
Phase transitions are the transformations from one phase or state of matter to another one that commonly occur in nature, and is a typical example of the philosophical lawwhich states thatchangesin quantity leads to changes in quality. A variety of interactions in nature give rise to different types of phase transitions, such asthegas-liquid phase change, the paramagnetic-ferromagnetic phase change, and so on. Phase transitions offer the powerful potential forthe manipulation ofmaterial properti

On November 27, a research group on corporate governance evaluation led by Professor Li Wei’an from the China Academy of Corporate Governance of Nankai University, together with the Shenzhen Research Association of Corporate Governance,released the “Shenzhen Listed Company Governance Evaluation Report(2020)”in Shenzhen. This is the fourth consecutive release of the regional corporate governance evaluation report since the first “Shenzhen Listed Company Governance Evaluation Report(2017)”was issu

In the class of Haihe Middle School, several girls from Nankai University demonstrated the firing process of blue and white porcelain. On the big screen, a fired porcelain vase was displayed with great liveliness, with smooth contours and bright colors of blue and white.The middle school students under the podium stared at the screen and watched the ancient ceramic virtual simulation course. After the demonstration, the students flocked to the podium to operate the computer themselves, experienc

On November 14, Nankai-Lvyeyuan Institute of Agricultural Quality and Production Improvement (hereafter called the Institute) was unveiled. It will build an industry-university-research system for innovation through school-enterprise cooperation, assisting with high-quality development of our countrys agriculture.The opening ceremony was held in the Shixian Building, Balitai Campus, Nankai University. President of the Lvyeyuan Group Fan Guofang, executive vice president Wang Xueji, vice presiden

The 34thExcellent Philosophy and Social Science Books in East China revealedits results, and the Nankai Japanese Research Library (18 books included)published by JiangsuPeople’s Publishing Housewon the first prize, adding another great honor to the series after its being selected into the 2019 AnnualMajor Achievements of Major Historical Research and Teaching Institutions in China. Itis reported that 65 booksintotal received the first prize this year.Nankai Japanese Research Library was planned

On October 31, the opening ceremony of Intelligent Network Security Research Center of the Institute for Development Strategy of China’s New-Generation Artificial Intelligence and the Intelligent Network Security Forum were held at Nankai University.Li Yuxiao, General Secretary of the Cyber Security Association of China, Xu Jingjun, Executive Vice President of Nankai University, and Xu Binyan, Deputy Director of Tianjin Municipal Office of the Cyberspace Affairs Commission of attended the event.

On October 28th, the New SubstanceCreation Frontier Science Center of Nankai University was unveiled at thefirst meeting ofthemanagement committee of the Center held at the Service Building in Balitai Campus. Attendees included Chancellor Yang Qingshan,President Cao Xuetao, Executive Vice President Xu Jingjunand Vice President Chen Jun. Xu chairedthe meeting.Cao announced the establishment of the Center and the appointment of its director. Yang and Cao unveiled the Center.The Center is devoted t

The new book Handbook of Macrocyclic Supramolecular Assemblyedited by Professor Liu Yu, Chen Yong and Zhang Hengyi from the School of Chemistry of Nankai University was recently published by Springer Nature, an authoritative international academic journal. With an introduction of recent research results in macrocyclic supramolecular chemistry, the book aims to provide educators, scientists, graduates and undergraduates with a relatively complete set of references to deeply understand this field.

Why do people want to drink water after eating salty potato chips, and why do they want to drink sports drinksafter exercise? On October 14th, US Eastern Time, the top international academic journal Naturepublished online arecentresult of the research team of Professor Yuki Oka of the California Institute of Technology, explaining the basis of the cells and brain circuits that act upon everyone’sdaily behavior. It is worth noting that Wang Tongtong, the second author of the paper, is an undergra

The National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) has recently announced the evaluation result of some projects during the centralized acceptance period in the 2020 NSFC application. 230 projects in Nankai University has been funded, with an increase of 17 projects over the previous year. Among the 230 projects, there were 133 general projects, 78 youth projects, 5 outstanding youth science fund projects, 11 key projects and 3 key international cooperation projects, with a direct fund of 1

On September 15th, the 22nd China International Industry Fairwas held at the Shanghai National Convention and Exhibition Center. Nankai University, with more than 10 scientific research achievements, appeared in the Science and Technology Innovation Exhibition Area of the University of the China International Industry Fair. Through displaying exhibition boards, objects, explanations and videos, Nankai University won the “Excellent Organization Award for University Exhibition Area at the 2020 Chi

On 14thSeptember, atthe “2020 Data Security Summit Forum” held in Chongqing, Cyber Security Association of China and Chongqing Cyberspace Affairs Office jointly released the Typical Practice Cases of Data Security in 2020. Among these cases, the research of the team of Professor Liu Zheli of Nankai University - Privacy-protected Multi-platform Joint Advertising Recommendation Business - stood out after heavy screening and has been successfully selected as one of the top ten typical practice case

Recently, Nankai University’s Research Center of Network Society Governance held a cloud conference and released the 2020 “Data-Empowered Evaluation Index of Government’s Governance Capability” together with the China Economic Information Service of Xinhua News Agency and the National Engineering Laboratory of Big Data Application Technology to Enhance Government’s Governance Capability. The result shows that Shanghai, Shenzhen and Beijing are among the top three, with Wuhan leaping to fourth, b

Rabi oscillation, originally proposed in nuclear magnetic resonance, is the core of technologies including nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy and magnetic resonance imaging. Generally, it is described as a cyclic state transition of a nuclear moment under an external oscillating magnetic field and has been widely applied in the areas such as quantum computing, quantum optics, condensed matter and so on. Considering the time-reversal-symmetry-broken phenomena brought about by magnetic fields

On September 4th, the work promotion conference · collaborative Innovation forum of Collaborative Innovation Center on Modern Tourism Developmentwas held at Nankai University. At the conference, the opening ceremony of Collaborative Innovation Center on Modern Tourism Development Co-sponsored by Province and Ministry (hereinafter referred to as the Center) was officially held, being the first and the only collaborative innovation center on tourism of the discipline in China at the present.The sp