Researchers at Guangxi University (GXU) have recently reported new progress in the development of molecular probes for detecting lung aging, offering a potential new tool for early assessment of smoking-related lung damage. The findings, published online in the international journal Science China Chemistry under the title “A Photoacoustic Probe for In Vivo Detection of Lung Aging: Toward a Str...

A research team led by Xu Qiutao and Zhang Jisen at Guangxi University（GXU） has recently reported new findings that shed light on how rice plants respond to drought at the epigenetic level. Their study, titled “Lysine β-hydroxybutyrylation as a drought-responsive epigenetic mark in rice,” has been published online in the international journal Cell Discovery. The research reveals that a spe...

Recently, a team led by Dr. Xiaoqiong Li, Associate Professor at GXU's School of Forestry, published an opinionated review paper online in the international journal“Trends in Ecology & Evolution”(a Cell Press journal), titled "Nonnative forestry plantations: invasion epicenters?". Dr. Xiaoqiong Li is the first author, and the corresponding author is Professor Wei Huang from the Wuhan Botanica...

Recently, the Structural Thermodynamics and Micro/Nano Chemical Engineering Team at Guangxi University reported new advances in biomass-based separation membrane materials. The research, entitled “Overcoming the trade-off in reverse osmosis membranes through homologous matching,” was published in the internationally renowned journal Nature Communications.The co-first authors are Shao Xinyu, a...

On February 6 (Beijing Time), a research team led by Professor Zhang Jisen from the School of Agriculture at Guangxi University(GXU), the Guangxi Laboratory for Sugarcane Biological Breeding, and the State Key Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Subtropical Agro-Bioresources published a research article in Science, titled “Multiscale pangenome graphs empower the genomic dissection o...

Recently, the Advanced Wood Fiber Materials Research Group at the GXU School of Light Industry and Food Engineering reported significant progress in self-powered sensors. Their findings, titled “Bioinspired triboelectric droplet sensor for ammonia monitoring,” were published in Nature Communications. The first author of the paper is Liu Tao, a 2022 doctoral candidate at the School, and the co...

Recently, the research team led by Professor Luo Nengneng from the School of Resources, Environment and Materials at GXU made new progress in dielectric ceramic materials. The team successfully developed composite dielectric ceramics featuring both high energy-storage density and excellent temperature stability, and fabricated multilayer ceramic capacitors (MLCCs).The related study, titled “Or...

Recently, the Nanophotonics Research Team at Guangxi University reported new advances in the study of ferroelectricity in chiral hybrid perovskites. The findings, titled “Surface Ferroelectricity in Lead-Free Nonferroelectric Chiral Perovskites Beyond Neumann’s Principle,” were published in Angewandte Chemie International Edition.Yang Zhi, a 2023 master’s student from the School of Physical...

Recently, the research team focusing on Natural Polymer Modification and Eco-Functional Materials at GXU's School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering has made new progress in the application research of eco-functional Nixing Pottery. The research findings have been published in the international academic journal Advanced Functional Materials under the title "Humpback Whale-Inspired High-Sensi...

Recently, the Nano Photonics Materials and Technology Team at GXU has made new progress in the field of antimony selenosulfide (Sb₂(S,Se)₃) solar cells. The relevant achievements have been published in Nature Communications under the title “Field-effect passivation for minimized voltage loss in highly efficient antimony selenosulfide solar cells”. Anwen Gong, a doctoral student of the class...