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08.03 2023The Fourth Fundamental Edge in Graphene Unveiled with Photonic Lattices
A team from Nankai University in China, led by Zhigang Chen and Jingjun Xu, has made an important breakthrough in the study of topological edge states. Their findingswere recently published in a top-rated journal Physical Review Letters.Graphene, a remarkable carbon-based material, has garnered significant attention due to its exceptional properties and vast range of applications. Its two-dimensional honeycomb lattice (HCL) structure along with its unique Dirac cone in momentum space give rise t
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07.31 20232023 Academic Annual Conference of the Chinese Sociological Association Takes Place at NKU
The 2023 Annual Conference of the Chinese Sociological Association, hosted by the Chinese Sociological Association and organized by Nankai University, was held atthe Balitai Campus of Nankai University from July 7 to 9. Themed “Chinese Path to Modernization and the New Mission of Chinese Sociology”, this annual conference aims to explore the path of Chinese-style modern civilization in the context of great historical changes, and respond to the real and major problems in China’s social developme
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07.24 2023NKU’s Microbiology Research Results Included in International Authoritative Textbook
Recently, the results of the research in which Professor Wang Lei’s team from Nankai University revealed the origin and complete evolutionary pathway of cholera pandemic strains, were written into Microbe(3rd Edition), an authoritative textbook published by the American Society for Microbiology. The book, which is compiled by Professor Michele S. Swanson of the University of Michigan, USA, et al., introduces the most fundamental and core knowledge and principles in the field of microbiology, and
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07.20 2023NKU Team Led by Professor Zhu Yushan Reveals New Mechanism of NRF1-mediated Mitochondrial Biogenesis Antagonizing Innate Antiviral Immunity
On July 6, a research paper entitled “NRF1-mediated mitochondrial biogenesis antagonizes innate antiviral immunity” by a team headed by professor Zhu Yushan from the College of Life Sciences, State Key Laboratory for Medicinal Chemistry and Biology and Interdisciplinary Center of Cell Response of Nankai University was published in The EMBO Journal. The study revealed for the first time that in the case of viral infection, the host participates in the repair of damaged mitochondria by activating
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07.17 2023The Collaborative Research Team from Nankai University Successfully Isolated a Broad and Potent Spectrum of Neutralizing Antibodies from Breakthrough Infection Cases Caused by the Omicron Variant
Recently, a collaborative research team composed of Professor Yu Guo and Professor Zihe Rao from the College of Life Sciences and the State Key Laboratory of Medical Chemical Biology of Nankai University, in conjunction with the Tianjin Cell Ecological Haihe Laboratory, Guangzhou National Laboratory, and the Beijing Institute of Biological Products of China National Pharmaceutical Group (Sinopharm), among other institutions, published a research paper titled Discovery and characterization of pot
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07.13 2023NKU Team Discovered Anisotropy in Ion Transport in Nanochannels
Figure 1 (Left) Schematic diagram of anisotropic transport of ions in nanochannels along the upward direction of black phosphorus AC and ZZ crystals; (Right) Schematic diagram of nonlinear processes of ion transport in different black phosphorus nanochannels.The latest research results on nanochannels made of two-dimensional materials by the research group headed by Professor Liu Zhibo and Tian Jianguo of the School of Physics of Nankai University and the TEDA Institute of Applied Physics were p
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06.26 2023NKU Releases 2023 “Nankai Index of Data Enabling Government”
The Institute of Chinese Modernization of Nankai University and the Center for Network Society Governance of Nankai University held the 2023 “Nankai Index of Data Enabling Government” Release and Digital and Intelligent Governance Academic Seminar at the Nankai Business School. The 2023 “Nankai Index of Data Enabling Government” was released in collaboration with China Youth Press and the National Engineering Laboratory of Big Data Application Technology for Improving Government Governance Capac
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06.12 2023NKU Research Team Published a Paper in Nature Physics for Their Innovative Research Results on Sub-Symmetry Protected Topological States
Recently the research group led by professor Chen Zhigang of NKU School of Physics and TEDA Institute of Applied Physics conducted a joint research with the research group led by professor Buljan of University of Zagreb in Croatia, challenging a traditionalbelief about symmetry protected states. They found that,without the quantized topological invariants and a certain overall symmetry of the system,the topological boundarystatescan still exist in the relevant sub-space and protected by the sub-
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06.08 2023NKU Research Team Enhances the Haploid Tool for Genetic Screening with New Strategy
Diagram ofBCL2-OE effectively stabilizing haploidy of haploid cells in routine cell culture and differentiationin vitroandin vivoThe research group led byProf.Shuai Ling(the State Key Laboratory of Medicinal Chemical Biology,Nankai University)introduced anantiapoptoticgene, BCL2, into the murine haploid embryonic stem cells (haESCs) for a successful overexpression of BCL2 (BCL2-OE), which can robustlyensuretheir haploidy maintenance in variouscondition, even under strict differentiationin vitroa
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06.05 2023The World’s First Interventional Brain Machine Interface Experiment Led by NKU Team on Non-Human Primates
Theworlds first Interventional Brain Machine Interface experiment on non-human primates was successfullycarriedoutin Beijing on May 4, 2023. The experiment enabled brain control of a robotic arm through an Interventional Brain Machine Interface implanted in a monkeys brain, which marks the world-leading status of China’s brainmachine interface technology.Figure1.The surgical trial of an Interventional Brain Machine Interface implanted on a non-human primate.Figure2.The experiment achievesthe con
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05.01 2023NKU’s “Frontier Science Center for the Creation of New Organic Substances” Officially Approved for Establishment
Recently, the establishment of “Frontier Science Center for the Creation of New Organic Substances at Nankai University was approved by the Ministry of Education, marking a breakthrough in Nankai University’s establishment of a national major basic research platform.In line with the trend of precision, refined, integrated and intelligent creation of new materials, the Frontier Science Center for the Creation of New Organic Substances works to meet China’s major strategic needs for green developm
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04.21 2023NKU Team Realizes Rapid Detection of Low-concentration BOD in Oxygen-rich Water Environment
Recently, the “Microbial Electricity plus” research team of the College of Environmental Science and Engineering of Nankai University introduced a new strategy to realize rapid BOD measurement by using the competitive switching of electrotrophic and heterotrophic pathways of facultative bacteria.The research team isolated and obtained a strain ofAcinetobacter venetianusRAG-1 with both electrotrophic and heterotrophic respiration from microbial electroactive biofilms (EABs) over a period of five
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04.18 2023National Science Review: Zeolite-encaged Mononuclear Copper Centers Catalyze CO2 Selective Hydrogenation to Methanol
Recently, the research findings entitled “Zeolite-encaged mononuclear copper centers catalyze CO2selective hydrogenation to methanol” by Nankai University was published inNational Science Review. Drs. Chai Yuchao and Qin Bin from the College of Chemistry of Nankai University, are co-first authors, and professor Li Landong is the corresponding author. Zeolite-encaged mononuclear copper ions (Cu@FAU; Fig. 1) was designed and constructed, and heterolytic activation of hydrogen molecule and subseque
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04.10 2023Nature Communications: NKU Team Realizes Brain’s Sensory Functions Using Artificial Synapse Devices
Recently, the research findings entitled “Mammalian-brain-inspired neuromorphic motion-cognition nerve achieves cross-modal perceptual enhancement” from the College of Electronic Information and Optical Engineering at Nankai University were published in the world-renowned academic journalNature Communications. According to this paper, flexible artificial synapse devices are used to develop a neuromorphic motion perception system, which realizes the brain’s multi-sensory functions at hardware lev
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04.06 2023NKU Team Discovers New Radiation Effects in Photonic Time Crystals
Recently, the team led by Professor Huanan Li and Professor Jingjun Xu of the School of Physics of Nankai University, in collaboration with the team led by Professor Andrea Alù of the Advanced Science Research Center (ASRC) of the City University of New York and Professor Boris Shapiro of the Israel Institute of Technology, discovered that a stationary charge embedded in anisotropic photonic time crystals (APTCs) can extract energy from time modulation to produce coherent radiation and then coup
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