Large-scale multiferroic complex oxide epitaxy with magnetically switched polarization enabled by solution processing

Complex oxides with tunable structures have many fascinating properties, though high-quality complex oxide epitaxy with precisely controlled composition is still out of reach. Here we have successfully developed solution-based single-crystalline epitaxy for multiferroic (1-x)BiTi_(1-y)/2Fe_yMg_(1-y)/2O₃–(x)CaTiO₃ (BTFM–CTO) solid solution in large area, confirming its ferroelectricity at the atomic scale with strong spontaneous polarization. Careful compositional tuning leads to a bulk magnetization of 0.07 ± 0.035 μ_B/Fe at room temperature, enabling magnetically induced polarization switching exhibiting a large magnetoelectric coefficient of 2.7–3.0 × 10⁻⁷ s/m. This work demonstrates the great potential of solution processing in large-scale complex oxide epitaxy and establishes novel room-temperature magnetoelectric coupling in epitaxial BTFM–CTO film, making it possible to explore a much wider space of composition, phase, and structure that can be easily scaled up for industrial applications.     

Research ethics: a safeguard for advanced technologies

With the fast development of cutting-edge technologies and their greater integration into human life, more ethical challenges emerge. The problem became more salient when the world''s first genetically edited babies were born in China in violation of existing ethical rules. Although the responsible researcher He Jiankui was sentenced for imprisonment for three years last December, it is still necessary to examine the current status of research ethics and the challenges in China. Has China set up a sophisticated research ethics system? For research ethics and their implementation in China, are there unique national characteristics? Can the dominant ethics principles primarily developed from life science research be equally adopted in the emerging artificial intelligence research and development? At an online forum organized by National Science Review (NSR) and through subsequent correspondences among forum participants, NSR Executive Editor-in-Chief Mu-ming Poo and guest moderator Hepeng Jia asked three scientists and three bioethicists or philosophers of science and technology in the field to examine the dynamic development of research ethics in China. Weiwen DuanPhilosopher of Science and Technology at Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, Beijing, China Junjiu HuangLife scientist focused on genetics at Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China Renzong QiuBioethicist at Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, Beijing, China Qiang SunLife scientist and the principal investigator (PI) of clone monkey program at Shanghai Institute of Neuroscience, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China Yi ZengArtificial intelligence scientist at Institute of Automation, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China Xiaomei ZhaiBioethicist at Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences/Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China Mu-ming Poo (Chair)Neurobiologist at Center for Excellence in Brain Science and Intelligence Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China Hepeng Jia (Co-chair)Professor of Science Communication at Soochow University, Suzhou, China     

"CALIS重点学科网络资源导航库" 标准与规范述评

“十五”期间,共54家高校图书馆参与“CALIS重点学科网络资源导航库”项目的导航资源建设工作。为保证信息发现、资源描述等行为的一致性和连续性,项目组制订了相关标准与规范。该文对项目所涉及的标准和规范的建设情况进行了述评、探讨,包括资源选择标准、元数据规范、著录规则和资源类型设定、分类体系的选择等。     

面向全民抗疫记忆构建的疫情防控档案专题数据库建设研究

新冠肺炎肆虐,疫情期间形成了丰富的档案资料,疫情防控档案分散和类型多元化等特点显著,疫情防控档案的整合对于助力应急管理、助力医疗一线和稳定公众情绪等方面具有重要意义。基于此,文章梳理了疫情防控档案专题数据库建设目的与思路,探讨了数据库规划与设计、系统架构等内容。疫情防控档案专题数据库的建立,可为今后疫情预防与防治工作奠定基础,在应对重大突发公共卫生事件时发挥借鉴与参考作用。     

图书馆在本科教学评估中的地位及对评估指标的理解

文章根据10年来的教学评估情况,阐明了本科教学评估的内涵、特征和意义,分析了图书馆在本科教学评估中的地位及图书馆评估指标的内涵,进一步探讨了评估工作对图书馆产生的影响.参考文献7.     

我国信息资源建设相关问题研究

近几年,我国信息资源建设已经成为研究的热点。本文从数字化、信息组织、共建共享、标准化、法律建设等方面对我国信息资源建设的相关问题进行评析。     

Making American Friends: The Effects of Musical Tastes and English Proficiency on Chinese International Students’ Social Networks in the United States

This study investigated the relationship between Chinese international students’ social networks in the United States and their musical tastes. Based on concept of homophily, this study used a self-reported Social Network Analysis (SNA) survey to examine whether sharing similar musical tastes affected Chinese international students’ relationship, their musical tastes, and music consumption. The results showed that having high musical taste similarity predicted closer relationship between respondents and their alters, and higher likelihood of new music consumption. This study also found that frequent American English-language songs listeners were more likely to have Americans in their social network than less-frequent American English-language songs listeners.     

基于多状态跳转模型的场景独立音频事件检测方法

针对不同类型事件设计多状态跳转模型,结合两种深度神经网络实现对传统音频事件检测框架的改进。实验表明,在DCASE2017任务2的开发集数据上,改进后的DNN-HMM系统相比于基线系统取得F值8.9%的相对提升和错误率19%的绝对下降;基于多状态跳转模型聚类的卷积神经网络模型（SC-CNN）,相比于基线系统取得F值18%的相对提升和错误率30%的绝对下降。     

大都市居住空间分异及其应对策略

在全球化的背景下,中国大都市的社会空间正经历着复杂而深刻的变化,居住空间分异现象已经在多种地域尺度上存在.中国居住空间分异的原因与国外不同,收入差距带来的社会分层以及政府"经营城市"的理念是加速分异的主要原因,其直接后果是在社会空间上造成不同阶层的隔离和集聚,并在公共产品的供给上影响弱势群体.混合居住是改变城市居住空间分异的应对策略,但在自由和商品化的城市住宅市场中,不同阶层人群的分区居住是必然的现象,因而混合居住模式能否成功运作,有赖于一定的社会经济和政策基础,尤其是政府的主动介入和积极引导.