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.

​Electrolyzed water is known as a highly effective method of storing renewable energy, and new methods for single-atom catalysis could see significant changes to the industry as a whole. Associate Professor Meng Gu (Materials Science and Engineering) and Associate Professor Hu Xu (Physics) worked with their colleagues at Oregon State University (Chemical, Biological, and Environmental Engineering) to publish a breakthrough paper on single-atom catalysis.

The Institute of Quantum Science and Engineering (IQSE) has worked with partners at Peking University and the University of Twente to make significant progress in the quantum control of Dirac semi-metal superconducting hetero-junctions.

Two recent advances in“quantum resonances near absolute zero," have sought to prove quantum mechanics in atomic and molecular collisions through experimentation, especially at temperatures near absolute zero Kelvin (K). Southern University of Science and Technology (SUSTech) chemists have provided their viewpoint on these ground-breaking achievements.