Wei Xie's group uncovers EZHIP's critical role in H3K27me3 intergenerational reprogramming

Epigenetic information, particularly heterochromatin modifications, can be stably transmitted across cell generations, thereby maintaining cell fate stability. This phenomenon is known as "epigenetic memory." During the transition from mammalian gametes to early embryos, cell fate undergoes drast...

Plants that fight back: scientists engineer disease-resistant crops

A modification to plant proteins helps them recognize and attack pathogens such as viruses. Crop diseases are a huge drain on our food supply. The soybean mosaic disease, for example, is a highly destructive infection that leads to billions of dollars in losses on soybean yields every year around...

Tsinghua SIGS Research Forecasts Global Health Crisis from Wildfire Smoke

A new study led by researchers from Tsinghua University Shenzhen International Graduate School (Tsinghua SIGS) was published online in Nature as an Accelerated Article Preview on September 18. Titled “Global warming amplifies wildfire health burden and reshapes inequality,” the research focuses...

​Tsinghua researchers reveal the aging dynamics of sea ice driven by diffusive desalination

Sea ice is a crucial component of Earth’s climate system, having important effects on ocean circulation, sea temperature, surface albedo, etc. As sea ice ages, its porosity and salt content decrease, which directly influences its thermal and mechanical properties and thereby influences its inter...

​Tsinghua researchers reveal continuous transition from elastic to elasto-inertial turbulence

Viscoelastic fluids are ubiquitous in daily life and industrial applications, such as toothpaste, shampoo, and polymer solutions. These fluids exhibit turbulent behaviors distinctly different from Newtonian fluids. Polymers can induce two new types of turbulence: elastic turbulence (occurring whe...