A team from the Hefei Institute of Materials Science of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), along with collaborators from the Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica of CAS, developed a KOR biased agonist with high efficacy and reduced side effects through structure-based rational design.

A research team led by Prof. LU Qingyou from the High Magnetic Field Laboratory of the Hefei Institutes of Physical Science (HFIPS) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, together with Prof. LUO Xuan and SUN Yuping from the Institute of Solid State Physics of HFIPS, systematically revealed lattice-driven topological spin structures in Cr₂Ge₂Te₆ single crystals.

A research team led by Prof. LU Qingyou from the Hefei Institutes of Physical Science of the Chinese Academy of Sciences realized precise writing, deletion, and size tuning of individual magnetic skyrmions using a self-developed low-temperature, high-magnetic-field magnetic force microscope (MFM) integrated with the Steady High Magnetic Field Facility.

A research team led by Prof. ZHANG Jinglei from Hefei Institutes of Physical Science of the Chinese Academy of Sciences found that the trilayer nickelate La₄Ni₃O_10-δ exhibits a nearly isotropic upper critical field under high pressure, providing insights into the superconducting mechanism of nickel-based materials.

Researchers from the Hefei Institutes of Physical Science of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), the University of Science and Technology of China of CAS, and the University of Macau, developed a coordination-unsaturated copper single-atom nanozyme.

A research group led by Prof. SHENG Zhigao from the Hefei Institutes of Physical Science of the Chinese Academy of Sciences reported the direct observation of strong spin-phonon coupling in the absence of long-range magnetic order.

A research team led by Prof. HAO Ning from the Hefei Institutes of Physical Science of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), along with researchers from Anhui University and the University of Science and Technology of China of CAS, has identified two distinct types of unusual low-energy quasiparticle states in the kagome superconductor CsV₃Sb₅ using single-atom impurities as local "quantum probes" and scanning tunnelling spectroscopy.

A research team from the Stable High Magnetic Field Facility (SHMFF) at the Hefei Institutes of Physical Science of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, led by CAS Member XIE Yi and Professor ZHANG Xiaodong, proposed a surface halogen (Cl, Br, and I) passivation strategy to significantly improve the stability of photocatalysts.

A research team led by Prof. SHENG Zhigao at the High Magnetic Field Laboratory, Hefei Institutes of Physical Science of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, successfully manipulated the structure and microwave absorption of CoxSe nanosheets by synthesizing them under a high magnetic field (HMF).

For the first time, researchers from the Hefei Institutes of Physical Science of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, the Institute of Theoretical Physics of CAS, and Shanghai Jiao Tong University have introduced a metal-based cooling strategy that does not rely on the globally scarce isotope helium-3. It is expected to provide a self-sufficient, controllable "super refrigerator" that is critical for advancing frontier quantum technologies.