A research team has developed a novel Time Projection Chamber (INPC-TPC) for high-precision neutron-induced fission cross-section measurements. Featuring a symmetrical dual-chamber structure and Gas Electron Multiplier (GEM)-based readout technology, the instrument effectively addresses core limitations of traditional detectors, such as poor particle identification and restricted dynamic range. Utilizing the H(n,n) elastic scattering cross-section as the reference standard, the detector successfully achieved precise fission fragment identification and accurate neutron beam spot measurement (relative error < 2%) during experiments at the CSNS Back-n white neutron beamline. This work lays a solid foundation for reducing the measurement uncertainty of actinide nuclides (e.g., ²³⁵U, ²³⁸U) fission cross-sections to below 1%, thereby advancing nuclear data applications in nuclear energy, astrophysics, and national defense.

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The research team led by Hanmin Huang and Bangkui Yu at the University of Science and Technology of China developed a palladium-catalyzed diastereoselective and enantioselective cascade cyclization strategy, achieving the modular synthesis of chiral nitrogen-bridged ring skeletons. Using readily available salicylaldehyde and aminodiene as starting materials, and based on the team's previously developed strategy of "in-situ generation of three-membered ring palladium active intermediates from aldehydes and amines," the bridged oxazole bicyclic compounds were constructed with high diastereoselectivity through a continuous cyclization process. This method exhibits excellent substrate universality, providing an efficient and precise route for synthesizing drug molecules with complex three-dimensional structures. The article was published as an open access Communication in CCS Chemistry, the flagship journal of the Chinese Chemical Society.

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