A team from #PekingUniversity Third Hospital reports a self-luminescent nanoparticle system that generates light inside tumors without external sources, enabling synergistic photodynamic therapy and chemotherapy. www.cell.com/cell-biomate... #PKUResearch #CancerResearch @cp-cellbiomat.bsky.social

Featured in the first issue of Science in 2026, a research team led by Dong Subo of #PekingUniversity reported the first accurate mass measurement of a rogue planet candidate, confirming its planetary nature with a mass comparable to that of Saturn. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... @science.org

Happy New Year from Peking University!🎆 #HappyNewYear #NewYear #PekingUniversity #AcademicSky

Is there life on Venus? Ammonia’s persistent presence in Venus’s strongly oxidizing atmosphere has long remained unexplained. A new #PKUResearch study shows that active sulfur chemistry provides a key abiotic pathway for sustaining ammonia. www.nature.com/articles/s41... @natcomms.nature.com

A #PKUResearch paper published in Nucleic Acids Research reveals how PICKLE (PKL) promotes H3K4me2 modification and orchestrates spatial gene clustering in Arabidopsis chromatin. doi.org/10.1093/nar/... #PekingUniversity #ChromatinBiology #Epigenetics #PlantScience @narjournal.bsky.social

Imagine studying proteins in vivo, in situ, within authentic microenvironments. Prof. Li Mo's team at #PekingUniversity has made this possible with an IVPL platform built on a new substrate, Btn-Ph-3F, and engineered ascorbate peroxidase (APEX2)-EGFPᶠᐟᶠ mice. @cp-molcell.bsky.social dlvr.it/TPZ1T5

A recent study led by Prof. Wang Xuejun and Researcher Liu Maodian from #PekingUniversity College of Urban and Environmental Sciences, published in @pnas.org, reveals that Antarctic coastal polynyas play a major role in carbon sequestration under climate warming. #PKUResearch | ow.ly/Eron50XKAsG

Peking University has launched SUPERChem, a benchmark for evaluating the chemical reasoning of large language models (LLMs). 📄 Paper: arxiv.org/abs/2512.01274 📊 Dataset: huggingface.co/datasets/Zeh... 🌐 Platform: superchem.pku.edu.cn #PKUResearch #ChemSky #PekingUniversity #AcademicSky

A PKU-led study shows that climate-driven water stress can reduce the reliability of thermal power plants and influence when and how they should be retired. doi.org/10.1038/s418... #PekingUniversity #AcademicSky #PKUResearch #ClimateChange @natsustain.nature.com

PKU but make it snow. 🤍 mp.weixin.qq.com/s/VJFVZ5iKZI... #PekingUniversity #snow #snowfall #campus

Red walls, white snow, silent water. Winter writes its opening lines at PKU. ❄️ #PekingUniversity #FirstSnow #snowfall #campus

AASLE is happy to announce that #AASLE2026 will be organised by @pku1898.bsky.social in Beijing, China 10-12 December 2026. More details will follow soon and the call for papers will be announced in April 2026; stay tuned! #EconSky

A #PKUResearch used carbon defects to speed up the redox cycling of TEMPO mediators, solving a bottleneck in electrochemical C–N coupling. The system reaches ~99% Faraday efficiency and an industrial-level current density of ~0.6 A/cm² for producing hexamethylenetetramine. doi.org/10.1038/s414...

Congrats to Prof. Ma Ren-Min from #PekingUniversity on being named a 2026 Optica Fellow “for his discovery of singular dispersion equation and pioneering contributions to #nanolaser physics and devices”! @optica.org

2026 #PekingUniversity School of Materials Science and Engineering (MSE) Application Information for International Students now opens for enrollment! Scan the QR code below for more details on the program! #StudyAbroad #StudyInChina #Materials #STEM #OverseasEducation #AcademicSky #EducationSky

🧠"Ageing clocks" show a healthier brain may reduce risk of dementia and early death 🕗“Ageing clocks” are statistical models that estimate how fast a person’s organs are ageing compared to the expected ageing ➡️ buff.ly/2jW3gsS @broadinstitute.org @pku1898.bsky.social

Fresh off being conferred an Honorary Doctorate by #PekingUniversity, we sat down with Professor Irene Tracey, Vice-Chancellor of the University of Oxford, to discuss the critical relevance of universities today. 📝: Liew En Thung; Goi Sin Yee 🎦: Zheng Zibo; Chao Ranran #PKUAsks @ox.ac.uk

Prof. Xi Peng from #PekingUniversity has been elected as a 2026 Optica Fellow! Optica is the world’s leading organization advancing the science of light. Fellow membership honors those who have served with distinction in #optics and #photonics. Congrats, @xipeng1.bsky.social! @optica.org

✨Your Brain Learns When You’re Awake too We used to think only sleep could consolidate our learning, but new #PKUResearch reveals a breakthrough: specific frequencies of light flicker can actively boost memory consolidation while we’re awake. doi.org/10.1038/s414... @natcomms.nature.com

When did #cats arrive in China? A study led by researchers from #PekingUniversity and @ox.ac.uk used ancient DNA to trace the history of human–cat interactions in East Asia. doi.org/10.1016/j.xg... @unioxarchaeology.bsky.social @cellpress.bsky.social #PKUResearch #zooarchaeology #aDNA

On November 27, Professor Irene Tracey, Vice-Chancellor of @ox.ac.uk, visited Peking University and was conferred an Honorary Doctorate. #UniversityofOxford #PekingUniversity #AcademicSky #HigherEducation

Did you know that an ecosystem’s memory of past weather can dictate its survival during extreme events? A new #PKUResearch has uncovered this hidden driver: www.nature.com/articles/s41... #ClimateScience #Ecology #PekingUniversity #AcademicSky @natgeosci.nature.com

Peking University researchers developed a quantum microscopy approach that combines scanning probe techniques with quantum sensing to directly probe nanoscale processes at solid–liquid interfaces. #PKUResearch article: journals.aps.org/prl/abstract... Viewpoint: physics.aps.org/articles/v18...

Congratulations to Michael I. Jordan, Distinguished Professor Emeritus at #UCBerkeley and Honorary Professor at #PekingUniversity, on being elected as a Foreign Member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences! #CAS #Academician #AcademicSky @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social

Antibiotics were supposed to kill them. Instead, they thrived—together.🦠A new #PKUResearch shows that freshwater algae and bacteria can cooperate in response to antibiotics, turning growth inhibition into stimulation. www.science.org/doi/epdf/10.... #PekingUniversity #ScienceAdvances @science.org

Congrats to our scholars newly elected as academicians of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) and the Chinese Academy of Engineering (CAE)! #PekingUniversity #CAS #CAE #Academician #AcademicSky

#PekingUniversity researchers unveil “AI-Newton” — an AI system that, after being fed experimental data, can autonomously ‘discover’ key physics principles, mirroring the way humans build scientific knowledge. go.nature.com/4nTx0I8 #PKUResearch #PhysicsSky #AcademicSky #AI #Newton @nature.com

Peking University Third Hospital announces a groundbreaking achievement. Our researchers (team of Prof. Hong Jing & Researcher Peng Rongmei) have created the world's first bio-degradable silk fibroin patch to treat bullous keratopathy. doi.org/10.1016/j.bi... doi.org/10.1016/j.bi... #PKUResearch

🌍AI-Driven Seismic Imaging Breakthrough A #PKUResearch team has developed a physics-informed deep learning system for global full-waveform inversion tomography, achieving tens of thousands of times faster computation with high imaging accuracy. doi.org/10.48550/arX... #Geophysics #NeurIPS2025 #AI

GSD-Ib is caused by dysfunction of the ER transporter SLC37A4. A #PKUResearch has now resolved its key structural states using cryo-EM, showing how the protein switches between conformations to transport G6P and Pi, and how an inhibitor blocks this process. doi.org/10.1038/s415... @natsmb.nature.com

How do you make a material both strong AND tough? 💪🏼 Scientists have long faced this paradox and we are happy to share that #PekingUniversity researchers have developed an innovative solution! Published in Matter: doi.org/10.1016/j.ma... #PKUResearch #MaterialsSky @cp-matter.bsky.social

“People won’t be using this device in 50 years. They’ll still be reading Confucius.” Scholars at #BeijingForum2025 got real about AI and what actually lasts. Ouch. But fair. 📱📚 🎦| Katherine Chen, Chao Ranran, Liew En Thung, Goi Sin Yee #PekingUniversity #AI #EduSky #AcademicSky

How well do you sleep?😴 A new Lancet Public Health Review by a team from #PekingUniversity Sixth Hospital provides a comprehensive overview of sleep health in China, including its epidemiological patterns, key challenges, and promotion strategies. doi.org/10.1016/S246... @thelancetph.bsky.social

An expert in gene sequencing and microfluidics, Prof. Huang Yanyi navigates among biology, chemistry, and even photography. Through cross-disciplinary exploration and an uncompromising pursuit of scientific perfection, he has forged a distinct scientific identity. newsen.pku.edu.cn/news_events/...

A team co-led by PKU Prof. Ma Ding has developed a simple yet highly effective catalytic tuning strategy that almost completely eliminates CO₂ by-products during Fischer-Tropsch synthesis, offering a new route to green fuel production. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... #PKUResearch @science.org

The future belongs to those who listen, think, and imagine together. At #BeijingForum2025, the world comes together to search for common ground in the age of digital intelligence. mp.weixin.qq.com/s/0CO25r8Pdk... #PekingUniversity #EduSky #AcademicSky

Peiyao Fan, Yang Chen et al. @pku1898.bsky.social show that tubular ER extends into retraction fibers and #migrasomes through #microtubule-dependent ER extension and ER-plasma membrane contact sites in migrating cells. rupress.org/jcb/article/... #ER_literature #Migration #Organelles

An overview of the #Epidemiology & characteristics of #LiverDiseases, the mechanisms underlying their pathogenesis, with discussion on the current #Diagnostic & treatment modalities, and potential #TherapeuticTargets. @pku1898.bsky.social #OpenAccess: doi.org/10.1038/s413...

🎉Congratulations! PKU alumna and young mathematician Wang Hong has won the 2025 Salem Prize, in recognition of her contributions to harmonic analysis and geometric measure theory. © Chris Peus / IHES #PekingUniversity #PKUAlumni #PKUMaths #SalemPrize

A #PKUResearch team led by Gao Xin has developed a dimension-engineering strategy to create robust, conductive carbonene coatings on fiber substrates. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... #PekingUniversity @cp-matter.bsky.social

High-plex spatial RNA imaging in one round with conventional microscopes using color-intensity barcodes - @pku1898.bsky.social go.nature.com/47yENVJ

🌦️Tracing storms through 3,000 years A study led by Prof. Zhang Qinghong’s team at #PekingUniversity reveals how human-driven climate warming is intensifying hailstorms in China—a trend traced across nearly 3,000 years of records and AI-based analysis. doi.org/10.1038/s414... @natcomms.nature.com

What does a Nobel Laureate see in China’s innovation potential? Fresh from winning the 2025 #NobelPrize, Professor Joel Mokyr shared his perspective with our students during his recent visit to Peking University. 🎦: Chao Ranran, Tan Sze Yin, Aden Tan, Chia Hui Qin #NobelMindsAtPKU

Why did the Industrial Revolution happen in 18th-century Britain—and not anywhere else? 2025 Nobel laureate and economic historian Joel Mokyr explored this enduring question in his lecture at Peking University on Oct. 24. mp.weixin.qq.com/s/f-STSht6DX... #NobelMindsAtPKU @nobelprize.bsky.social

A new international study warns that the global construction sector’s carbon footprint is on track to double by 2050, threatening to derail efforts to meet the Paris Agreement climate targets. 🔗 iiasa.ac.at/news/oct-202... @pku1898.bsky.social @pik-potsdam.bsky.social

🔎DYK? Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) is one of the world’s deadliest cancers, with a five-year survival rate of just 13%. Zheng Xiaofeng’s team at #PekingUniversity has uncovered how ALDOA promotes PDAC carcinogenesis through multiple mechanisms. doi.org/10.1038/s414... #PKUResearch

Humans are efficient walkers but inefficient divers. A #PKUResearch team led by Prof. Wang Qining has developed the first portable underwater exoskeleton that assists knee movement during scuba diving. ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/112... #PekingUniversity #Robotics @ieeetro.bsky.social

Researchers unveiling the hidden rhythms of superconductors⚡ Wang Nanlin’s team at #PekingUniversity, together with collaborators, achieved selective excitation of collective modes in the multiband superconductor MgB₂. doi.org/10.1103/b5h4... #PKUResearch #PhysicsSky

Hidden water traces on Mars! 💧 A PKU-led study uncovered hydrated sediments under the InSight landing site, revealing signs of ancient rivers and a warmer Martian past. doi.org/10.1038/s432... #PKUResearch #PekingUniversity #Mars @commsearth.nature.com

Renowned physicist and Nobel laureate Chen Ning Yang, alumnus of National Southwest Associated University, Academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, and Professor at Tsinghua University, passed away in Beijing on Saturday at the age of 103. english.news.cn/20251018/fe1...