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A significant challenge remains in preparing high-quality, large-area tin-lead mixed narrow-bandgap perovskite films for all-perovskite tandem solar modules. Here, the authors introduce pyridine to facilitate crystallization process, achieving maximum efficiency of 22.0% for 10.4 cm² mini-modules.

Efficient voltage-controlled regulation of water and ion transport was achieved in stable Zr₄-Ti₃C₂T_x membranes. Under negative voltage, water diffusion was enhanced while ion transport was suppressed. This provides a promising strategy to overcome the intrinsic permeability– selectivity trade-off.

Charge transport and extraction in polycrystalline perovskite films are often hindered by inefficient carrier transfer across grain domain boundaries (GDBs). Here, authors employ supramolecular assisted Rb+ delivery for in-situ GDB bridging, achieving efficiency of 26.02% for perovskite solar cells.

Plasmodium vivax reticulocyte binding protein 2b (PvRBP2b) is important for invasion of reticulocytes and PvRBP2b antibodies correlate with protection. Here, Chan et al. isolate and characterize anti-PvRBP2b human monoclonal antibodies and describe mechanisms by which these antibodies inhibit invasion.

The authors quantify terrestrial temperature evolution over the past 2 million years by fossil lipids preserved in an ancient lake in East Asia. They showed a long-term warming trend that diverges from the contemporaneous global sea surface cooling.

Electrochemical reduction of CO₂ in acidic conditions offers high utilization but is hindered by competing hydrogen evolution. Here, the authors demonstrate a nickel-based catalyst that regulates interfacial water, enabling efficient and durable CO₂ conversion to CO.

Efficient chemical synthesis of nucleoside is challenging due to the low reactivity of nucleobases acceptors. Herein, the authors report a protocol for nucleoside synthesis with glycosyl o-(tert-butylethynyl)phenyl thioglycosides as donors.

While Bell inequalities have been violated several times—mostly in photonic systems—their violations within particle physics experiments are less explored. Here, the BESIII Collaboration showcases Bell-violating nonlocal correlations between entangled hyperon pairs.

Rosmarinol quinone (RQ) induces β-catenin phase separation, suppressing Wnt/β-catenin signaling and tumorigenesis. Abroquinone (albumin–RQ complex) was developed for targeted delivery and improved biosafety.

Dual-atom catalysts have the potential to accelerate the reaction kinetics of polysulfide conversion. Here, authors design a Ga-Cd diatomic catalyst that efficiently facilitates the conversion of solid-phase potassium polysulfides via strong orbital electron coupling of p-block Ga and d-block Cd, enabling high-performance K-S batteries.

Achieving a balance between molecular packing density, charge transport efficiency, and defect passivation remains a challenge for perovskite solar cells. Here, authors synthesize self-assembled molecules with flexible head groups and rigid linkers, achieving maximum device efficiency of over 26%.

The intrinsic instability of wide-bandgap perovskite solar cells is predominantly attributed to the vacancy defects caused by multiple ion migration. Here, authors incorporate an ether ring supramolecule into perovskites and achieve an efficiency of over 28% for all-perovskite tandem solar cells.

A topological phase of light emerges in dynamically driven nonlinear photonic crystals.

Chiral active matter, including biological swimmers such as E. coli and sperm cells, exhibits complex nonequilibrium phase transitions influenced by noise intensity and particle angular velocity. Here, the authors employ coarse-grained mapping and landscape-flux theory to such transitions, with a focus on the dynamical and thermodynamic origins, as well as the implications for time-reversal symmetry breaking of the system.

Here, the authors show that hepatic lipid accumulation induced by Helicobacter hepaticus involves mitochondrial dysfunction and disrupted lipid metabolism via CdtB-ROS-mTORC1-SREBP1 and NONO, highlighting CdtB as a key mediator and potential therapeutic target.

THz integrate light sources represent an important building blocks for various applications. Here the authors report an electrically driven topological laser based on photonic Majorana zero mode that can convert electricity directly into THz single-mode laser with topologically nontrivial beams.

Bedload can dominate river sediment flux after a major earthquake for a prolonged time period.

In this Perspective, members of the Aging Biomarker Consortium outline the X-Age Project, an Aging Biomarker Consortium plan for building standardized aging clocks in China. The authors discuss the project roadmap and its aims of decoding aging heterogeneity, detecting accelerated aging early and evaluating geroprotective interventions.

The use of biomarkers of ageing is crucial for investigating age-related processes. This Review discusses biomarkers of ageing and of ageing-associated physiological changes, at the cellular, tissue and organism levels in humans and non-human primates.

Lunar construction is advancing rapidly, yet its environmental implications on Earth remain largely overlooked. Emissions, material scarcity, and supply chain impacts associated with lunar development indicate the need for early evaluation within the frameworks of Earth’s planetary boundaries.

A quantum microsatellite, with a payload weighing only 23 kilograms, in combination with portable ground stations that weigh merely 100 kilograms, is capable of performing space-to-ground real-time quantum key distribution.

Using spin-entangled baryon–antibaryon pairs, the BESIII Collaboration reports on high-precision measurements of potential charge conjugation and parity (CP)-symmetry-violating effects in hadrons.

Using data from the UK Biobank, the authors develop a comprehensive human metabolome–phenome atlas, including a browsable web tool, to uncover unique metabolite–trait and metabolite–disease associations with time, and discuss potential causal relationships.

Proton-coupled electron transfer reactions are key steps in electrocatalysis. Here the authors introduce a computational method to model such processes including nuclear quantum effects under a grand canonical constant electric potential.

The efficiency of a quantum computer depends on which basic operations it can implement. Now a scheme that can implement any two-qubit logic gate has been demonstrated on a superconducting architecture.

Jin et al. identified PKN1 as the kinase responsible for histone phosphorylation-mediated FOS/FOSB induction and vessel inflammation in regions of disturbed blood flow, highlighting an additional regulation layer for atherosclerotic plaque development.

An endohedral metallofullerene–polymer layer, which features ultrafast electron extraction and in situ encapsulation, improves the efficiency and stability of perovskite solar cells.

Cropland area—and associated carbon dioxide emissions—in 110 studied countries is 6% higher than it would be without declines in agricultural productivity caused by climate change, according to a comparison of models with and without climate impacts.

Abnormal T cell proliferation often triggers autoimmune disorders. Here the authors show that T cell-specific deficiency of the enzyme N-acetyltransferase 10 ameliorates experimental autoimmune encephalitis potentially by RACK1-mediated regulation of T cell metabolism and expansion.

Triangle-beam interference structured illumination microscopy leverages radially polarized beams to generate two-dimensional lattice illumination patterns. The technique enables a temporal resolution of 242 Hz, spatial resolution of 100 nm and continuous imaging of neuronal growth for up to 13 h.

Chronic care manages long-term, progressive conditions, while acute care handles short-term ones. Here, authors show chronic conditions account for most of the global health burden, with 68% of DALYs and 93% of YLDs attributed to chronic care needs.

By encoding vectors and matrices at different frequencies within a single device, a device-aware neural network based on lithium niobate integrated nonlinear phononics can be created that can perform a four-class classification task with an accuracy of 98.2%.

Bio-based adhesives with high cohesive density are often difficult to recycle. Here the authors propose a supramolecular nanoconfined network based on cellulose which combines strong and switchable adhesion.

Polyamide membranes with ultra-high negative charge density demonstrate exceptional removal of divalent ions and organic pollutants without compromising water permeance.

Covalent organic frameworks have emerged as a robust platform for enzyme immobilization, but mimicking biofilm structures for in-situ enzyme immobilization is challenging. Here, the authors immobilized enzymes using vesicular covalent organic frameworks synthesized with Gemini surfactants providing enzyme stability and activity.

The study of nematic hosts with anisotropic colloidal particles is reported, but not on the chiral counterparts. Here, the authors report on biaxial properties in a system of colloidal rods with designed surface anchoring doped into a chiral nematic host.

The orbital Hall effect involves the transport of orbital angular momentum perpendicular to an applied charge current, analogous to the spin Hall effect. Here, Lee et al examine magnetic torques present in a Nickel/Tantalum bilayer, clearly demonstrating the contribution of the orbital Hall effect.