A research group led by Prof. SHENG Zhigao from the Hefei Institutes of Physical Science of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, has discovered mirror symmetry triggered chiral phonon behavior and a giant magneto-optical modulation in the two-dimensional material AgCrP₂S₆ with space- and time-symmetries.

Recently, a research team led by Prof. XU An from the Hefei Institutes of Physical Science of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, has discovered that magnetotactic bacteria (MTB) — tiny microorganisms that can sense and move along magnetic fields — have remarkable abilities to resist and detoxify lead (Pb), one of the most toxic heavy metals in the environment.

Recently, the research group led by Dr. WANG Junfeng at the High Magnetic Field Laboratory, the Hefei Institutes of Physical Science of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, revealed significant physiological and molecular effects of a 7 T strong magnetic field on magnetotactic bacteria, based on experiments conducted with the laboratory' s superconducting magnet platform.

Recently, a research team led by KUANG Guangli and JIANG Donghui from the High Magnetic Field Laboratory of the Hefei Institutes of Physical Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CHMFL), successfully developed a “pocket-type” high-temperature superconducting (HTS) coil. The coil, wound with domestically produced REBa₂Cu₃O₇₋ₓ (REBCO) tapes, generated 28.20 T at zero field in a liquid helium bath and produced an additional 10.36 T inside the 34.5 T steady-state magnetic field of the WM5 water-cooled magnet. Together, the system achieved a record combined magnetic field of 44.86 T.

A collaborated research team led by Prof. MA Yanwei from the Institute of Electrical Engineering (IEE) of Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), has shattered records in the current-carrying performance of iron-based superconducting wires.

A research team led by Prof. LI Chao from East China Normal University has uncovered the origin of voltage decay in P2-type layered oxide cathodes recently. Using electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) spectroscopy at the Steady-State Strong Magnetic Field Facility (SHMFF), the Hefei Institutes of Physical Science of the Chinese Academy of Science, the team tracked the dynamic evolution of oxygen species and clarified their direct role in structural degradation.

A research team led by Prof. HUANG Chengdong from the University of Science and Technology of China, users of the Steady High Magnetic Field Facility (SHMFF), has uncovered a previously unknown mechanism by which intrinsically disordered regions (IDRs) remotely regulate protein function.

A research team led by Prof. Xiaoqiang Huang from Nanjing University has achieved a major breakthrough in the field of asymmetric electroenzymatic catalysis, developing a novel non-natural dynamic kinetic oxidation system by integrating ferrocene methanol-mediated anodic oxidation with thiamine diphosphate (ThDP)-dependent enzyme catalysis.

A research team led by Prof. SHENG Zhigao from the High Magnetic Field Laboratory, the Hefei Institutes of Physical Science of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, in collaboration with Prof. A.V. Kimel from Radboud University, has demonstrated that strong magnetic fields can effectively regulate laser-induced ultrafast demagnetization in a two-dimensional van der Waals (vdW) ferromagnet.

A research team from the High Magnetic Field Laboratory, the Hefei Institutes of Physical Science of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, has developed a compact dynamic cantilever magnetometer with a diameter of just 22 mm, achieving a magnetic moment sensitivity on the order of 10⁻¹⁷ A·m².