Researchers from the University of the Witwatersrand and the University of East Anglia have shown that carefully shaped light can reveal important chiral effects in free space, without the complex materials or extreme focusing conditions that scientists once thought were necessary. The finding could help improve optical sensing, imaging, communication and future quantum technologies. 

Fruit peel color is more than a surface trait: it shapes consumer preference, market value, and breeding direction. 

The gut microbiome is not a mere spectator but an active player in colorectal cancer (CRC), driving tumor initiation and progression through direct bacterial attacks, metabolite signals, and genetic manipulation.

Recently, a research team from the Hefei Institute of Physical Science of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), in collaboration with the Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica, CAS, developed a kappa opioid receptor (KOR) biased agonist with high efficacy and reduced side effects through structure-based rational design. The study was supported by the Steady High Magnetic Field Facility (SHMFF), including a 9.4 T magnetic resonance imaging system and an integrated experimental animal platform.

Recently, a research team led by Prof. GAO Xiaoming from the Hefei Institutes of Physical Science of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, developed developed a multimodal neural network model, MM-LHRNet, for accurate and rapid retrieval of atmospheric CO₂ column concentrations using laser heterodyne radiometry (LHR).

As global air pollution policies successfully cut human-made emissions, an overlooked natural feedback loop is undermining those hard-won gains.

Researchers from the Hefei Institutes of Physical Science analyzed 32 years of global ground-based observations from the Aerosol Robotic Network (AERONET) and studied how aerosol optical depth (AOD) changes throughout the day.

Researchers led by Professors GU Hongcang and ZHANG Fan at the Institute of Health and Medical Technology, Hefei Institutes of Physical Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, have developed BCRInsight, an advanced AI language model capable of decoding the complex "fingerprints" of B-cell receptors (BCRs).

Achromatic metalenses face stringent aperture-NA constraints, a key bottleneck in metasurface imaging. We first propose a novel achromatic imaging method using Bessel spots’ wideband consistency with non-blind restoration, design eccentric-phase off-axis meta-axicons, and develop a 9-meta-axicon integrated meta-camera. It achieves 10° FOV achromatic near-diffraction-limit imaging, circumvents aperture limits via natural dispersion, and provides a valuable solution for large-aperture wide-FOV meta-cameras.

A research team led by Researcher CHEN Chong from the Institute of Solid State Physics, Hefei Institutes of Physical Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, has developed a new synergistic strategy based on glutathione (GSH) additives, combining "dynamic regulation" and "static protection" to improve both the efficiency and stability of inverted perovskite solar cells.