Micro/nanomotors (MNMs) hold immense potential for advancing fundamental science and enabling a diverse range of applications, including targeted therapeutic interventions and environmental remediation. MOF-based motors have demonstrated excellent performance in wastewater treatment, leveraging the MOF tunable chemistry, high porosity, and large surface area for enhanced interactions with target species.

Advances in precision oncology necessitate tools capable of effectively imaging and treating deep-seated tumours. Radioactive quantum dots (RQDs) fulfil this requirement by creating self-luminescent probes through the unique fusion of quantum dots’ (QDs) tunable optical properties with the radiological characteristics of radioactive isotopes. This design enables multimodal imaging and synergistic therapy within deep tissues, overcoming the penetration depth limitations of conventional light sources.

A multiscale-coupling triple confinement strategy was developed to construct high-performance room-temperature phosphorescent (RTP) carbon dots (CDs) that display significantly prolonged RTP lifetime and enhanced quantum yield, and show great potential in multifunctional applications including information encryption, fingerprint recognition, dynamic display, and warm white light-emitting.

SJTU researchers propose a dynamic MCPV model and CZone mechanism, slashing memory footprint by 90%.

In a paper published in SCIENCE CHINA Earth Sciences, a team led by Professor Chuanfeng Zhao from Peking University presents a comprehensive review of global sea-land breeze research. The study systematically synthesizes recent advances in identification methods, key observational benchmarks, and the complex meteorological and non-meteorological factors that govern these coastal wind systems. The authors highlight that future breakthroughs will depend on improving spatiotemporal precision and clarifying how aerosols influence sea-land breeze dynamics through micro-physical mechanisms.

Researchers have developed a real-space topological strategy to stabilize fractional orbital angular momentum modes, which are normally unstable in free space. Inspired by quark confinement, the team used optical conformal mapping to stitch fractional phase structures into stable composite wave states. The mechanism was experimentally demonstrated on an elastic flexural wave platform and may offer new opportunities for wave manipulation in acoustics, photonics and on-chip information systems.

Chinese researchers led by Prof. Shen Liu from the Department of Orthopedics of the Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine have discovered that certain supporting cells expressing a protein marker called p16^INK4a, once associated with aging or stressed cells, were found to be key drivers of tendon healing. JMJD3, a molecular "switch," helped them turn on the repair genes. This pathway can be targeted to develop new treatment strategies for tendon injuries.