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.

Recently, researchers from the High Magnetic Field Laboratory, the Hefei Institutes of Physical Science of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), in collaboration with the State Key Laboratory of Semiconductor Physics and Chip Technologies at the Institute of Semiconductors, CAS, revealed anomalous oscillatory magnetoresistance in an antiferromagnetic kagome semimetal heterostructure and directly identified its corresponding topological magnetic structures.

A research team from the High Magnetic Field Laboratory of the Hefei Institutes of Physical Science of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, together with collaborators from Anhui University, ShanghaiTech University, and the University of New Hampshire, has demonstrated the first electrically controllable generation of hopfions—three-dimensional topological solitons—in a solid-state magnetic system.

Recently, a research team led by Prof. WANG Hui from the Hefei Institutes of Physical Science of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, in collaboration with Prof. ZHAO Yanli' s group from Nanyang Technological University, constructed a novel urchin-like copper single-atom nanozyme (UCCSE) and revealed that needle length plays a critical role in enhancing cellular uptake and chemodynamic tumor therapy efficiency.

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.