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This work proposes a wet-chemical etching assisted aberration-enhanced single-pulsed femtosecond laser nanolithography, named “WEALTH”, for manufacturing small-size, large-area, deep holey nanostructures, promising for emerging nanophotonic devices.

Zhang et al. report the incorporation of copper halide perovskite nanocrystals into glass fibre arrays for high-resolution remote scintillation over 5 m without crosstalk. Real-time and 3D X-ray imaging are demonstrated employing 1600 densely packed fibres with a single pixel diameter of about 10.4 µm.

Individuals with autism often exhibit social memory impairment. Here, authors show the disruption of autism-associate Shank3 gene in more than a certain proportion of hippocampal ventral CA1 neurons impairs social memory, through AAV- and extracellular vesicle-mediated in vivo gene editing.

The use of mechanical energy in wastewater treatment has been associated with accelerating physical mixing in compartments, and its effect on microbial activities has not been explored. The implementation of the developed mechano-driven bio-denitrification approach in real wastewater treatment provides a new method for wastewater denitrification.

The genomic epidemiology of Acinetobacter baumannii, which is rising in virulence and multidrug resistance, was explored. This study examined bloodstream infection isolates from Chinese patients in 2011–2021, revealing increased genetic diversity and dominance of highly virulent ST208.

This study presents the hydrovoltaic electricity generation induced by living leaf transpiration. It emphasizes the hydrovoltaic effect in various plant species, showcasing a new, untapped source of green energy from natural transpiration processes.

This study has revealed a widespread yet previously undiscovered link between oxygenic photosynthesis and methanogenesis and will advance our understanding of the ecological role of photosynthetic bacteria in the global CH₄ cycle.

Devices based on microbial biofilms can be used to generate hydrovoltaic energy from water evaporation. Here, Ren et al. show that, in addition, electroautotrophic bacteria can use evaporation-induced hydrovoltaic electrons for growth in biofilms.

The antidiabetic drug acarbose is shown to be degraded by a Klebsiella species present in the human gut, which is enriched with acarbose treatment and might mediate acarbose resistance and variations in clinical efficacy observed in patients.

Phosphor-glass composites can serve as efficient and stable photonic converters, but their synthesis generally requires harsh and time-consuming procedures. Here, the authors report an alternative synthesis route that requires only a few seconds and is based on particle self-stabilization.

A single-cell multiomics analysis of over 200,000 cells of the primary motor cortex of human, macaque, marmoset and mouse shows that divergence of transcription factor expression corresponds to species-specific epigenome landscapes, and conserved and divergent gene regulatory features are reflected in the evolution of the three-dimensional genome.

Long-distance extracellular electron transfer has been observed in Gram-negative bacteria. Here, Yang et al. show that a filamentous, unicellular Gram-positive bacterium is capable of bidirectional extracellular electron transfer, and forms centimetre-range conductive networks consisting of 1mm-long cells and conductive appendages.

Luminescent CsPbBr₃ quantum dots can be written into glass using femtosecond laser pulses and thermal annealing, and erased by further femtosecond laser irradiation. The resulting quantum dot patterns could prove useful for data storage, decoration or security purposes.

An examination of motor cortex in humans, marmosets and mice reveals a generally conserved cellular makeup that is likely to extend to many mammalian species, but also differences in gene expression, DNA methylation and chromatin state that lead to species-dependent specializations.

Three-dimensional (3D) optical information can be written in transparent glass using a focused 473 nm laser beam, which will be read by photo-modulation.

Predicting the drug response of patients with cancer is crucial for implementing targeted therapy. Here, Su et al. make patient-derived cell lines and perform targeted sequencing and RNA-seq to identify CDKN2A/2B loss as a predictor of response to CDK4/6 inhibitors in esophageal squamous cell carcinoma.

Targeted deletion of SAPAP3, a postsynaptic scaffolding protein expressed in the striatum, yields a behavioral phenotype with many characteristics of obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD). SAPAP3^−/− mice compulsively overgroom themselves and are unusually anxious. Behavioral symptoms are alleviated by SSRIs, and both behaviour and physiological abnormalities are rescued by lentiviral-mediated expression of SAPAP3 in the striatum.

The BRAIN Initiative Cell Census Network has constructed a multimodal cell census and atlas of the mammalian primary motor cortex in a landmark effort towards understanding brain cell-type diversity, neural circuit organization and brain function.

Guo et al. show that synaptic alterations in ACC pyramidal neurons underlie social impairments in Shank3 mutant mice and that selective activation of ACC pyramidal neurons or enhancing AMPAR function improves social behavior in these mice.

Viruses with double-stranded RNA (dsRNA) genomes form typically isometric particles or are capsid-less. Here, the authors identify a mycovirus with an eight-segmented dsRNA genome that forms exceptionally long filamentous particles and could represent an evolutionary link between ssRNA and dsRNA viruses.

Qing Lan and colleagues report the results of a genome-wide association study of lung cancer in never-smoking women from Asia. They identify three new susceptibility loci and confirm three other previously reported associations.

Schistosoma mansoni and Schistosoma japonicum are the pathogenic agents that cause the tropical disease schistosomiasis. Here, and in an accompanying paper, the genomes of these two flatworms are sequenced and analysed. The results provide insights into the molecular architecture and host interactions of the flatworms, as well as avenues for future development of targeted interventions for schistosomiasis.

Stella, a factor essential for female fertility, protects the oocyte methylome in mice by suppressing de novo DNA methylation mediated by the DNA methyltransferase DNMT1.

Dongfeng Gu and colleagues report a genome-wide association study for coronary artery disease in Han Chinese individuals. They identify four loci newly associated with coronary artery disease.

Infrared-to-red, green, and blue upconversion lasing from nano-glass composite microspheres embedded with rare earth ion-doped fluoride nanocrystals is first reported, holding promise for low-threshold microlaser light source applications.

This paper reports the genome sequence of domesticated tomato, a major crop plant, and a draft sequence for its closest wild relative; comparative genomics reveal very little divergence between the two genomes but some important differences with the potato genome, another important food crop in the genus Solanum.

Genomic analysis of 5,303 Chinese women with recurrent major depressive disorder (MDD) enables the identification and replication of two genome-wide significant loci contributing to risk of MDD on chromosome 10: one near the SIRT1 gene; the other in an intron of the LHPP gene.