Recently, the Insilico team’s research entitled “An Internal Sulfur-Lone Pair Interaction Enabled the Discovery of Potential and Sub-Family Selective PKMYT1 Inhibitors” was invited for publication as a cover Feature in ChemMedChem^[1].

While probing single molecules or atoms typically requires liquid helium—a costly resource—to build a stable environment, a new development from a joint Chinese research team changes the game. By engineering an optical-coupled scanning probe microscope with ångström-scale resolution while eliminating the need for liquid helium, researchers from the Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, and the University of Science and Technology of China have paved the way for affordable long-term experiments, making high-end research more sustainable and accessible to all.

Researchers from Fuzhou University have announced a significant breakthrough in energy storage technology, developing a novel dual-crystal-phase manganese dioxide (MnO₂) cathode that dramatically improves the performance and stability of aqueous zinc-ion batteries (AZIBs). By engineering a unique interface between two different crystal structures, the team has achieved a battery component that offers high capacity, rapid charging capabilities, and exceptional longevity.

High-performance and low-cost oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) electrocatalysts are essential for the next generation of energy conversion devices, such as zinc-air batteries and fuel cells. While platinum (Pt)-based materials remain the commercial standard, their widespread adoption is hindered by high costs and poor long-term durability.

A firefly-inspired AI framework makes atomic structure prediction more robust by combining multimodal search with an uncertainty-aware machine learning technique. The method improves efficiency for copper surface oxides and recovers competing gold nanocluster structures in a single run.

- Prof. Sangwon Seo’s team successfully achieved enantioselective synthesis, selectively producing only the desired mirror-image molecule using nickel—a common metal—instead of expensive noble metals - Expected to make a breakthrough contribution to drug development that fundamentally blocks side effects and to the high-value precision chemical industry - Published in the top-tier international chemistry journal Angewandte Chemie – International Edition

Dragonflies have evolved special light-sensing proteins that let them see deeper red light than most animals. Researchers have now discovered that the mechanism of red vision is shared with humans and this ability comes from small molecular changes that could inspire new biomedical technologies.

Nagoya University researchers demonstrated that native soil bacteria, when treated with decoy molecules, can degrade non-native compounds, including persistent pollutants such as dioxins, without genetic modification.