of physics’ oldest puzzles: why time…
Microalgal–Bacterial granules show resilience to estrogen pollution but face structural collapse at high contamination levels
At low exposure, MBGS enhances organic matter removal through microbial enrichment and efficient estrogen transformation. However, higher E3…
The race for AI centres in space: why the US goes all in after China makes first move
The global race to deploy data centres in space to power artificial intelligence (AI) development has begun, with…
Chinese scientists discover how Earth’s deep mantle water made planet habitable
This image taken by onboard monitoring cameras of the ESA’s Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (Juice) on Aug 20,…
Hidden arsenic threat: Loss of underwater plants turns lake sediments from sink to source
The study shows that the loss of these plants, which control arsenic in sediments, can worsen contamination. Using…
How a Single Gene Shapes Leaf Lobes in Brassica Rapa
Brassica crops, such as B. rapa, often display variations in leaf shape, including entire or lobed leaves, which significantly…
DeepSeek’s Liang Wenfeng makes the cut in top 10 ‘people who shaped science in 2025’
The Nature’s 10 profile of Liang recognised the disruption caused in January by the release of DeepSeek-R1, a…