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Jiaqi Cai’s doctoral research has led to a landmark discovery in condensed matter physics: the experimental realization of the fractional quantum anomalous Hall effect (FQAH) -– a phenomenon long theorized but never before observed. His FQAH research contributed to the project’s principal investigator, Xiaodong Xu, receiving the 2025 National Academy of Sciences Award for Scientific Discovery.
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