A team of scientists led by LIU Wu and WU Xiujie from the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology (IVPP) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences reported the first ever Middle Pleistocene human skull found in southeastern China, revealing the variation and continuity in early Asian humans. Their findings were published on April 30 in…
Scientists Produce Colorless Reservoir of Platinum Metal-Like Single Atoms in Liquid
Supported single metal atoms have attracted broad interest for their demonstrated high efficiency in single metal catalysis. The preparation of such catalysts, however, remains challenging as the neutral metal atoms have a strong tendency to agglomerate to metal particles in typical preparations. Researchers at the Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics (DICP) of the Chinese Academy…
Scientists Exploit Gel Polymer Electrolyte For High Performance Magnesium Batteries
Electronic products, electric vehicles and large-scale energy storage closely related to human life create an ever-growing demand for rechargeable batteries. Lithium-ion batteries, which are currently widely used, do not perform well in terms of energy density and safety. As for rechargeable magnesium (Mg) metal batteries developed later, the lack of Mg electrolytes capable of effectively…
Scientists Discover Possible Mantle Mineral
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Rapid and Efficient Oil-Water Separation Achieved By Newly-Developed Particles
Chinese researchers have developed new magnetic Janus particles for oil-water separation. These particles – hydrophilic/oleophilic magnetic Janus particles – can separate micro-scaled oil droplets from water rapidly and efficiently. Oil pollution has become a global challenge. In practice, oils are usually classified as floating oils, dispersed oils, surfactant-stabilized oil droplets and surfactant-free micro-scaled tiny oil…
Developing New Monomer Fluorescent Protein for SR Imaging
To understand the cell, it is necessary to study its dynamics at high resolution in space and time in a way that does not adversely affect it. Recently developed superresolution (SR) microscopy breaks the diffraction limit and offers the requisite spatial resolution but usually at the cost of slow imaging speed and excessive damage. Applying…