
Environmental contamination by mercury in its organometallic form, methylmercury, remains a major global concern due to its neurotoxicity, environmental persistence and biomagnification through the food chain.Methylmercury was also the “culprit” of the “Minamata disease”in Japan in the 1950s,causinga worldwide scandal. However, for a long time, the mystery of methylmercury formation in the environment has prevented people from controlling methylmercury pollution fromthe source.Recently, a resear

Recently, to celebrate the 120th anniversary of the Nobel Prize in Literature, Nankai University Library held the exhibition Dialogue with Masters – Exhibition of Nobel Prize-winning Works in the middle hall on the second floor of the Central Building of Jinnan Campus, exhibiting the main representative works of previous Nobel Prize winners. More than 180 books have been showed, involving literature, biography, economics, history, philosophy etc.The Nobel Prize in Literature is widely acknowledg

On April 23, Liu Jingzhen, Chairman of Sinopharm Group, and his entourage came to our school to discuss cooperation. Cao Xuetao, academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, president of Nankai University, met the guests at Haibing Building on Balitai Campus. The two parties conducted in-depth discussions and exchanged views on scientific research innovation, platform construction and transformation of ST achievements. Rao Zihe, academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and former pre

On April 21, Wei Fuwen, a conservation biologist, also Academician of the ChineseAcademyof Sciences and Academician of The World Academy of Sciences, gave a lecture themed “Conservation Biology” as one of Nankai University’s“Led by Masters” general education course series “The Current Situation and Prospect of Biological Sciences”. Nearly 200 teachers and students from Nankai University attended the event online and offline.Based on his own study experience, Academician Wei Fuwen introduced his

On April 22, the Academician and Expert Achievement Exhibition and Transformation Center of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, jointly established by the Chinese Academy of Engineering and the Shanghai Municipal People’s Government was officially inaugurated in Jiading District, Shanghai. The Academician and Expert Achievement Exhibition Hall was opened on the same day. The research achievement of the team of Academician Li Zhengming from Nankai University, “A Super-efficient Herbicide for Mill

On April 22, researcher Wang Youchun, virologist, chief expert in vaccine verification of the China Institute of Food and Drug Administration, member of the World Health Organization’s Committee for Standardization of Biological Products, guested at Nankai Public Health Lecture with the topic “Research on novel Coronavirus Pseudoviruses”, which brought a vivid public health science report to teachers and students of Nankai University.Xu Jianguo, academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering

On April 23, World Book and Copyright Day, the 11th Nankai Reading Festival opened in the Central Library of the Jinnan Campus of Nankai University. This years reading festival featured a variety of activities. Nankai University Vice President Wang Xinsheng attended the opening ceremony, together with more than 200 representatives of teachers and students from the whole school.In his speech, Wang Xinsheng on behalf of the school expressed his congratulations on the opening of the 11th Nankai Rea

Fig. 1 The local surface plasmon effect of Au/Nv-C3C4heterojunction and its involvement in the reaction process and electrochemical properties of lithium-oxygen batteriesIn recent days, the research team of Li Fujunfrom the College of Chemistry of Nankai University has made a breakthrough in the development of light-responsive high-energy-density lithium-oxygen batteries. They have developed a new type of semiconductor catalyst with surface plasmon enhancement effect. For the first time, visible

How do youput downirrestistablesmartphones and avoid being disturbed frequently during self-study? Recently, after learning from many sources, the School of Mathematical Science in Nankai University has establisheda Non-smartphone Study Room providing a pure environment for students who want to study with undivided attention.“Non-smartphone Study Rooms” are seldom seen despite adequate study rooms on campus. Entering the School of Mathematical Science on weekends, it is easy to find the study ro

In recent days, the 17thWang Daheng Optical Award of 2020 has revealed the winners. Xia Shiqi, a doctoral student in the School of Physics of Nankai University, was awarded the Wang Daheng Optical Award” from a selection of students fromall colleges.Having studied atNankai for two years, Xia Shiqi has published 12 papers in international journals such as Science, Physical Review Letters, Light: Science Applications, Nature Communications, etc., including 5 first-authored or co-first authored th

The picture shows the structure of symmetric sodium-ion battery based on the inorganic-organic hybrid tetrasodium salt molecule (on the left) and the 30 Ah soft pack sodium-ion battery based on the high specific energy manganese-based oxide cathode and in-situ pre-sodium hard carbon cathode developed by Chen Juns team (on the right)Chen Juns team at Nankai University, with more than ten years of dedicated research, has made a breakthrough in key electrode materials and control mechanisms for sod

Tuberculosis caused by Mycobacterium Tuberculosis is an ancient chronic infectious disease, which humans have been fighting against for quite a long time. TheGlobal Tuberculosis Report 2020issued by WHO estimates that the number of people latently infected with tuberculosis in the world is close to 2 billion. In 2019, there were 9.96 million new tuberculosis patients worldwide and 1.21 million deaths. Among the newly diagnosed tuberculosis patients worldwide in 2019, about 3.3% of new patients a

The 13th PeakTime Business SimulationCompetition has recently come to aclose. Under the guidance ofinstructorsfrom Nankai Business School, Liu Jianhua and Shi Jian, the competing team“The one”, comprised of2020 MBA studentsfrom NankaiBusiness School, won the specialprize ofthe MBA group (the National Championship) by virtue of their capability for accurate strategic decision-making and their remarkable skillsinbusiness caseanalysis. They will participate in the competition’s global finalson beha

On April 7, Kang Le, Academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and President of Hebei University, entered the platform of Nankai University to give a lecture titled “The Secrets of Locust Plague”, which attracted over 200 teachers and students.This lecture is the seventh one of the general education course series “The Current Situation and Prospect of Biological Sciences”. Academician Kang Le introduced the research on the aggregation behavior of locusts. He pointed out that the plague of l

The selection of the 2020 Tianjin Student Innovation and Entrepreneurship Scholarship was organized by the Tianjin Municipal Education Commission and the Tianjin Education Development Foundation . It aimed to encourage university students to involve themselves in the innovation and entrepreneur practice in order to stimulate their innovation and develop their entrepreneurial skills. Upon the completion of the process of student applications, school recommendations and expert evaluations, the Tia