A centuries-old consensus on body weight regulation and middle-age spread may have just been broken by researchers at Dept. of Biology, College of Science. Their theory, called “leanocentric locking-point theory on fat mass homeostasis,” was published in iScience, a multidisciplinary journal from the Cell Press series.

Catalytic chemistry has been the source of considerable breakthroughs. New findings by chemists at Southern University of Science and Technology (SUSTech) has seen a new direction that could change commercial catalytic chemistry for years.

The production of large single-crystal metal foils with various facet indices has long been a pursuit in materials science. Recently, a group of Chinese scientists has synthesized the largest single-crystal copper (Cu) foil. The research was published on Nature, titled “Seeded growth of large single-crystal copper foils with high-index facets."

Light is an utmost important environmental factor affecting many aspects of plant development. It is also the primary energy source for plants. Recent research at Department of Biology, Southern University of Science and Technology (SUSTech) has found a new mechanism for light to trigger the process of transferring a signal throughout an organism, particularly across or through a plant.

Recently, academician Yang Xueming, dean of College of Science, SUSTech, led his group to make significant progress in discovering geometric phase effect in H+HD→H2+D reaction, the research was published on the high-impact journal, Science, titled "Quantum interference in H + HD → H2 + D between direct abstraction and roaming insertion pathways".

Researchers at Dept. of Physics, Southern University of Science and Technology (SUSTech) have made significant progress in magnetic skyrmions materials and topological interfacial superconductors. It potentially paves the way for the next generation storage and spintronics devices, while providing a platform for future research on topological quantum computation.