This paper examines the filming practice of Zhang Yimou’s Shadow(2018)in the context of Chinese culture and from the perspectives of contemporary gender theories.It argues that Shadow constructs a male-dominated patr...This paper examines the filming practice of Zhang Yimou’s Shadow(2018)in the context of Chinese culture and from the perspectives of contemporary gender theories.It argues that Shadow constructs a male-dominated patriarchal culture and a patricide allegory of the Father and Son structure of power in palace intrigues.Furthermore,it is a history of the acts that the Son takes to get the Father’s woman,absolve the tyrannical Father’s threat of castration and attain the supreme power.To suit the motif of palace intrigues,Zhang adopts quasi-back-and-white palette to create stunning visuals like traditional Chinese ink paintings.He also constructs a web-narrative of dualities around the yin-yang paradigm,the taichi diagram in particular.The film’s central gender relationship is a triangular one,in which Woman is positioned between the Father/the master and the Son/his“shadow”.Woman is marginalized in the film.She is not represented as the central subject,but as the object of sacrifice who functions to satisfy male desire and construct male subjectivity and sexuality.Moreover,the film explores how toxic and violent Chinese masculinity can become when it deviates from wen-wu prowess.Thus,Shadow becomes a violent movie that intensifies the viewer’s experience of violence as the Son/the“shadow”must be absolutely brutal and ruthless in order to slay the Father/the master and create new order.展开更多
THE courtroom inside the Intermediate People＇s Court in Hefei, east Chinas Anhui Province, was packed to capacity with more than 140 people on August 9, as a closely watched murder trial began on a case that has gath...THE courtroom inside the Intermediate People＇s Court in Hefei, east Chinas Anhui Province, was packed to capacity with more than 140 people on August 9, as a closely watched murder trial began on a case that has gathered international attention because of its links to one of Chinas top ranked and most charismatic Communist Party of China （CPC） leaders.展开更多
使阑人静。在网上读到此文,我的思绪似乎回到遥远的旷古年代。恐龙是当时地球的主宰。在地球动物的进化史上,从爬行到站立行走奔跑的动物并不多,恐龙就是一例。令科学家兴奋不已的是,在恐龙之前,已有先例,那就 是最近考古发现的蜥蜴Eudi...使阑人静。在网上读到此文,我的思绪似乎回到遥远的旷古年代。恐龙是当时地球的主宰。在地球动物的进化史上,从爬行到站立行走奔跑的动物并不多,恐龙就是一例。令科学家兴奋不已的是,在恐龙之前,已有先例,那就 是最近考古发现的蜥蜴Eudibamus cursoris,这种食草蜥蜴能够收缩起前肢,利用后肢狂奔,以逃避食肉动物的袭击。据此本文的末尾有如此推断: Perhaps their two-legged escape machinery made them especially successful herbivores(食草动物),they said. 读者朋友,你也许为本句中的一个常用词machinery而犯愁,那么,请看本文为此所加的注释吧。】展开更多
One of the hottest and most intriguing recent topics in cosmology has been the tension[1]between the cosmic expansion rate as measured using the local Universe as compared with that determined from the Cosmic Microwav...One of the hottest and most intriguing recent topics in cosmology has been the tension[1]between the cosmic expansion rate as measured using the local Universe as compared with that determined from the Cosmic Microwave Background(CMB).This tension has been steadily growing for the past 3 years,and is perhaps the strongest evidence of a failure of the standardΛCDM cosmological model.展开更多
CONSPECTUS:Layered materials bound by weak van der Waals(vdW)interactions offer a rich platform for exploring intriguing fundamental science in the two-dimensional(2D)limit and advancing technological innovations.Tran...CONSPECTUS:Layered materials bound by weak van der Waals(vdW)interactions offer a rich platform for exploring intriguing fundamental science in the two-dimensional(2D)limit and advancing technological innovations.Transition from bulk to 2D geometry results in profound alterations in electronic structures and crystallographic symmetries,giving rise to a plethora of novel physical effects and functionalities.Due to their atomic-scale thinness,2D materials with a high specific surface area enable postprocessing chemical modification of their basal planes to further regulate their intrinsic physical properties.Moreover,the interfacial effects induced by surface modifications can modulate properties without altering the original lattice,facilitating the emergence of novel electronic phases and exotic quantum phenomena.Consequently,extensive research is delving into surface modifications of 2D materials,paving the way to further expand the research fields of 2D materials.Notably,layered materials also feature a subnanometer-sized vdW gap between adjacent layers,enabling the incorporation of vip species and evoking a new type of surface modification called vdW gap engineering,without the need for pre-exfoliation into 2D structures.Unlike postprocessing surface modifications,direct vdW gap engineering protects vip species within the layers from environmental degradation,fostering stable vip−host structures with enhanced environmental stability.Additionally,the confined vdW gap engineering prompts electronic interactions between vip species and host materials,resulting in new physics and functionalities that cannot be achieved through traditional surface modifications.Furthermore,vdW gap engineering also enables the creation of a new class of hybrid vdW superlattices with highly adaptable structural motifs,harnessing the synergistic effects of vip species and host materials.This Account highlights recent advancements in vdW gap engineering of 2D materials from our group and other researchers.We focus on three key aspects of vdW gap engineering including the design and synthesis of low-dimensional materials,modulation of phase transitions,and fabrication of hybrid superlattices.Specifically,we provide a comprehensive overview of current vdW gap engineering methodologies such as intercalation,interlayer growth,and direct chemical growth.Various forms of host−vip interactions and their underlying mechanisms are introduced along with the exciting physical properties and functional applications.Finally,we outline the present challenges and future prospects for vdW gap engineering of 2D materials.We emphasize the crucial role of in situ characterization techniques and machine learning in advancing vdW gap engineering studies as well as potential new research directions that could open new frontiers in creating artificial vdW materials for technological innovations.展开更多
Introduction“There is a kink(shoulder)on[the]Lys peak...”These words scribed in Richard P.Ambler’s laboratory notebook marked the discovery of protein methylation and a segue into a new field of scientific research...Introduction“There is a kink(shoulder)on[the]Lys peak...”These words scribed in Richard P.Ambler’s laboratory notebook marked the discovery of protein methylation and a segue into a new field of scientific research[1].Initially,through ion-exchange chromatography and two-dimensional paper chromatography of the hydrolysate of Salmonella typhimurium flagellin,this“kink”was interpreted as a“new amino acid”,the e-Nmethyl-lysine(NML).This discovery,bolstered by a subsequent examination of purified NML,was the first glimpse of protein methylation in living cells[1].展开更多
Metal-organic frameworks(MOFs)are emerging as an important family of porous materials for their intriguing network topologies and potential applications in gas adsorption and separation,catalysis,proton conduction,etc...Metal-organic frameworks(MOFs)are emerging as an important family of porous materials for their intriguing network topologies and potential applications in gas adsorption and separation,catalysis,proton conduction,etc.Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China,Prof.Cao Rong and his colleagues from Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter,Chinese Academy of Sciences,展开更多
With the support by the National Natural Science Foundation of China,the research team led by Prof.Li Zigang(李子刚)at Peking University Shenzhen Graduate School developed a new methodology for unprotected peptide sta...With the support by the National Natural Science Foundation of China,the research team led by Prof.Li Zigang(李子刚)at Peking University Shenzhen Graduate School developed a new methodology for unprotected peptide stapling v iaphoto-induced intramolecular thiol-yne hydrothiolation,which was展开更多
With the support by the National Natural Science Foundation of China and the Ministry of Science and Technology of China,Prof.Yang Keqian’s laboratory at the Institute of Microbiology,Chinese Academy of Sciences,repo...With the support by the National Natural Science Foundation of China and the Ministry of Science and Technology of China,Prof.Yang Keqian’s laboratory at the Institute of Microbiology,Chinese Academy of Sciences,reported that angucyclines as signals modulate the behaviors of Streptomyces coelicolor,which展开更多
Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China,Prof.Ye Yanlin and his team from Peking University reported their recent research results in an article"Observation of enhanced monopole strength and ...Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China,Prof.Ye Yanlin and his team from Peking University reported their recent research results in an article"Observation of enhanced monopole strength and clustering in 12Be"in Physical Review Letters(2014,112:162501).展开更多
With the support by the National Natural Science Foundation of China,the research team led by Prof.Gao ChuanBo(高传博)at the Frontier Institute of Science and Technology,Xi’an Jiaotong University,cooperated with the ...With the support by the National Natural Science Foundation of China,the research team led by Prof.Gao ChuanBo(高传博)at the Frontier Institute of Science and Technology,Xi’an Jiaotong University,cooperated with the research team led by Prof.Yin Yadong at the University of California,Riverside,and reported their recent progress in the structure engineering of noble metal nanocrystals for intriguing prop-展开更多
Empty bags contain their own kind of weight, is this how they weigh us down? He Xun(贺勋) plays with expectations and contradictions as he uses the peculiarities of language to paint poetry on his intriguing works of ...Empty bags contain their own kind of weight, is this how they weigh us down? He Xun(贺勋) plays with expectations and contradictions as he uses the peculiarities of language to paint poetry on his intriguing works of art.展开更多
Using simplistic elements and the space of the gallery,Wang Yizhou brings traditional Chinese paintings into the realm of modern installation art with rice paper on the ceiling and rocks on the floor
As the name suggests, Cao Baoping's latest film The Dead End doesn't deliver you to a wholesome, feel-good destination. An intriguing murder mystery, albeit with messy additions, provides more than a few gems ...As the name suggests, Cao Baoping's latest film The Dead End doesn't deliver you to a wholesome, feel-good destination. An intriguing murder mystery, albeit with messy additions, provides more than a few gems and shrieks in an unusually brutal narrative.展开更多
文摘This paper examines the filming practice of Zhang Yimou’s Shadow(2018)in the context of Chinese culture and from the perspectives of contemporary gender theories.It argues that Shadow constructs a male-dominated patriarchal culture and a patricide allegory of the Father and Son structure of power in palace intrigues.Furthermore,it is a history of the acts that the Son takes to get the Father’s woman,absolve the tyrannical Father’s threat of castration and attain the supreme power.To suit the motif of palace intrigues,Zhang adopts quasi-back-and-white palette to create stunning visuals like traditional Chinese ink paintings.He also constructs a web-narrative of dualities around the yin-yang paradigm,the taichi diagram in particular.The film’s central gender relationship is a triangular one,in which Woman is positioned between the Father/the master and the Son/his“shadow”.Woman is marginalized in the film.She is not represented as the central subject,but as the object of sacrifice who functions to satisfy male desire and construct male subjectivity and sexuality.Moreover,the film explores how toxic and violent Chinese masculinity can become when it deviates from wen-wu prowess.Thus,Shadow becomes a violent movie that intensifies the viewer’s experience of violence as the Son/the“shadow”must be absolutely brutal and ruthless in order to slay the Father/the master and create new order.
文摘THE courtroom inside the Intermediate People＇s Court in Hefei, east Chinas Anhui Province, was packed to capacity with more than 140 people on August 9, as a closely watched murder trial began on a case that has gathered international attention because of its links to one of Chinas top ranked and most charismatic Communist Party of China （CPC） leaders.
文摘使阑人静。在网上读到此文,我的思绪似乎回到遥远的旷古年代。恐龙是当时地球的主宰。在地球动物的进化史上,从爬行到站立行走奔跑的动物并不多,恐龙就是一例。令科学家兴奋不已的是,在恐龙之前,已有先例,那就 是最近考古发现的蜥蜴Eudibamus cursoris,这种食草蜥蜴能够收缩起前肢,利用后肢狂奔,以逃避食肉动物的袭击。据此本文的末尾有如此推断: Perhaps their two-legged escape machinery made them especially successful herbivores(食草动物),they said. 读者朋友,你也许为本句中的一个常用词machinery而犯愁,那么,请看本文为此所加的注释吧。】
基金CAS Key Research Program of Frontier Sciences(QYZDY-SSW-SLH006)Nationd Natural science Foundation of China(11875296,11675223)Recruitment Program of High-end Foreign Experts。
文摘One of the hottest and most intriguing recent topics in cosmology has been the tension[1]between the cosmic expansion rate as measured using the local Universe as compared with that determined from the Cosmic Microwave Background(CMB).This tension has been steadily growing for the past 3 years,and is perhaps the strongest evidence of a failure of the standardΛCDM cosmological model.
基金support from MOE Tier 2 grants(Nos.MOE-T2EP10221-0005,MOE-T2EP10123-0004,MOET2EP10223-0004)Agency for Science,Technology and Research(A*STAR)under MTC Individual Research Grants(Project ID No.M21K2c0113)+2 种基金Science and Technology Project of Jiangsu Province(Grant No.BZ2022056)support from National Nature Science Foundation of China(Grant No.22375041)Start-up Research Fund of Southeast University(Grant No.RF1028623202).
文摘CONSPECTUS:Layered materials bound by weak van der Waals(vdW)interactions offer a rich platform for exploring intriguing fundamental science in the two-dimensional(2D)limit and advancing technological innovations.Transition from bulk to 2D geometry results in profound alterations in electronic structures and crystallographic symmetries,giving rise to a plethora of novel physical effects and functionalities.Due to their atomic-scale thinness,2D materials with a high specific surface area enable postprocessing chemical modification of their basal planes to further regulate their intrinsic physical properties.Moreover,the interfacial effects induced by surface modifications can modulate properties without altering the original lattice,facilitating the emergence of novel electronic phases and exotic quantum phenomena.Consequently,extensive research is delving into surface modifications of 2D materials,paving the way to further expand the research fields of 2D materials.Notably,layered materials also feature a subnanometer-sized vdW gap between adjacent layers,enabling the incorporation of vip species and evoking a new type of surface modification called vdW gap engineering,without the need for pre-exfoliation into 2D structures.Unlike postprocessing surface modifications,direct vdW gap engineering protects vip species within the layers from environmental degradation,fostering stable vip−host structures with enhanced environmental stability.Additionally,the confined vdW gap engineering prompts electronic interactions between vip species and host materials,resulting in new physics and functionalities that cannot be achieved through traditional surface modifications.Furthermore,vdW gap engineering also enables the creation of a new class of hybrid vdW superlattices with highly adaptable structural motifs,harnessing the synergistic effects of vip species and host materials.This Account highlights recent advancements in vdW gap engineering of 2D materials from our group and other researchers.We focus on three key aspects of vdW gap engineering including the design and synthesis of low-dimensional materials,modulation of phase transitions,and fabrication of hybrid superlattices.Specifically,we provide a comprehensive overview of current vdW gap engineering methodologies such as intercalation,interlayer growth,and direct chemical growth.Various forms of host−vip interactions and their underlying mechanisms are introduced along with the exciting physical properties and functional applications.Finally,we outline the present challenges and future prospects for vdW gap engineering of 2D materials.We emphasize the crucial role of in situ characterization techniques and machine learning in advancing vdW gap engineering studies as well as potential new research directions that could open new frontiers in creating artificial vdW materials for technological innovations.
基金supported by the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada Discovery Grant(Grant No.06151)awarded to KKB.
文摘Introduction“There is a kink(shoulder)on[the]Lys peak...”These words scribed in Richard P.Ambler’s laboratory notebook marked the discovery of protein methylation and a segue into a new field of scientific research[1].Initially,through ion-exchange chromatography and two-dimensional paper chromatography of the hydrolysate of Salmonella typhimurium flagellin,this“kink”was interpreted as a“new amino acid”,the e-Nmethyl-lysine(NML).This discovery,bolstered by a subsequent examination of purified NML,was the first glimpse of protein methylation in living cells[1].
文摘Metal-organic frameworks(MOFs)are emerging as an important family of porous materials for their intriguing network topologies and potential applications in gas adsorption and separation,catalysis,proton conduction,etc.Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China,Prof.Cao Rong and his colleagues from Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter,Chinese Academy of Sciences,
文摘With the support by the National Natural Science Foundation of China,the research team led by Prof.Li Zigang(李子刚)at Peking University Shenzhen Graduate School developed a new methodology for unprotected peptide stapling v iaphoto-induced intramolecular thiol-yne hydrothiolation,which was
文摘With the support by the National Natural Science Foundation of China and the Ministry of Science and Technology of China,Prof.Yang Keqian’s laboratory at the Institute of Microbiology,Chinese Academy of Sciences,reported that angucyclines as signals modulate the behaviors of Streptomyces coelicolor,which
文摘Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China,Prof.Ye Yanlin and his team from Peking University reported their recent research results in an article"Observation of enhanced monopole strength and clustering in 12Be"in Physical Review Letters(2014,112:162501).
文摘With the support by the National Natural Science Foundation of China,the research team led by Prof.Gao ChuanBo(高传博)at the Frontier Institute of Science and Technology,Xi’an Jiaotong University,cooperated with the research team led by Prof.Yin Yadong at the University of California,Riverside,and reported their recent progress in the structure engineering of noble metal nanocrystals for intriguing prop-
文摘Empty bags contain their own kind of weight, is this how they weigh us down? He Xun(贺勋) plays with expectations and contradictions as he uses the peculiarities of language to paint poetry on his intriguing works of art.
文摘Using simplistic elements and the space of the gallery,Wang Yizhou brings traditional Chinese paintings into the realm of modern installation art with rice paper on the ceiling and rocks on the floor
文摘As the name suggests, Cao Baoping's latest film The Dead End doesn't deliver you to a wholesome, feel-good destination. An intriguing murder mystery, albeit with messy additions, provides more than a few gems and shrieks in an unusually brutal narrative.
