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.

Milestone results released by the Large High Altitude Air Shower Observatory (LHAASO) on November 16 have solved a decades-old mystery about the cosmic ray energy spectrum—which shows a sharp decrease in cosmic rays above 3 PeV, giving it an unusual knee-like shape.

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.

A new study published in the prestigious journal Nature Astronomy on October 31, 2025, has uncovered a segmented decline in the occurrence rate of hot Jupiters with stellar age, providing the first clear evidence that these giant exoplanets form through multiple distinct mechanisms operating over vastly different timescales. The research, led by an international team using data from China's LAMOST and Europe's Gaia telescopes, also delivers precise constraints on stellar tidal dissipation, resolving long-standing questions about the orbital evolution of close-in planets.

Researchers from SG II facility has made progress in measuring the Power Spectral Density (PSD) of large-gradient wavefronts. The team proposed a wavefront detection method based on knife-edge scanning filtering, which enables precise detection of mid-to-high spatial frequency errors in wavefronts with large gradients.

The research team from SG II facility established a 3D spatiotemporal multi-mode model for multimode lasers, and conducted an in-depth study of the spatiotemporal interactions among these modes. This work enables a quantitative description of the spatiotemporal evolution at any spatial position and temporal slice during light field propagation.

In a study published in Nature Photonics,the Free-electron Laser Team of the Shanghai Advanced Research Institute (SARI),Chinese Academy of Sciences developed an innovative approach by employing beating-frequency laser modulation of electron beams to precisely tailor the beam structure and produce continuously tunable THz radiation.

At the Shenguang-II Facility, researchers have innovatively developed an arbitrary temporal pulse shaping technique utilizing optical waveguide four-wave mixing for high-resolution laser pulse control.

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.