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Chunli Bai

Executive Editor-in-Chief

Mu-ming Poo

About the journal

Under the auspices of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, National Science Review is an open access journal aimed at reporting cutting-edge developments across science and technology in China and around the world. The journal covers all areas of the natural sciences, including physics and mathematics, chemistry, life sciences, earth sciences, materials science, and information sciences.

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Key engineering innovations in industrial-scale cyclohexanone production via cyclohexene esterification–reduction
Baoning Zong and others
National Science Review, nwag465, https://doi.org/10.1093/nsr/nwag465
Researchers developed an innovative cyclohexene esterification-reduction technology that overcomes the conversion-selectivity trade-off in traditional cyclohexanone production, and built the world’s first 400 kt/a industrial plant for cyclohexanone production.
Wafer-scale subwavelength excimer lithography enabled by dry-transferable photoresist
Yu Zhou and others
National Science Review, nwag477, https://doi.org/10.1093/nsr/nwag477
This work presents a dry-transferable photoresist-enabled excimer lithography technique, achieving feature sizes down to ~100 nm and patterning on substrates up to 8 inches, enabling scalable and cost-effective micro/nanomanufacturing.
Electron delocalization in a fullerene-dumbbell triad: synergistically optimizing carrier dynamics for boosting photocatalytic hydrogen evolution
Chong Wang and others
National Science Review, nwag479, https://doi.org/10.1093/nsr/nwag479
A dumbbell-shaped fullerene-based photocatalyst with pronounced electron delocalization was designed. Photoelectrochemical measurements confirm that electron delocalization can synergistically optimize carrier generation, transport, and utilization of, thereby boosting the photocatalytic hydrogen evolution performance.
Tipping Points and Cascading Transitions: Methods, Principles, and Evidence
Sheng Fang and others
National Science Review, nwag478, https://doi.org/10.1093/nsr/nwag478
Tipping points and cascading transitions can fundamentally reshape the Earth system. This review integrates recent advances in nonlinear dynamics, early-warning signals, network science, and artificial intelligence to provide a comprehensive framework for understanding, detecting, and predicting systemic climate transitions.
Intent-Driven Embodied Artificial Intelligence
Nanning Zheng
National Science Review, nwag476, https://doi.org/10.1093/nsr/nwag476
Intent-driven embodied AI introduces explicit, revisable, and value-aligned intent as a critical bridge connecting human goals, environmental constraints, and autonomous behavior, enabling more coherent, adaptive, and trustworthy intelligent systems.
Impacts of multitrophic biological loop on soil carbon sequestration
Guixiang Zhou and others
National Science Review, nwag475, https://doi.org/10.1093/nsr/nwag475
Interactions among soil viruses, microbes and soil fauna form a unified soil biological loop that shapes microbial necromass and controls soil carbon storage. This work extends the microbial carbon pump theory by introducing the virus-mediated microbial carbon pump, offering a new framework to explain soil carbon sequestration under global change.

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10 years of NSR

Celebrate NSR's 10th anniversary with an Editorial by Chunli Bai and Mu-ming Poo and a collection of the most-discussed articles online.

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Special Topic: Twisted Bilayer Systems

This special topic brings together leading researchers exploring the physics, materials science, and emergent quantum phenomena of twisted bilayer systems.

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Special Topic: Hydrovoltaic Science and Technology

This special topic showcases leading advances in hydrovoltaic science, highlighting emerging mechanisms, materials innovations, and sustainable pathways for harvesting electricity from water, moisture, and interfacial phenomena.

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Special Topic: Uncovering the Mechanism of Nickelate Superconductors

This special topic gathers leading researchers advancing our understanding of nickelate high‑temperature superconductors.

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Special Topic: Geochronology

This special topic brings together leading experts advancing the science of geochronology, from high‑precision U‑Pb and U‑Th dating to radioisotope geochronology, diffusion chronometry, and ultrahigh‑resolution analytical methods.

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associate editors

Associate Editors-in-Chief of NSR

Qikun Xue (Physics & Mathematics)

Song Gao (Chemistry)

Chung-I Wu (Life Sciences)

Zhonghe Zhou (Earth Sciences)

Dongyuan Zhao (Materials Science)

Lei Guo (Information Sciences)

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Section Editors

Shining Zhu   (Physics & Mathematics)

Fu-Chun Zhang (Physics & Mathematics)

Zhenfeng Xi   (Chemistry)

Xiangfeng Duan (Chemistry)

Jinsong Li   (Life Sciences)

Anming Meng  (Life Sciences)

Li-Jia Qu  (Life Sciences)

Hongjun Song  (Life Sciences)

Shizhong Xu  (Life Sciences)

Tian Xu  (Life Sciences)

Zhengtang Guo   (Earth Sciences)

Bao-lian Su   (Materials Science)

Huisheng Peng (Materials Science)

Ru Huang   (Information Sciences)

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