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The regulation of ferroelectric photovoltaic properties has been challenging. Here, authors substitute the p-site of cations with halogen for tuning distortion degree of inorganic layer and electric dipole moment of aromatic spacer, achieving ferroelectric anomalous photovoltaic effect of 38.2 V.

Chen et al. report a lattice-matched molecule, tris(4-methoxyphenyl) phosphine oxide, to anchor multi-site defects and stabilise the lattice of perovskite quantum dots, enabling deep-red LEDs with efficiency up to 26.91% at 693 nm. The air-processed devices can still maintain an efficiency of 26.28%.

Materials with opposite signs of permittivity along the two orthogonal directions can support hyperbolic polaritons. Here, the authors demonstrate tunable broadband near-infrared hyperbolic plasmon polaritons in MoOCl₂.

This study employs in situ cryo-ET to visualize basal body formation and ciliogenesis in multiciliated mouse cells, revealing how the remodeling of microtubule-inner proteins (e.g., CEP41) ensures precise ciliary assembly.

Microbial carbon use efficiency (CUE) plays a key role in soil carbon storage. Here, the authors show that CUE declines with soil depth across 60 forest sites, driven by microbial diversity in topsoil and by physicochemical protection in deeper layers.

ARAF uniquely enhances RAS activity via N-terminal disordered sequence, forming membrane ARAF–RAS condensates that shield RAS from negative regulation and drive cancer drug resistance.

There is growing evidence indicating the different roles of natural UHRF1 inhibitory protein STELLA in mouse-derived cells from its human ortholog. Here, the authors report the differences of hSTELLA versus mSTELLA in inhibiting the maintenance or de novo DNA methylation functions of UHRF1 in human cancer cells, and lipid nanoparticle-delivered mSTELLA reversing cancer-specific DNA hypermethylation thereby impairing colorectal cancer tumorigenicity.

Here, Shao et. al attribute the reduction in bone mechano-responsiveness seen in type 2 diabetes to abnormal osteocytic calcium dynamics. They identify reduced SERCA2 pump activity as a mediator of this process and show that rescuing SERCA2 significantly improves bone mechanical adaptation in this context.

Identification of a broadly therapeutic antibody h1A6.2 against enteroviruses, which mimics the entry receptor SCARB2 and triggers monocyte/macrophage-dependent Fc effector functions in mice.

A free-swimming soft robot inspired by deep-sea creatures, with artificial muscle, power and control electronics spread across a polymer matrix, successfully adapts to high pressure and operates in the deep ocean.

Constructing 2D/3D perovskite heterojunctions is effective for the surface passivation of perovskite solar cells. Here, the authors apply Cl₂-dissolved chloroform as a multifunctional solvent and achieve a champion device efficiency of 24.21% with improved thermal, ambient and operational stability.

The sequencing and assembly of the highly polymorphic oyster genome through a combination of short reads and fosmid pooling, complemented with extensive transcriptome analysis of development and stress response and proteome analysis of the shell, provides new insight into oyster biology and adaptation to a highly changeable environment.

Two precursor additives improve the performance of tin-based perovskite solar cells, delivering a power conversion efficiency of 15.38% and maintaining 93% of the initial efficiency after 500 h of continuous illumination.

This work proposes a wireless inductor-capacitor chemical sensor with self-humidity compensation for real-time and accurate ammonia detection, providing a significant tool for individually rationalizing strategies toward various applications.

The pilot phase of PigGTEx, re-analyzing 5,457 published RNA-seq samples, presents a pan-tissue catalog of molecular quantitative trait loci. Cross-species comparisons identify traits with shared genetic regulation in humans.

The metabolic regulator protein family, mTOR, regulate natural killer (NK) cell development and function, but the underlying mechanism is unclear. Here, the authors show that Raptor/mTORC1 and Rictor/mTORC2 form a feedback crosstalk network to variegate cytokine and cellular signaling and modulate NK maturation and effector functions.

A van der Waals gap of 5.3 Å can be formed between a hafnium oxide dielectric and molybdenum disulfide channel through oxygen accumulation, which weakens the influence of dielectric defects on the channel material and results in transistors with low hysteresis and steep subthreshold slopes.

MoS₂ exhibits multiple electronic properties associated with different crystal structures. Here, the authors observe inverted and fundamental gaps through a designed annealing-based strategy, to induce a semiconductor-to-metal phase transition in monolayer-MoS₂ on Au, facilitated by interfacial strain and electron transfer from Au to MoS₂.

Black carbon is a recalcitrant byproduct of biomass burning that ultimately accumulates in oceanic sinks. Here the authors assessed the sources and cycling of dissolved black carbon in rivers and oceans, finding that oceanic pools are cycled and aged on the same time scales as dissolved organic carbon.

The transmission spectrum reflects energy alignment between electrodes and frontier orbitals in single-molecule junctions but few experimental tools exist for characterization beyond the HOMO–LUMO gap. Here, the authors develop a single-molecule photoelectron tunnelling spectroscopy approach that makes it possible to map the transmission spectrum beyond the HOMO–LUMO gap at room temperature.

Molybdenum disulphide is a two-dimensional material that, unlike graphene, has a nonzero bandgap. Here, the authors demonstrate that the bandgap of single-layer molybdenum disulphide grown on graphite by chemical vapour deposition changes with distance from the grain boundary

TCF-1 and LEF-1 are essential for early T cell development. Xue and colleagues show that in DP thymocytes, they control CD4⁺-versus-CD8⁺ T cell lineage 'decisions' and contribute to the establishment of CD8⁺ T cell identity.

The authors describe two transitional species of Sterictopathes from the Middle Ordovician of Shaanxi, China, bridging the fossil gaps and thereby elevating the genus Sterictopathes to a new family, Sterictopathidae fam. nov.

This study identifies phage resistance hotspots in Acinetobacter baumannii. Analysis of 4383 genomes found 17,430 systems, 54.54% in 21 hotspots, showing diverse defense systems, co-occurrence patterns, and selective adaptation to environmental pressures.

The malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum escapes immune detection by expressing one of 60 antigenically distinct var genes at any one time during the course of infection: here it is shown that the P. falciparum protein PfSETvs has a key role in var gene silencing through the trimethylation of histone H3K36.