The gyrotropic magnetic effect (GME), which emerges as the low-frequency limit of natural gyrotopy, is a fundamental property of Bloch electrons on the Fermi surface in materials lacking inversion symmetry. While Weyl semimetals were among the first systems predicted to host the GME, this effect has not yet been experimentally observed in these materials. Here, the research team theoretically propose a robust scheme to generate a significant GME in anisotropic nodal-line semimetals using Floquet engineering with bicircular light. They show that bicircular light irradiation can selectively break spatial and time-reversal symmetries, inducing a topological phase transition from a nodal-line semimetal to a Weyl semimetal with a minimal number of Weyl nodes. Crucially, the Weyl nodes with opposite chirality are separated in energy, a key requirement for a non-zero GME. Using first-principles calculations combined with Floquet theory, they identify compressed black phosphorus as an ideal material platform. The intrinsic anisotropy of black phosphorus amplifies the GME, resulting in a measurable gyrotropic current that is several orders of magnitude larger than that in previously proposed systems. This work not only provides a concrete path toward the experimental realization of GME but also opens new avenues for exploring the interplay of light, symmetry, and topology in quantum materials.

A research paper just published in Science China life sciences reports that gamma-selinene synthase (TwTPS5) initiates the biosynthesis of dihydroagarofuran sesquiterpene alkaloids in Tripterygium. Knockout of TwTPS5 by gene editing reduces toxic alkaloids but increases pharmaceutically valuable compounds, generating a promising safer medicinal plant resource for future applications.

Researchers at Fudan University established the first cohort-scale long-read sequencing (LRS) resource for schizophrenia, comprising 141 Chinese cases (CN_SCZ), to systematically characterize structural variants (SVs) often missed by short-read sequencing. On average, 16,408 SVs were identified per sample. Schizophrenia-specific SVs were enriched in known genomic hotspots, such as 16p12.1, and showed a strong tendency for tandem repeat expansions. Using their in-house tool SVJudge, the team identified 358 potentially pathogenic SVs, including 197 predicted to disrupt transcription factor binding in brain regulatory networks. From these variants, 82 risk genes were prioritized—23 newly implicated—and found enriched in neurodevelopmental and synaptic pathways. These findings refine the genetic landscape of schizophrenia and offer new insights for future mechanistic and therapeutic research.

A groundbreaking review published in SmartBot presents a comprehensive analysis of Kinematically Redundant Parallel Mechanisms with Configurable Platforms (PMCPs), a transformative robotic technology that balances the precision of parallel mechanisms with the flexibility of configurable end-effectors. Authored by Chunxu Tian from Fudan University and Dan Zhang from The Hong Kong Polytechnic University. The study addresses key challenges in PMCP development and outlines future directions to advance next-generation adaptive robotic systems.

Circadian rhythms are endogenous oscillations widely present in living organisms, typically following approximately 24-hour cyclic regulation. These rhythms govern various physiological processes including sleep-wake cycles, hormone secretion, thermoregulation, and metabolism.

Diffuse Alveolar Damage (DAD), a severe pathological consequence of acute lung injury triggered by factors like infection or toxins, features intense inflammatory cell infiltration and carries a high mortality rate.