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Mechanical integrity issues are one of the main causes of limited long-term cycle stability for Ni-rich cathode materials. Here the authors analyse the roles of cobalt and manganese and utilise a concentration gradient design to mitigate these issues.

Distal mutations, though far from the active site, enhance Kemp eliminase catalysis by tuning conformational dynamics that facilitate substrate binding and product release, thereby promoting the full catalytic cycle.

Urea electrooxidation reaction is of great importance in energy related applications and devices but is limited by competing oxygen evolution reaction. Here, the authors report oxyanion-engineered nickel catalysts that can achieve efficient urea oxidation while suppressing oxygen evolution reaction.

Panoptes, an anti-phage defence system against virus-mediated immune suppression, is revealed.

Improving both strength and ductility simultaneously in structural metals and alloys remains a challenge. Here, the authors design a heterogeneous structure in a Co-Cr-Ni alloy that results in ultrahigh strength and significant uniform elongation.

Sodium layered oxide-based cathodes of sodium-ion batteries commonly suffer from structural degradation. Here, authors propose entropy regulation with zero Li/Co usage to suppress lattice strain, enhancing structural stability and improving the electrochemical performance.

Biomolecular condensates (BCs) are ubiquitous compartments that regulate key functions in cells. Authors demonstrate that phase separation is suppressed with glycine by using model heterotypic condensates composed of nucleophosmin 1 and ribosomal ribonucleic acid.

A new group of multi-principal-element alloys, designed through machine learning and extreme microstructural heterogeneities, achieve high strength (1.8-GPa yield strength) and ductility (25% uniform elongation) at room temperature.

Poly(A)-Binding Protein Cytoplasmic 1 (PABPC1) is a crucial component of stress granules. Here, the authors show that PABPC1 undergoes SUMOylation in response to cellular stress, enhancing the stability of mitophagy-related gene transcripts to promote cancer cell survival.

Crystal structures of HIV Env trimer with native glycosylation in complex with neutralizing antibodies reveal a glycan shield of high-mannose and complex-type N-glycan and indicate a path for germline-targeting vaccine design.

A RuNi/NC catalyst with optimized interfacial water dynamics for alkaline H₂ evolution is reported. The designed strategy shows enhanced catalytic activity by achieving 12 mV overpotential at 10 mA cm^‒2 and 13.6-fold higher mass activity than Pt/C.

The XRISM Resolve spectrum of the galactic neutron star X-ray binary, GX 13+1, reveals one of the densest winds ever seen in absorption lines.

In layered transition metal oxides as cathode active materials for Na-ion batteries, Na⁺ diffusion kinetics are impacted by Na⁺/vacancy ordering. Here, the authors suggest that the P2-type Na_2/3Ni_1/3Mn_2/3O₂ with large zigzag ordering exhibits high Na⁺ mobility and thus superior rate capability.

An analysis of the 3.45-Gyr-old volcanic sediments from the Kitty’s Gap Chert in Australia shows the presence of microfossils and highlights the difficulty of determining the biotic nature of structures in future extraterrestrial samples.

Glutamatergic and GABAergic (γ-aminobutyric acid-producing) cortical neuronal activity drives proliferation of small lung cell cancer via paracrine interactions and through synapses formed with tumour cells.

The authors theoretically study the pressure dependence of the phase diagram of the nickelate PrNiO₂ with and without Sr doping. At high pressure, they find that the superconducting dome is significantly enhanced in both T_c and doping-range of superconductivity compared with ambient pressure, with a maximal T_c of 100 K around 100 GPa in absence of external doping.

Samples returned from asteroid Bennu largely comprise hydrated sheet silicates with sulfides, magnetite and carbonate that indicate alteration by a fluid that evolved from neutral to alkaline, according to a micro- and nanoscale mineralogical study.

Authors report on restructuring the electronic structure of a high-nickel material by substituting Li⁺ ions with Y³⁺ ions. This strategy suppresses the generation of oxygen defects with a reduction coupling mechanism improving high-voltage stability.

The links between plate tectonics and deep mantle structure remain unclear. Here, the authors demonstrate that transition elements (Ni, Cr, and Fe/Mn) in basaltic rocks can be used as a tool to trace plume-related magmatism through Earth history, and their results indicate the presence of a direct relationship between the intensity of plume magmatism and the supercontinent cycle.

Readily accessible enantioenriched sulfonylhydrazides and low loadings of an inexpensive achiral Ni catalyst can be used to control the stereochemical outcome of radical cross-coupling.

The spin Hall effect and its inverse allow conversion between charge and spin currents in both magnetic and nonmagnetic materials. Weiet al.observe an anomaly in the temperature dependence of the inverse spin Hall effect, which suggests that it can also be used as a sensor for very small magnetic moments.

A four-dimensional mine-level model for jointly produced metals captures interdependencies among copper, cobalt, and nickel markets. It challenges assumptions that by-products like cobalt cannot affect host metal markets, providing new insights into by-product economics and their implications for supply chain resilience.

Bennu comprises components of intra- and extra-Solar System origins. The parent bodies of Bennu, Ryugu and CI chondrites likely formed from a shared but heterogeneous reservoir in the outer parts of the solar protoplanetary disk.

This study presents FolTAC-dual, a folate receptor-mediated platform for dual degradation of EGFR/HER2 and PD-L1/VISTA, offering a strategy to overcome drug resistance and enhance antitumor immunity for cancer treatment.

Few methods exist to add a carbon and nitrogen atom across an unfunctionalized alkene. Here the authors show a method to regio- and diastereoselectively add aryl and amino groups to terminal and internal alkenes, via nickel catalysis and a removable directing group.

Retinitis pigmentosa leads to blindness and treatments are limited. Here, the authors report injectable donor-acceptor polymers and graphene oxide that restore visual response and perception in rodent and pig models.

Here the authors show how the DNA-sensing cGAS–STING pathway activates NF-κB and inflammatory gene expression with delayed kinetics via post-Golgi endolysosomal signaling.

Based on Nickel isotope analysis of meteorites and terrestrial rocks, the authors suggest that the Bulk Silicate Earth has a sub-chondritic Nickel isotope composition. This signature is thought to result from the impact and accretion of a Mercury-like impactor which originated from the innermost Solar System.

The discovery of superconductivity in the infinite-layer nickelates reignites an interest in the nickelates as cuprate analogues. Here, the authors investigate the role of epitaxial strain in the synthesis of the n=3 layered nickelate, Nd₄Ni₃O₈.

Photosynthesis reaction centre barrel proteins are important components of the FtsZ-based cell division apparatus in Haloferax volcanii and other archaea.

The SARS-CoV-2 Nucleocapsid (N) protein serves multiple roles in the viral lifecycle. Phosphorylation toggles N between these roles by altering N’s conformation, its material properties when phase separated with RNA, and its membrane interactions.

The understanding and regulation of the surface electronic structure of molybdenum disulfide-based catalysts for hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) remains a challenges. Here, the authors design and synthesize electrocatalysts with multi-heterojunction interfaces showing enhanced HER activities and stabilities.

Hydroxide exchange membrane fuel cells are promising as an energy conversion technology, but require platinum group metal electrocatalysts for their application. A Ni-based hydrogen oxidation reaction catalyst is now shown to exhibit unprecedented electrochemical performance.

Construction of a phosphate passivation layer on the surface of a cathode to withstand fluctuating operation in alkaline seawater is proposed following understanding the mechanism behind the dynamic evolution and degradation of cathode in intermittent electrolysis.

Single-molecular microscopy shows that GAGA multimeric zinc finger transcription factor searches chromatin for cognate sites through rapid one-dimensional sliding on free DNA (which can be blocked by nucleosomes) and three-dimensional diffusion for nucleosomal targets.

Polypyridine-ligated nickel complexes can mediate a variety of cross-coupling reactions. However, some mechanistic details remain poorly understood. Now, it is demonstrated that the nature of the anionic ligand strongly influences key electron-transfer events in these complexes during elementary reaction steps.

Utilizing “Chemistry at a point”, Ni is exsolved from a perovskite lattice under deposited Pt nanoparticles. This yields even smaller Ni Pt alloy nanoparticles on a perovskite nanofiber structure, exhibiting high catalytic activity.

The Suzuki-Miyaura cross-coupling is a mainstay of organic synthesis, allowing carbon-carbon bond formation between a variety of coupling partners. Here, the authors report a decarbonylative process, whereby alkyl or aryl esters can be coupled with organoboron compounds using nickel catalysts.

This work presents SCIGEN, a machine learning framework integrating geometric constraints into material generation. The framework enables the discovery of stable quantum material candidates, and the authors synthesize two predicted magnetic materials.

Low-selectivity photocatalytic carbon dioxide reduction has been overlooked, due to the difficulty in separating and utilizing the mixed products. Now, a triple tandem strategy is reported to convert the mixed reduction products, H₂ and CO, sequentially into olefinic and carbonyl fine compounds with high atom utilization efficiency.

Novel iron-based shape memory alloys could be candidates for large-scale structural applications if their grains grew large and long enough. Here, the authors add titanium to an Fe–Mn–Al–Ni shape-memory alloy to promote large grains via compositional tuning of abnormal grain growth.