Conversion processes waste more than two-thirds of the energy in the world, which can be potentially collected by technology that captures waste heat. Thermoelectric technology is an attractive option because it can be easily adapted for many situations due to its small size and lack of rotating parts or gas emissions.

Recently, the Society of Exploration Geophysicists (SEG) announced its list of 2022-2023 scholarship recipients. Ying HU, a Ph.D. student from the Southern University of Science and Technology (SUSTech), received the SEG Foundation/Chevron Scholarship.

Eight-membered ring structural units widely exist in active natural products or drugs. Many natural products with eight-membered rings show very significant physiological activities, and some have been used in clinic settings. For example, the taxol has a unique eight-membered ring. It is one of the best natural anticancer drugs that have been found. It has been widely used in the clinical treatments of breast cancer, ovarian cancer, some head and neck cancer, lung cancer, and others.

​It is fundamentally significant to be able to construct sophisticated molecular architectures with precise structural control when we seek molecule-based materials with specific properties and functions. However, the obtainment of such complex entities has mostly been serendipitous. Their syntheses remain more of an art than a science and are frequently characterized by random self-organization.

Silicon-stereogenic arylated silanes and silanols have attracted increasing attention in recent years owing to their unique chemical, physical, biological, and stereoelectronic properties, which have granted them potential applications in the fields of synthetic chemistry, medicinal chemistry, and materials science.