Recently, a pharmaceutical research team led by Prof. LIU Qingsong at the Institute of Health and Medical Technology, Hefei Institutes of Physical Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, in collaboration with Tongji University, identified a natural compound, Timosaponin AIII (TAIII), that selectively eliminates CAR-T regulatory T cells.
Recently, a research team led by Professor WANG Hui from the High Magnetic Field Laboratory, Hefei Institutes of Physical Science (HFIPS), Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), in collaboration with the University of Science and Technology of China, the Institute of Health and Medical Technology of HFIPS of CAS), and the University of Macau, successfully developed a coordination-unsaturated copper single-atom nanozyme.
A collaborative research team led by Prof. HAO Ning from the Hefei Institutes of Physical Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Anhui University, and the University of Science and Technology of China has identified two distinct types of unusual low-energy quasiparticle states in the kagome superconductor CsV3Sb5 using single-atom impurities as local "quantum probes" combined with scanning tunnelling spectroscopy.
A research team led by Prof. ZHANG Jian at the Institute of Solid State Physics, Hefei Institutes of Physical Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, in collaboration with Prof. XIAO Chong from the University of Science and Technology of China and Prof. ZHANG Yongsheng from Qufu Normal University, achieved a peak ZT value of 2.03 at 873 K in chalcopyrite-based thermoelectric materials using a novel dual antisite defect strategy.
Recently, a research team led by Prof. WANG Hongzhi from the Hefei Institutes of Physical Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, has developed a programmable plasmonic ring biosensor, MetaRing, capable of rapidly and accurately identifying paclitaxel sensitivity in breast cancer patients.