On December 12, the China Association of Oceanic Engineering (CAOE) issued its Decision on the 2025 Ocean Engineering Science and Technology Awards. As the leading institution, Ocean University of China (OUC) received 2 first prizes and 3 second prizes. The total number of awards ranked first among all award-winning institutions nationwide, matching the university’s best performance on record.Two projects won first prizes: “Methods and applications for marine engineering site-selection decision-

On October 9, 2025, a research team led by Professor Gao Shan at the Institute of Evolution and Marine Biodiversity, Ocean University of China (OUC), published a review article entitled “Sequence-independent 6mA methyltransferases for epigenetic profiling and editing” in Trends in Genetics. In this review, they systematically summarized recent advances in leveraging exogenous 6mA deposition and long-read sequencing in three major applications: chromatin landscape profiling, protein–DNA interacti

On December 9, 2025, the research team led by Professor Zhang Yuzhong from the College of Marine Life Sciences, the Key Laboratory of Evolution and Marine Biodiversity, and the Frontiers Science Center for Deep Ocean Multispheres and Earth System at Ocean University of China (OUC), in collaboration with Professor Chen Yin at the University of Birmingham and other scholars, published their latest findings in theProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America(PNAS).

On December 4, 2025, the research team led by Professor Zhang Xiaohua from the College of Marine Life Sciences, the Frontiers Science Center for Deep Ocean Multispheres and Earth System, and the Institute of Evolution and Marine Biodiversity, Ocean University of China (OUC), published their latest findings online in Advanced Science. The article is entitled “Two Novel S-methyltransferases Confer Dimethylsulfide Production in Actinomycetota”.Hydrogen sulfide (H2S), methanethiol (MeSH), and dimeth

On December 1, 2025, the research team led by Associate Professor Chen Jingwei from the School of Materials Science and Engineering at Ocean University of China (OUC) has made new progress in optical-thermal regulating electrochromic smart windows. Their research findings have been published in Nature Communicationsand ACS Energy Letters, and they also published a review article in Nature Reviews Clean Technology.Buildings are responsible for about 40% of the total energy consumption in modern s

On November 25, 2025, Associate Professor Sun Xueshi from Professor Wang Houjie’s team at the College of Marine Geosciences at Ocean University of China (OUC) published their latest findings in Nature Communicationsin an article entitled “Global patterns and drivers of nitrogen isotope signal in modern marine sediments”. The study systematically analyzes the spatiotemporal evolution of nitrogen isotopes in modern marine sediments, pointing out that on centennial timescales, human activities and

From November 21 to 23, the 2025 Wang Meng Academic Events were held at Ocean University of China (OUC). More than 200 faculty members and students attended the events.On November 22, the 20th Wang Meng Academic Seminar and the 2025 Youth Forum on Wang Meng’s New Works were held. In his remarks, the renowned artist and former Minister of Culture, Wang Meng, said that although he is over 90 years old, his passion for writing remains strong. This stems from his deep love for the Chinese language,

On November 17, 2025, researchers from the State Key Laboratory of Ocean Dynamics-Physical Environment and Intelligent Sensing at Ocean University of China (OUC) published an article entitled “Southward shift of the Antarctic Circumpolar Current upstream of Drake Passage maintains a stable circumpolar transport” in Nature Climate Change. The study demonstrated that over the past three decades, under global warming, uneven warming between high and low latitudes has led to an acceleration of zonal

On November 20, 2025, the research team led by Professor Chen Xianyao from the Frontiers Science Center for Deep Ocean Multispheres and Earth System and the Key Laboratory of Physical Oceanography at Ocean University of China (OUC) published their latest findings in Science Advancesin an article entitled “Deep Arctic Ocean warming enhanced by heat transferred from deep Atlantic”. This study is the first to demonstrate that rapid warming of deep waters in the Greenland Basin has already exerted a

In November 2025, Professor Li Sheng from the School of Law at Ocean University of China (OUC) published a paper entitled “Shaping of the Forms of Legal Norms by Information Capacity” in Issue 6 (2025) of the Chinese Journal of Law, a leading law journal in China. Focusing on information capacity, the article systematically analyzes the evolutionary logic of forms of legal norms and argues that their formation and development are profoundly shaped by a society’s information capacity. As societie

On October 30, 2025, undergraduate student Cai Renjun, under the supervision of Associate Professor Chen Long and Professor Li Sanzhong from the MOE Key Laboratory of Submarine Geosciences and Prospecting Techniques at Ocean University of China (OUC), published an article entitled “Andesite formation dominated by inefficient fractional crystallization of andesitic melt: Insights from melt inclusions” in Earth and Planetary Science Letters. This study reports new progress on the genesis of andesi

On October 4, 2025, a research team led by Professor Han Lu from the School of Medicine and Pharmacy, the MOE Key Laboratory of Marine Drugs, and the Qingdao Marine Science and Technology Center at Ocean University of China (OUC) developed a reactive oxygen species (ROS) self-driven nanomotor that operates in the pathological microenvironment generated by thrombosis and, in combination with near-infrared (NIR) irradiation, enables synchronized thrombolysis and vascular remodeling. The findings w

On October 31, 2025, a research team led by Academician Bao Zhenmin and Professor Wang Shi from the MOE Key Laboratory of Marine Genetics and Breeding at Ocean University of China (OUC) published an article entitled “Ocean-M: an integrated global-scale multi-omics database for marine microbial diversity, function and ecological interactions” in Nucleic Acids Research,formally presenting the global-scale multi-omics database Ocean-M.Marine microbial communities are essential drivers of ocean ecos

On November 1, 2025, a research team led by Professor Liu Yang from the College of Fisheries at Ocean University of China (OUC) published their latest findings in the ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensingin an article entitled “Mapping subtle-featured oyster rafts with high-resolution imagery and deep learning techniques”. This study provides key technological support for the refined management of China’s offshore aquaculture and is expected to help address long-standing challenges