Research
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2021.12.02
Mirror-image biology systems
The overwhelmingly homochiral nature of life has left a puzzle as to whether mirror-image biology systems based on a chirally inverted version of molecular machinery could also exist. We initially dev...
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2021.11.25
From the solar corona to stellar coronae
As the outermost layer of the solar atmosphere, the corona plays a key role in shaping the plasma and magnetic field environment of the solar system. The quiescent corona has a temperature of about on...
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2021.11.18
Fast and furious: reconnection-powered emission in relativistic jets and black hole coronae
Relativistic jets of blazars and magnetized coronae of highly accreting black holes routinely display non-thermal emission signatures, including fast and bright flares of high-energy emission. Yet, th...
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2021.11.15
High-precision Astrometry (高精度天体测量)
Astrometry opened the era of modern astronomy/physics and plays a crucial role in contemporary astronomy, including the measurement of the three-dimensional structure of the Milky Way, black hole dete...
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2021.11.04
An Update of the Chinese Survey Space Telescope Project
The 2m-aperture Chinese Survey Space Telescope (also known as the Chinese Space Station Telescope, CSST) is a major science project of China Manned Space Program. It is expected to start science opera...
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