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Peking’s Wang Jian Awarded Sir Martin Wood China Prize

Professor Wang Jian has won the Sir Martin Wood China Prize in recognition of his work in superconducting materials.

Peking Launches Gap Year Plan For Chinese Students

The China Gap Year Plan will fund ten young people with up to RMB50,000 to encourage them to find their interests internationally.

Peking Hosts American Geophysical Union Delegation

Representatives discussed the possibility of inter-institutional collaborations during the AGU's first official visit to Peking University.

Do Higher Temperatures Increase Surface Ozone?

Warmer temperatures increase biogenic emissions and speed up chemical reactions to increase surface ozone levels, study says.

Leaders & Followers Think In Sync

Synchronization in a region of the brain known as the temporo-parietal junction can predict who becomes the group leader and when.

Watching Water Do Quantum Tunneling

A direct visualization of quantum tunneling of a cyclic tetramer of water has provided evidence for many-body tunneling.

Discovered: Black Hole 12 Billion Times The Size Of The Sun

The massive black hole powers a quasar 420 trillion times brighter than the Sun.

New Form Of Carbon Predicted

The new pentagonal form of carbon is predicted to have interesting structural and electrical properties.

Nanodiamonds Pack An Anti-Cancer Punch

Nanodiamonds can turn existing drugs into a powerful tool against cancer stem cells in mice.