Peking University, June 6, 2023: Researchers from the Department of Mechanics and Engineering Science at Peking University (PKU), led by Prof. Chen Shiyi and Prof. Yang Yantao, have recently proposed a groundbreaking mechanism to enhance the efficiency of heat transfer in convect...

Peking University May 30, 2023: If you look up "the tallest tree in Asia" on the internet, it may mention Menara, a yellow meranti (Shorea faguetiana) tree with a height of 100.8 meters found in Malaysia. The record, however, has now been broken.The newly discovered giant tree is...

Siler collingwoodii, a jumping spider found in China and Japan, imitates certain features of ants Editor’s note: In the immense world of the animal kingdom, a host of species have developed their unique mimicry skills to attract prey or confuse predators. The deceptive act, howe...

Peking University, May 22, 2023: Researchers from Peking University School of Archaeology and Museology collaborated with the Gansu Provincial Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology to reconstruct the world’s earliest composite-tiled roofs. Their findings were consolidated...

Cai Xiaoming Peking University, May 20, 2023: Recently, Cai Xiaoming, associate professor at Peking University HSBC Business School (PHBS), published a collaborative paper titled “Meetings and Mechanisms” in the International Economic Review. The paper, featured in Volume 64, Iss...