BEIJING, Oct. 27, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Wenge AI launched ScienceOra, its research and decision-support platform, on Tencent WorkBuddy, making more than 30 specialist research agents and skills available to users. The initial offering supports literature analysis, hypothesis development, study design, modeling and simulation, validation, and research communication. Users can access ScienceOra through WorkBuddy's app discovery section for support across the research process, from exploring a new field to conducting advanced research and making informed scientific decisions.
ScienceOra is powered by the ScienceOne Scientific Foundation Model, which was developed as part of a Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS)-coordinated initiative. Building on that foundation and on Wenge AI's long-standing work in scientific data, research tools, and decision AI, ScienceOra brings specialized research knowledge, tools, and agent capabilities into one system, extending AI from knowledge retrieval and content generation to the execution of complex research tasks and support for scientific decision-making.
Covering core scenarios across disciplines
Scientific research involves a great deal of specialized work at every stage, from reviewing the literature and formulating hypotheses to designing experiments, analyzing data, validating findings, and publishing papers. Researchers everywhere face the same questions: how to spot valuable leads in a vast body of literature, how to synthesize scientific evidence and carry complex projects forward, and how to make sound scientific judgments between competing options. ScienceOra on WorkBuddy addresses both general research needs and discipline-specific work, organized around three levels of support — getting started, advanced research, and expert decision-making — for users across disciplines and at different stages of their work.
Getting started in research
At the first level, ScienceOra helps researchers turn a mass of information into a structured understanding of a field. Its agents cover academic literature research, comparative literature analysis, in-depth paper analysis, and literature review mapping; its skills cover literature search, multi-paper comparison, and structured close reading. Together they help researchers trace how a field has developed, compare the core arguments and methods of different studies, and identify research gaps. Beyond finding and summarizing literature, the AI can examine the evidence, conclusions, and limitations of different studies around a specific scientific question, offering reference points for further work.
Advanced research
For advanced research, ScienceOra helps researchers move from analyzing existing knowledge to carrying out specialized tasks. It supports evidence synthesis, study design, and domain-specific data analysis in areas such as systematic reviews and meta-analyses, molecular biology and multi-omics, and drug developability assessment.
In drug development, for example, researchers assessing a candidate molecule's developability can work with specialist agents to plan experiments, molecular modeling, and simulations, then draw on experimental data to explore validation strategies and opportunities for optimization. ScienceOra also offers manuscript editing, manuscript formatting to meet journal requirements, and research slide deck generation, helping researchers organize, communicate, and present their findings.
Expert decisions
To support expert decision-making, ScienceOra helps researchers weigh scientific evidence and evaluate competing options in rice breeding, materials science, drug development, and research evaluation. Its agents include the Yuandao Siyuan AI breeding scientist, a materials characterization and validation scientist, and an alloy thermodynamics and phase-field simulation scientist.
Yuandao Siyuan is a specialized ScienceOra application for rice breeding. The agent is built on the Yuandao Siyuan intelligent breeding platform, jointly developed by the Hunan Academy of Agricultural Sciences, the Institute of Automation of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, and Wenge AI, and launched this month at the Yuelu Mountain Laboratory in Changsha. The name pays tribute to hybrid-rice pioneer Yuan Longping and evokes the Chinese saying "When drinking water, remember its source." Drawing on dedicated breeding resources and a knowledge graph, it supports searches for variety approval records and germplasm resources, pedigree tracing, and the tracing of research literature to its sources.
In new materials development, researchers can draw on X-ray diffraction (XRD) phase analysis, structural characterization, and published evidence to compare candidate materials in terms of properties, structural stability, fabrication costs, and potential risks, informing materials selection and subsequent experimental validation.
For research evaluation, a general-purpose reviewer agent and a range of peer-review simulation skills help assess the quality of a study, including its originality, performance against existing benchmarks, methodological rigor, and experimental design. These capabilities help researchers efficiently identify key scientific questions and promising avenues for innovation, supporting the choice of research topics and the evaluation of technical approaches.
Extending decision AI into research workflows
By combining domain knowledge, scientific data, research tools, and agent capabilities, ScienceOra extends research AI beyond question answering and content generation to complex research tasks and decision support. This brings AI into day-to-day research workflows, helping researchers work more efficiently.
This integration with Tencent WorkBuddy is another step in Wenge AI's effort to make specialized research AI available to more users. Through the WorkBuddy app ecosystem, ScienceOra brings its agents and skills into everyday workflows, giving researchers, university faculty and students, and other learners more convenient access to research AI tools.
Going forward, Wenge AI will continue to expand ScienceOra's research capabilities and deepen the integration of decision AI into research settings, making scientific knowledge easier to access, research more efficient, and professional decisions better grounded in evidence.
ScienceOra Website: https://www.scienceone.ai/portal/
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Wenge AI Launches ScienceOra on Tencent WorkBuddy, Making Specialized Research AI More Accessible
Wenge AI Launches ScienceOra on Tencent WorkBuddy, Making Specialized Research AI More Accessible
HANGZHOU, China, Oct. 27, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- On 27 October 2026, HIKMICRO launches its new STELLAR 4.0 thermal scope and THUNDER 4.0 thermal clip-on, led by the flagship X-1280 models SX75LR 4.0 and TQ70CL 4.0, alongside a broader range of 640-resolution models. Under the theme "When Seeing Becomes Knowing," the new generation combines evolved thermal imaging, purpose-matched optics and refined hunter-centric design to reveal more usable information when challenging conditions make a scene harder to interpret.
For experienced thermal users, detecting that something is there is only the beginning. At longer distances, under higher magnification or against complex backgrounds, important details can become harder to distinguish and the wider scene more difficult to read. In these moments, the challenge is not simply to see more, but to have enough clear, meaningful information to understand what is in front of the hunter with greater confidence.
It is this step from seeing to knowing that lies at the heart of the new STELLAR 4.0 and THUNDER 4.0 families. Rather than pursuing technology for its own sake, HIKMICRO brings imaging, optics, form and operation together to preserve more useful information and reduce uncertainty in real use. As advanced technology works more naturally in the background, hunters can stay focused on what is in front of them, relying on the experience and judgement they have built over time.
Innovation Shaped by What Hunters Need
For experienced hunters, meaningful progress is not defined by a single specification — it is something to be experienced and compared in the field. What matters is what becomes clearer, more natural or easier to control in the field. Guided by HIKMICRO's Refine What Matters approach, STELLAR 4.0 and THUNDER 4.0 focus their advances on these real moments of use—from the information available in the first view to the way each device fits into familiar hunting habits and existing equipment. HIKMICRO invites hunters to experience these differences for themselves.
Know at First Sight
Higher resolution matters most when the additional detail is immediately usable. The latest X-1280 models introduce an all-new optical design, pairing their 1280 sensors and focal lengths of 70 mm and above to bring more of that captured detail into the first view. Instead of having to zoom in or make additional adjustments to find meaningful information, hunters gain a clear, information-rich view from the moment they look through the device.
On the SX75LR 4.0, a purpose-matched 3.0 x base magnification brings meaningful detail on distant subjects closer while preserving the surrounding context needed to read the wider scene. Subject detail and surrounding scene remain visible together, making the first view clearer, more complete and immediately readable.
Feel Right from the First Hold
Advanced capability feels most natural when it works with habits hunters already know. Across HIKMICRO's new X-1280 flagships, the focus is not only on adding capability, but on making that capability fit naturally into familiar hunting setups and handling.
On STELLAR SX75LR 4.0, HIKMICRO's industry-first LRF Inside Lens design integrates laser ranging directly into the optical system, preserving the clean profile and familiar handling of a traditional tube scope. On THUNDER TQ70CL 4.0, HIKMICRO's proprietary architecture delivers 1280 Performance, Compact by Design, bringing flagship X-1280 image quality into a compact clip-on body that integrates naturally with an existing daytime-optic setup.
Different architectures, but the same principle: new capability should feel natural from the outset, rather than asking hunters to change the way they already operate in the field.
Built for the Moments That Demand Certainty
A powerful first view is only the beginning. Real hunting conditions change constantly, and the information a hunter needs must remain clear and responsive as distance, magnification, weather and the scene itself evolve. Across STELLAR 4.0 and THUNDER 4.0, HIKMICRO has refined the wider imaging system to preserve clarity and continuity beyond that first sight.
At the core of the X-1280 models is an evolved 1280x1024 thermal detector with 12 mK NETD, capturing finer thermal differences and richer scene information. But more information only matters when it remains useful. IMAGE PRO 4.0 optimizes image quality and scene readability across both families, while STELLAR 4.0 combines it with Intelligent Zoom to deliver AI-enhanced image clarity with a seamless, intuitive zooming experience as magnification increase.
The viewing experience is further refined by HSIS and SYNC PRO technology. HSIS keeps observation natural and continuous without conventional calibration-related image freezing, while SYNC PRO keeps the image and controls responsive as hunters interact with the device. Together, they create a smoother, more immediate experience as the situation develops.
The result is not simply a collection of advanced imaging technologies, but a system designed to keep useful information flowing when it matters. The clearer the connection between hunter and scene, the greater the confidence in what the image is saying.
STELLAR 4.0 — Master the Moment
Once the scene is clear, precision depends on what happens next. Building on its first-view clarity and industry-first LRF Inside Lens design, STELLAR 4.0 brings optimized ranging and ballistic assistance together to support more precise shooting. Its enhanced laser rangefinder delivers improved accuracy, stability and penetration up to 1,200 meters, while accurate ballistic calculation helps hunters make more informed aiming adjustments when haze or changing weather make ranging more challenging. That precision continues into the adjustment itself. A 1.3 cm click value at 100 meters allows finer corrections to the point of aim, giving hunters greater control over each adjustment.
Control also depends on how naturally the scope responds in use. STELLAR 4.0 places its focus and magnification controls at the rear, keeping key adjustments within easy reach and supporting the way hunters naturally interact with a scope. Real hunting, however, does not always offer the perfect shooting position. An 8 mm exit pupil and 55 mm eye relief provide greater freedom in head and eye position while maintaining a clear, comfortable view. From the first view to the final adjustment, STELLAR 4.0 helps hunters remain informed and in control when precision matters most—helping them Master the Moment.
THUNDER 4.0 — Own the Hunt
Building on its compact X-1280 design, THUNDER 4.0 extends the experience beyond image quality with refined controls designed to fit naturally into the hunter's existing daytime-optic setup.
A hunter-centric lever design makes key adjustments faster and more intuitive while keeping the operating position familiar. This allows hunters to access essential controls naturally in use, without changing the way they are accustomed to operating their setup. THUNDER 4.0 is engineered for precision, with enhanced component and assembly accuracy and 100% precision checks before shipment. This precision-focused design helps achieve a point-of-impact deviation of approximately 3 cm at 100 meters, equivalent to around 1 MOA, supporting consistent shooting accuracy and giving hunters greater confidence when every moment counts.
From carrying and mounting to observation and action, THUNDER 4.0 is designed to make every part of the experience feel familiar and controlled—giving hunters the confidence to Own the Hunt.
When Seeing Becomes Knowing: Experience Takes the Lead
Seeing more is valuable only when it leads to a better understanding of what is happening in front of the hunter. Across STELLAR 4.0 and THUNDER 4.0, every refinement—from the information preserved in the image to the way the device responds in use—is designed to reduce uncertainty without taking judgement away from the person behind the optic.
Because knowing is not the same as acting. A clearer understanding of the scene may give a hunter the confidence to take the next step, but it may equally mean waiting, repositioning or walking away. The value lies in having enough meaningful information to read the situation and make that decision based on experience built over time. That is where HIKMICRO sees the role of technology. Not to replace the hunter's experience, but to support it. When the right information is available, operation feels natural and performance can be relied on, the technology itself demands less attention. The hunter's own experience and judgement can take the lead.
See more of the detail. Know more about the situation. Xperience technology that works naturally with the way hunters see, judge and act in the field. Because when the right information meets experience built over time, uncertainty gives way to understanding—and seeing becomes knowing.
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When Seeing Becomes Knowing: HIKMICRO Launches X-1280 STELLAR 4.0 and THUNDER 4.0 for the Moments That Demand Certainty
When Seeing Becomes Knowing: HIKMICRO Launches X-1280 STELLAR 4.0 and THUNDER 4.0 for the Moments That Demand Certainty
When Seeing Becomes Knowing: HIKMICRO Launches X-1280 STELLAR 4.0 and THUNDER 4.0 for the Moments That Demand Certainty
