The team led by Prof. Zheng Xiaotong and Associate Prof. Wang Hai of the College of Oceanic and Atmospheric Sciences and Frontiers Science Center for Deep Ocean Multispheres and Earth System from OUC, together with scholars from home and abroad, made significant progress in the climate effects of anthropogenic aerosol.

The team from the Sino-Australian Joint Research Center of OUC’s College of Materials Science and Engineering made significant progress in the research of covalent molybdenum tellurite oxide optical crystal materials, achieving a new breakthrough in the optical anisotropy of UV broad-band doubled-frequency optical crystalline materials.

The team led by Prof. Zhang Juncheng from OUC’s Faculty of Information Science and Engineering, published an article titled “Dynamic multicolor emissions of multimodal phosphors by Mn2+ trace doping in self-activated CaGa4O7” in Nature Communications.With the rapid development of information technology, there is an increasing demand for physical field sensing and information security. Intelligent luminescent materials can transform external environmental stimuli into optical information, showing

The article titled “Substantially reducing global PM2.5 - related deaths under SDG3.9 requires better air pollution control and healthcare” was published in Nature Communications. Associate Prof. Yue Huanbi from OUC’s School of International Affairs and Public Administration was the first author.According to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 3.9, “by 2030, the number of deaths attributable to PM2.5 pollution (DAPP) should be substantially reduced.” However, present studies va

On 29 March, the team led by Prof. Dong Bo from the Fang Zongxi Center for Marine Evo-Devo of OUC published an article titled “Spatially-resolved single-cell atlas of ascidian endostyle provides insight into the origin of vertebrate pharyngeal organs” in Science Advances, in collaboration with Dr. Fan Guangyi’s team from Qingdao Key Laboratory of Marine Genomics, BGI Research.

The team led by Assoc. Prof. Shi Jian and Prof. Huang Fei from OUC’s College of Oceanic and Atmospheric Sciences and Frontiers Science Center for Deep Ocean Multispheres and Earth System made significant progress in its research on mid-latitude ocean-atmosphere interactions.

The team led by Prof. Zhang Yuzhong from OUC’s College of Marine Life Science, Key Laboratory of Evolution and Marine Biodiversity, and Frontiers Science Center for Deep Ocean Multispheres and Earth System, published an article titled “Architecture of symbiotic dinoflagellate photosystem I-light-harvesting supercomplex in Symbiodinium” in Nature Communications, in collaboration with Prof. Gao Jun from Huazhong Agricultural University.

The team led by Prof. Bao Zhenmin and Prof. Wang Shi from the Key Laboratory of Marine Biogenetics and Breeding (OUC), Ministry of Education, and the Fang Zongxi Center for Marine Evo-Devo made significant advancement in the development of PanSyn, a genome architecture analysis tool, which is the first comprehensive analytical tool that integrates macro-/micro-evolutionary genomes and functional genomes.

The article from the China-UK Joint Research Center of OUC, titled “Atmospheric deposition and river runoff stimulate the utilization of dissolved organic phosphorus in coastal seas”, was published in Nature Communications.In recent years, with the continuous input of land-based pollutants, the ratio of nitrogen to phosphorus in offshore waters has continued to increase, and phosphorus relative nitrogen deficiency has become increasingly common. In face of dissolved inorganic phosphorus (DIP) de

The team led by Prof. Zhang Xiaohua and Prof. Liu Xiaoshou from the College of Marine Life Sciences, in collaboration with Prof. Zhao Meixun’s team from the Key Laboratory of Marine Chemistry Theory and Technology, made new progress in the research on the sedimentary dynamic process and deep biosphere of the 10,000-meter hadal.The research team obtained a 7.5-meter columnar sediment sample from a depth of 10,816 meters in the Challenger Deep of the Mariana Trench. An organic geochemical and micr

Prof. Zheng Xiaotong’s team at the Frontiers Science Center for Deep Ocean Multispheres and Earth System and the College of Oceanic and Atmospheric Sciences, in collaboration with international scholars, made important progress in the research of tropical ocean-atmosphere interactions and climate change, and proposed that wind-driven ocean circulation changes have important contributions to the spatial structure of tropical Pacific warming. The research outcome, titled “Historical changes in win

The research team led by Prof. Zhao Jian from the Institute of Nearshore Environmental Pollution Control at OUC, has made significant advancements in microplastic pollution. The research, titled Microplastic fragmentation by rotifers in aquatic ecosystems contributes to global nanoplastic pollution, has been published in the prestigious international journal Nature Nanotechnology.This study reveals a novel pathway for the rapid release of nanoplastics mediated by zooplankton. Rotifers, a widely

The research team led by Prof. Huang Minghua from the School of Materials Science and Engineering, published a paper titled Developing a class of dual atom materials for multifunctional catalytic reactions in Nature Communications.The development of hydrogen energy is crucial to the dual carbon goals. Hydrogen production through water electrolysis using renewable energy is currently one of the most promising low-carbon methods. The oxidation reaction and hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) are the

On November 29, a team led by Prof. Zhang Yuzhong from the College of Marine Life Sciences published a research paper titled “DMSOP-cleaving enzymes are diverse and widely distributed in marine microorganisms” online in Nature Microbiology.Dimethylsulfoxonium propionate (DMSOP) is a recently discovered small molecular organosulfur compound in the marine environment. It is estimated that millions of tons of DMSOP are produced annually, playing a significant role in the global carbon and sulfur cy