A bimetallic NiFe catalyst was successfully constructed to overcome the activity–selectivity trade‑off in furfural hydrogenation. The introduction of Fe dilutes continuous Ni sites, modulates the electronic structure, and creates synergistic active sites: Ni for H₂ dissociation and Fe for carbonyl activation. This design boosts the selectivity toward furfuryl alcohol from 38% to >90% at nearly full conversion, while maintaining high activity and recycle stability.

A field study reveals that combining biochar with organic fertilizer can significantly improve soil structure, nutrient availability, and beneficial microbial communities in dryland farming systems, offering a promising pathway toward more sustainable agriculture.

Cities around the world are searching for practical ways to adapt to climate change, manage stormwater, and reduce urban heat. A new field study offers compelling evidence that a simple material could significantly improve one of the most promising urban solutions: green roofs.

Real-time precise positioning depends on correction products that refine satellite orbit, clock, and bias information. 

A research team has developed a camera-only visual odometry (VO) system that uses prebuilt colored point cloud maps to deliver more accurate and robust localization with reduced drift in Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS)-challenged environments. 

A recent study published in Chinese Journal of Polymer Science, titled “Erosion-immune Layer-by-layer Deposition Enabled by Interfacial Buffering toward 20.21%-Efficient Pseudo-Planar Heterojunction Organic Solar Cells,” presents an effective interfacial buffering strategy to address this issue. By introducing a highly crystalline polymer buffer layer between donor and acceptor materials, the researchers achieved a high power conversion efficiency of 20.21%, among the highest reported for PPHJ organic solar cells.

A new genomic study reveals that ancient hybridization and gene flow have shaped the genetic diversity and morphological evolution of rare wild water lilies in Hainan, offering key insights for conservation under climate change.

Professor Wenkun Zhu and Professor Tao Chen’s research group at Southwest University of Science and Technology has published a research article in Science Bulletin demonstrating the development of an atomically dispersed U−O−Ti bimetallic photoanode material (U/TiO₂ NRA). Utilizing a facile photodeposition method, the team successfully anchored uranium single atoms directly from uranium-containing wastewater onto TiO₂ nanorod arrays rich in oxygen vacancies. The as-fabricated catalyst exhibits exceptional photoelectrochemical oxygen evolution reaction (OER) performance, offering a novel strategy for both the high-value utilization of depleted uranium resources and the design of efficient photoelectrocatalytic materials.