Peking University, October 18, 2016: Recently, a study shows that in 2013, premature mortalities attributed to PM2.5 nationwide were 1.37 million in total. 83% of China’s population were exposed in areas where the yearly average concentration of PM2.5 exceeded 35 micrograms...

Peking University, Sep. 9, 2016: On September 6th, an international collaborative study led by Peking University, Tsinghua University and McGill University was published in Nature Geoscience. The article revealed the complex impacts of international trade on aerosol pollution and...

Peking University, Aug. 30, 2016: Future spintronic circuits will use the spin orientation of an electron current to store and manipulate information. Such spin-polarized currents, however, cannot be directly observed and are typically characterized using indirect techniques. Li...

Peking University, Aug. 15, 2016: The research on “Vortex reconnection in the late transition in channel flow” [1] from Yang Yue’s group was published in the latest issue of Journal of Fluid Mechanicsas Rapids, which is devoted to the rapid publication of short...

Peking University, July 11, 2016: The development of highly efficient nanocatalysts for promoting oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) is the key to improve the energy density of fuel cells and lithium air batteries. Pt is the best metal for catalyzing ORR, however its rare reserve in...