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Efficient manipulation of magnetic order with electric current pulses is desirable for achieving fast spintronic devices and the Rashba-Edelstein effect provides a mean to achieve staggered spin-orbit torques. Here the authors show a generalized Rashba-Edelstein effect generating not only spin polarization but also orbital polarization.

In an updated report on 70 laboratory-confirmed highly pathogenic avian influenza A H5N1 cases in the USA between March 2024 and May 2025, the absence of human-to-human transmission to date was confirmed, with no known mutations of resistance to neuroaminidase inhibitors.

Correlated neural variability is prominent in the visual cortex, yet its role in neural coding is debated. Here, the authors show that covariability is modulated by spatial context and that it encodes uncertainty in a probabilistic representation of natural scenes.

Rabi oscillations of magnons typically do not have few photon control of single spin quantum systems. Here, the authors use a feedback cavity architecture to increase magnon-photon cooperativity, enabling increased control of light-matter interactions in magnonic systems via cooperative polariton dynamics.

Chiral topological materials have been predicted to host orbital angular momentum monopoles, which can be useful for orbitronics applications. Now such monopoles have been imaged in chiral materials.

Additives help to increase the surface hole concentration in metal halide perovskites, enabling high electroluminescence yields with low operating voltages.

The authors show that the amphoteric nature of the Si dopant that prevents efficient n-type doping in high Al-content AlGaN alloys is controlled by the ordering of the Ga and Al atoms in the immediate surroundings of the Si atom.

An efficient approach is developed to enforce spin symmetry for neural network wavefunctions when solving the many-body Schrödinger equation. This enables accurate and spin-pure simulations of both ground and excited states.

Proton exchange membrane fuel cells face challenges like low efficiency and degradation from Nafion ionomers. Here, the authors report a core/shell nanoparticle design with a Pt₃Fe core and an atomically-thin, porous N-doped carbon shell that reduces ionomer poisoning and improves fuel cells performance.

This work presents a theoretical investigation of the single carbon interstitial (Ci) defect in silicon as a potential candidate for spin-photon interfaces. Computed charge transition levels and optical properties show good agreement with the experimental results and allow assigning the experimentally observed telecom zero-phonon emission (1448 nm) to the neutral Ci defect.

Europium-based materials are interesting for magnetic devices because divalent europium carries a large spin-magnetic moment. Chikina et al. show that the non-magnetic Si-Rh-Si surface trilayer of the antiferromagnet EuRh₂Si₂reveals a surface state with large spin splitting controllable by temperature.

Crystalline-amorphous interfaces often exhibit unique catalytic properties, but the mechanisms of molecular activation and spin states at these interfaces remain elusive. This study presents a Co₃O₄ spinel-based catalyst featuring crystalline-amorphous interfaces and elucidates their role in molecular activation.

Here the authors immobilize quaternary ammonium cations on the surface of Cu catalyst to suppress the carbonate precipitation, achieving a Faradaic efficiency of 50% for ethylene product at 200 mA/cm² from CO₂ electroreduction.

The inverse-trans-influence has been shown to operate in high oxidation state actinide complexes. Here, the authors report tetravalent cerium, uranium and thorium bis(carbene) complexes with trans C=M=C cores where experimental and theoretical data also suggest the presence of an inverse-trans-effect.

Dynamic bonds offer unique advantages of adaptability and selectivity, yet, supramolecular electrocatalysts specifically tailored for 2e⁻ pathway remain unexplored. Here, the authors report a host-guest strategy that employs dynamic bonds to adjust electronic states through dual-channel regulation.

Photoionization time delays provide insights on the interaction of photon with the electrons. Here the authors explore the role of the molecular potential to the attosecond time delays in the photoionization of CF4 molecule.

Here, the authors show that megakaryocytes in the interstitial and alveolar regions of the lung move to engulf inhaled airborne particles and generate particle-bearing platelets, providing a path for the transfer of particles out of the lung to extraplumonary organs.

Achieving both high activity and selectivity in CH₄ photooxidation to C₂₊ hydrocarbons is challenging. This work shows that integrating photochemical and photothermal effects enhances both, enabling efficient CH₄ oxidative coupling to C₂₊ alkanes.

Molecular spin qubits show great promise for quantum information processing, but loss of phase information due to noise interference hinders their applicability. Here the authors engineer the electronic configurations of the metal centres in a series of divalent rare-earth complexes and succeed in prolonging their phase memory times.

Understanding and exploiting the redox properties of uranium is of great importance but stabilizing both low and high valent uranium ions in a preserved ligand environment remains challenging. Here, the authors report the synthesis and characterisation of a series of uranium(II–VI) complexes supported by a tripodal tris(amido)arene ligand.

By twisting two bilayers of CrSBr, which is a 2D antiferromagnet, a >700% nonvolatile tunnelling magnetoresistance at zero field is shown, demonstrating a new strategy for constructing all-antiferromagnetic tunnel junctions down to the atomic limit.

In some iron-based materials, unconventional superconductivity can emerge near a quantum phase transition where long-range magnetic order vanishes. Giovannettiet al.show that the magnetic quantum phase transition in an iron pnictide superconductor is very close to the quantum tricritical point.

Inα-GeTe, ferroelectric polarization acts to break inversion symmetry of the lattice and induce a strong Rashba-type spin splitting of the electronic band structure. Here, the authors study how this effect competes with Zeeman splitting due to ferromagnetic exchange coupling in Mn-doped GeTe.

Current limitations of spintronics devices based on bulk topological materials stimulate the search for new materials and structures with interesting spin properties. Here the authors report a chiral spin texture around the Fermi level related to structural symmetry breaking in a TaSe₂ layer grown on a Bi2Se3 surface.

Heterostructures of graphene and hexagonal boron nitride have great potential for high-mobility electronics, yet little is known about the electronic interaction between these two atomically thin materials. Here, the authors perform angle-resolved reflected-electron spectroscopy to unveil their interplay.

Trilayer graphene was recently shown to exhibit superconductivity without a Moire pattern that had proved important in tuning superconductivity in bilayer graphene. Here, the authors explore correlated metallic phases and the pairing mechanism of superconductivity in trilayer graphene, and show that intervalley coherent fluctuations can act as a pairing glue, giving rise to chiral unconventional superconductivity.

When used in its phase-pure form, iron carbide catalyses the conversion of syngas to linear α-olefins with high activity and selectivity under industrially relevant conditions.

A cell-sorting method leveraging leucine zippers allows for the generation of T cells displaying multiple chimaeric antigen receptors as well as receptors converting inhibitory signals into stimulatory signals.

Despite the burgeoning nature of uranium–ligand multiple bonding, analogous thorium complexes remain incredibly rare. Here the authors report evidence for a transient thorium–nitride species, which, together with data on parent imido derivatives, suggests that the pushing-from-below phenomenon may be more widespread than previously thought.

High-entropy alloy nanoparticles (HEA-NPs) are emerging advanced oxidation processes catalysts. Here, authors successfully load HEA-NPs onto a carbon-based carrier and demonstrate enhanced PMS activation, low oxidant consumption, and a rapid and efficient pollutant removal process.

Self-organization of organic molecular rings (cycloparaphenylenes) on a gold surface creates a template matrix. This is used to trap spherical C₅₉N azafullerenes, creating a stable 2D hexagonal array of organic spin radicals.

Charge carrier mobility in molecular condensate is usually limited to small values by disorder and small intermolecular coupling. This work shows band dispersion of molecular states when hybridized with a metal substrate, resulting in enhanced carrier mobility.

The impact of local magnetic impurities on superconducting order parameter remains largely unexplored. Here, the authors visualize the effect of different magnetic perturbations on a superconductor, unveiling a rich correlation of the interplay between quantum spins and superconductivity in different spectroscopic regimes.