Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design
Volcanic eruptions pose severe risks to human lives, infrastructure, and the environment, affecting 500 million people worldwide. Early warning can reduce fatalities by 60%, yet 80% of 1,500…
Cellular and Molecular Biology
Base editors hold great promise in the treatment of genetic diseases as nearly half of known pathogenic genetic variants are point mutations. However, despite recent progress, the base edito…
Systems Software
The cost of computing resources to train the Large Language Model (LLM) is very high. In addition, LLMs cannot meet the requirements under medical Q&A scenario, which is requested to provide…
Embedded Systems
In our daily learning life, there are many words that require memorization and recitation. How can we effectively use fragmented time to strengthen memory and improve learning efficiency? Th…
Robotics and Intelligent Machines
Bionic soft robot is an important branch in the field of robotics, allowing robots to use effective mechanical structure to maneuver in complex conditions. Among them, water surface robots w…
Robotics and Intelligent Machines
The existing Go AI System assumes players operate at the highest level, presenting analyses often inaccessible to most enthusiasts. This study addresses this gap by proposing novel estimatio…
Materials Science
The quest for low-cost, safe, and environmentally friendly rechargeable flexible batteries is crucial in propelling the next wave of energy-storage innovations, particularly for implementati…
Mathematics
Typical Ramsey theory refers to that, if all edges of a complete graph with n vertices are colored in red or blue, each edge in either color of the two, when n becomes large enough, we can c…
Engineering Technology: Statics & Dynamics
Third Award
Pipeline is a typical complex environment, and pipeline robots greatly improve work efficiency. However, the existing robots have limited forms, and lack of passibility and flexibility. So t…
Engineering Technology: Statics & Dynamics
Today, millions of farmers have to pick fruits by hand. Those farmers put in much effort but get little because of low efficiency and lack of mechanization in picking fruits. Complicated env…
Engineering Technology: Statics & Dynamics
Fourth Award
Marine debris pollution and pipeline leaks pose significant threats to our fragile marine ecosystems, presenting hazards that are neither safe nor effective to address through manual labor.…
Cellular and Molecular Biology
Lysophosphatidic acid (LPA) is a bioactive lipid which can bind to six LPA receptors (LPA1-6) on the cell membrane and regulate various cell activities. Previous studies have shown that LPA1…
Engineering Technology: Statics & Dynamics
Third Award
Marine vertebrates have declined in abundance in the last four decades by an average of 22%. To observe marine organisms effectively, a waterborne propulsion system with minimal environmenta…
Biomedical and Health Sciences
First Award
Primates had evolved an advanced spermatogonia stem cell (SSC) system that correlates with reduced germline mutations and longer lifespans, yet the underlying mechanism remains poorly unders…
Physics and Astronomy
Photoacoustic effect has great potential applications in physics, medical, and material science. However, few works have been done on quantitative analysis of the sound intensity, which lead…
Behavioral and Social Sciences
Amidst China's rapid economic expansion and escalating urbanization, the proliferation of city roads has led to increasingly severe traffic issues. The unique topography of mountain cluster…
Cellular and Molecular Biology
Solute carriers (SLCs) are key to cellular transport of growth substances and their dysfunction is often associated with disease. Studies have focused on the solute carrier protein Slc22a17,…
Embedded Systems
Drowning incidents involving children in pools often result from human oversight. Prior research has highlighted the early warning potential of deep learning-based object detection methods.…
Chemistry
Fourth Award
In nature, many animals change their colors or shapes to adapt to various environments, sparking a research trend in environmental adaptive materials. Light-responsive cholesteric liquid cry…
Mathematics
Fourth Award
Seventh chords are widely used in music. What are the relationships between different seventh chords? Can these relationships be explained mathematically? This research classifies transforma…
Physics and Astronomy
Fourth Award
After half a century of development, the technology of silicon-based electronic devices is gradually approaching its limits. Devices such as computers and cell phones start to require more p…
Chemistry
Fourth Award
Metal surfaces are of vital importance in aerospace, automobile, and food industries, where they are often coated to prevent corrosion and chemical reactions with surroundings. Surface defec…
Biomedical Engineering
Heart pumping is driven by cardiomyocyte (CM)contraction. However, there has been no direct approach to measuring CM beat. Fluorescent probes and electrical physiological techniques require…
Behavioral and Social Sciences
Public perception plays a crucial role in the revitalization of the linear cultural heritage. The purpose of this research is to investigate the public perception of the linear cultural heri…
Environmental Engineering
Fourth Award
Microplastics have become one of the new pollutants which have aroused international concern, and they even pose a potential threat to human health. In this project, a classical Fenton-like…
Environmental Engineering
Purpose: The phenomenon of floating weeds is a reflection of the quality of a body of water, which at the same time can indirectly lead to an ecological imbalance of the waters in which it i…
Chemistry
Bird enthusiasts conducting extensive surveys have found it difficult to remove bird droppings stains from parks and roads. The existing bird dropping cleaning agents on the market contain s…
Technology Enhances the Arts
To tackle the decline of the art of shadow puppetry, this project provides a systematic way of preserving and promoting the art form. The procedure includes repairing fragmented recordings,…
Technology Enhances the Arts
Vermilion seals, as intricate symbols of identification in ancient Chinese paintings, offer a window into the lives of historical figures. To unveil these stories, this project leverages DNN…
Robotics and Intelligent Machines
In this enhanced exploration, we delve into the intricate design and integration of a pair of robotic arms, meticulously crafted through laser-cutting and 3D printing techniques, into our ad…