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USTC deciphers temperature-governed processes of lithium-mars gas batteries
University of Science and Technology of ChinaPeer-Reviewed Publication
A research team led by Prof. TAN Peng from the University of Science and Technology of China (USTC) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences has revealed the temperature regulation mechanism of lithium-mars gas batteries (LMGBs), providing a theoretical foundation for the design of next-generation deep space exploration energy batteries. The study was published in Advanced Functional Materials.
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- Advanced Functional Materials
USTC certifies genuinely entangled subspaces of five qubit code via robust self-testing
University of Science and Technology of China- Journal
- Reports on Progress in Physics
Drone-based multispectral imaging offers fast, affordable mapping of crop photosynthesis
Nanjing Agricultural University The Academy of ScienceA research team demonstrates that unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) equipped with multispectral sensors can rapidly and accurately estimate two key photosynthetic traits—the maximum carboxylation rate of Rubisco (Vcmax) and maximum electron transport rate (Jmax)—in tea chrysanthemums.
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- Plant Phenomics
USTC develops self-locking broadband Raman-electro-optic microcomb
University of Science and Technology of ChinaA team led by Prof. DONG Chunhua from the University of Science and Technology of China (USTC), in collaboration with Prof. BO Fang's group from Nankai University, has successfully developed a self-locked Raman-electro-optic (REO) microcomb on a single lithium niobate chip. By synergistically harnessing the electro-optic (EO), Kerr, and Raman effects within one microresonator, the microcomb has a spectral width exceeding 300 nm and a repetition rate of 26.03 GHz, without the need for external electronic feedback. The research was published in the Nature Communications.
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- Nature Communications
PhenoGazer: A cost-effective system for round-the-clock crop stress monitoring
Nanjing Agricultural University The Academy of ScienceA research team has developed PhenoGazer, a cost-effective and portable high-throughput phenotyping system designed to monitor crops continuously at both leaf and canopy scales.
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- Plant Phenomics
Plant steroid hormones speed up grape ripening and boost berry quality
Maximum Academic PressPeer-Reviewed Publication
A research team has uncovered how brassinosteroids (BRs)—naturally occurring plant steroid hormones—shape grape berry ripening and quality.
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- Food Innovation and Advances
USTC reports epitaxy growth of semiconducting monolayer WS2 lateral homojunctions
University of Science and Technology of ChinaPeer-Reviewed Publication
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- Journal of the American Chemical Society
Endogenous wheat enzymes: natural keys to stronger gluten and better bread
Maximum Academic PressPeer-Reviewed Publication
A research team has reviewed how endogenous wheat enzymes shape gluten cross-linking, dough rheology, and bread quality.
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- Food Innovation and Advances
Missing harmonic dynamics in Generalized Snell’s Law: revealing full-channel characteristics of gradient metasurfaces
Light Publishing Center, Changchun Institute of Optics, Fine Mechanics And Physics, CASPeer-Reviewed Publication
This work integrates phase gradient control with Floquet periodicity, systematically revealing the "missing" harmonic dynamics in the Generalized Snell’s Law (GSL). Through deterministic Floquet-engineered momentum compensation, target harmonics are selectively activated, transforming spatial harmonic components into independently tunable degrees of freedom—culminating in the Spatial Harmonic-expanded Generalized Snell’s Law (SH-GSL). This paradigm shifts traditional gradient metasurface research from "avoiding inter-unit coupling" to "precisely regulating strong inter-unit coupling". The work systematically elucidates the dynamics of high-order spatial harmonics in gradient metasurfaces, shaping the core physics of "full-channel metasurfaces," and provides theoretical and engineering pathways for ultra-dense beamforming, reconfigurable multichannel sensing, and generalized metasurface device design under strong coupling paradigms.
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- Light Science & Applications
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- National Natural Science Foundation of China, National Science Key Lab Fund, National Key Research and Development Program of China, Beijing Science Foundation for Distinguished Young Scholars