Ocean oil slick map proves human activity almost completely to blame

Naturally seeping oil from seafloor reservoirs was thought to contribute as much to marine pollution as tankers, pipelines and drilling platforms. But new satellite data paint a very different picture.

Tandem solar cells boost energy harvesting efficiency

Materials scientist Hairen Tan is on a mission to develop affordable, durable, efficient solar cells that can deliver clean, low-cost electricity for all.

Taking electronics beyond the limits of silicon

A new era of faster, more efficient digital technology is closer thanks to research into the development of novel 2D materials in transistors.

Leech-like creatures are oldest known ancestors of invertebrates

Based on fossils of their throats, tiny creatures called yunnanozoans — which lived more than half a billion years ago — have been established as a link in the emergence of vertebrates from invertebrates.

Intense fires drive their own wild weather

Models of wildfire-wind feedback loops could help predict danger zones and improve preparedness, says Aijun Ding.

Yunlong Tao and his cooperators produce human norepinephrine neurons from stem cells

Norepinephrine (NE) neurons in the locus coeruleus (LC) regulate heartbeat, blood pressure, arousal, memory, attention and “fight or flight” reactions. Humans have approximately 50,000 LC-NE neurons in the hindbrain, where the locus coeruleus is. From there, the LC-NE neurons reach into all parts of the brain and the spinal cord. In many neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’...

Focus on Early Results from the Chinese Hα Solar Explorer (CHASE) Mission

As the first solar space mission of China, the Chinese Hα Solar Explorer (CHASE), also dubbed "Xihe", Goddess of the Sun in Chinese legends, was successfully launched on October 14, 2021. After great efforts of in-orbit experimental operation, the performance of the satellite has been excellent and met the pre-launch expectations since August 4 2022. The full-Sun raster scanning takes 46 seconds, ...

Discovery of topological magnon polarons in a multiferroic material by Jinsheng Wen and Jian-Xin Li 's Collaborative Team

Reporting the discovery of topological magnon polarons in a multiferroic material Fe2Mo3O8, Professor Jinsheng Wen’s group published a paper entitled “Direct observation of topological magnon polarons in a multiferroic material” in Nature Communications [Nat. Commun. 14, 6093 (2023)] in collaboration with Prof. Jian-Xin Li’s group at the School of Physics.  Magnons and phonons, quanta of spin waves ...

An autonomous activation of interleukin-17 receptor signaling sustains inflammation and promotes disease progression

Recently, Professor Xu Qiang and his team from the School of Life Sciences made new progress in interleukin and published a research paper titled “An autonomous activation of interleukin-17 receptor signaling sustains inflammation and promotes disease progression” on Immunity (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.immuni.2023.06.012). Professor Xu is the corresponding author of this paper, and Research Associate ...