A new study published in Engineering explores the significance of mixing intensification in advanced materials manufacturing. Scientists from the Chinese Academy of Sciences and Beijing University of Chemical Technology investigated its role in chemical reactors. Their research covers multiphase mixing, macromixing, and micromixing, and shows how mixing intensification benefits industries like lithium battery, optical materials, and agriculture. The study also offers insights into future research directions for better industrial applications.

As urbanization and climate change bring more coupled risks to cities, a new study in Engineering offers practical perspectives. It focuses on a complex systems approach, emphasizes the role of human factors, and presents methods like a standardized taxonomy and people-centric strategies to better understand and manage these risks.

On March 11, 2025, at the China Collective Stand of the London Book Fair, Tsinghua University Press (TUP) and the University of Toronto Press (UTP) sign a licensing agreement for the English version of Harnessing Data for Improved Productivity: Managing the Full Life Cycle of Data.

Traffic congestion and its inherent stochasticity continue to challenge urban mobility worldwide. To address this, researchers have introduced a groundbreaking framework for modeling the Stochastic Fundamental Diagram (SFD) from microscopic interactions. It not only deepens our understanding of stochasticity in traffic flow, but also paves the way for advanced longitudinal control strategies in connected and automated vehicles (CAVs) to minimize the stochasticity and enhance the overall traffic.

High Curie temperature and high piezoelectric constant are challenges that most piezoelectric ceramics difficult to be achieved simultaneously. Bismuth-layered CaBi₄Ti₄O₁₅ (CBT) piezoelectric ceramics exhibit a high Curie temperature (790°C), but the piezoelectric constant is only 8 pC/N. This work uses WCo/Mn ions co-doping to modify CBT piezoelectric ceramics: by designing B-site composite ions to induce [TiO₆] structural distortion, reduce the domain size, and enhance the domain switching under low electric fields. The CBTWC-0.1Mn ceramic achieves a high piezoelectric coefficient of 27.3 pC/N, and the piezoelectric constant remains largely unchanged after high-temperature annealing, demonstrating significant advantages in the field of high-temperature piezoelectric applications.

A research team from Southern University of Science and Technology discovered a small polaron effect induced by a giant deformation potential in Dion-Jacobson phase two-dimensional (2D) lead halide perovskites. The study provides direct evidence of the interplay between charge carriers and the lattice, showing up to a tenfold increase in spin lifetime, significantly improving optoelectronic properties. This discovery offers new insights into the design of high-performance materials and devices for next-generation optoelectronics.

A team of researchers led by Dr. Chengzhou Zhu at Central China Normal University has made a significant breakthrough in the field of photoelectrochemical (PEC) sensing by developing a novel p-n junction with atomic-level doping. The study, published in National Science Review, demonstrates how the deliberate modulation of interfacial chemical bonds can significantly enhance charge transfer and photoelectric response, paving the way for advanced biosensing applications.

A research team led by Prof. Liangliang Dai of Northwestern Polytechnical University (NWPU) has launched a platelets-based drug delivery system. The study was published in Science Bulletin.

Metastasis and heterogeneity pose major challenges in cancer treatment. Although chemoimmunotherapy shows promising efficacy, its therapeutic impact is limited by off-target effects and differences in the delivery sites of chemotherapeutic drugs and immunosuppressants. To overcome the limitation, the research team proposed an engineered platelets (Pts)-based nano-aircraft, Pts@DOX/HANGs@Gal, was constructed with an internally loaded chemotherapeutic drug, doxorubicin, and externally grafted reduction-responsive hyaluronidase-cross-linked nanospheroids loaded with the immunosuppressant galunisertib for precise tumor chemo-immunotherapy.