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To make Mars colonization cheaper by reducing the heavy supplies needed from Earth, scientists have created a highly efficient recycling system that turns carbon dioxide and hydrogen into fresh water and rocket fuel (methane), and it works reliably even with the inconsistent solar power available on Mars.

The intrinsic robustness to perturbations makes antiferromagnets ideal building blocks for spintronic devices, however, it also manipulation and detection of antiferromagnetic ordering difficult. Here, Xu et al demonstrate an anisotropic tunnelling magnetoresistance in an all-antiferromagnetic tunnel junction.

Understanding ice crystallization at the molecular level remains a challenge. Here, the authors use graphene-based in-situ cryo-TEM to show how vapor deposition leads to polymorphic ice formation controlled by surface energy.

Differentiation of bone niche macrophages regulates bone homeostasis. Here the authors show that Raf kinase inhibitor protein RKIP regulates differentiation of bone niche macrophages to mediate osteoclastogenesis and H-type vessel formation.

This study reveals that CYBDOM proteins promote drought tolerance by regenerating apoplastic ascorbic acid (AsA) and activating autophagy through interaction with RbohD, and link AsA redox, ROS and selective autophagy in plant stress responses

The dilute CO₂ electrocatalysis suffers from low selectivity in membrane electrode assembly. Here, the authors report the design of self-reinforced CO₂ concentration gradient that breaks CO₂ mass transport limit, realizing direct and selective conversion of simulated flue gas in membrane electrode assembly.

N-oxidation of N-heterocycles is essential in the synthesis of natural products and intermediates for pharmaceuticals and pesticides but challenging due to low efficacy and poor regioselectivity. Here, the authors employ structure-guided directed evolution of Bacillus megaterium P450BM3 to obtain variants with expanded N-oxidation selectivity for the synthesis of N-heterocyclic N-oxides.

A DNA matrix material potentiates humoral response through multiple administration routes, generating neutralizing antibodies and conferring robust protection against infection.

Efficient hot electron extraction from plasmonic structures is often limited by interface quality. Here, the authors report that spinodal decomposition can produce coherent metal/semiconductor heterostructures that enable efficient hot electron transfer and broadband solar-driven hydrogen generation.

Few-layer-thick 2D materials offer desirable electronic, thermal and mechanical properties, but their large-scale layer-controlled synthesis is still challenging. Here, the authors report an edge-feeding synchronous epitaxial growth method to synthesize homogeneous A3-sized graphene films with controlled thickness between 2 and 7 layers.

Piracetam improves wide-bandgap perovskite crystallinity and uniformity, enabling monolithic all-perovskite tandem solar cells with efficiencies of 28.71% (0.07 cm²) and 28.20% (1.02 cm²), ensuring minimal efficiency loss during scale-up.

Veratramine and cyclopamine are valuable molecules in agricultural and medicinal chemistry, but the efficient chemical synthesis approaches are in high demand. Here, the authors report the concise, divergent, and scalable syntheses of veratramine and cyclopamine with 11% and 6.2% overall yield, respectively.

Conventional binders in S positive electrodes of Li | |S batteries often lack strength and structure. Here, authors develop an additive-free method to create ordered, cross-linked polyacrylamide networks using γ-ray irradiation, enhancing electrode stability and binder performance.

Double-walled carbon nanotubes are a convenient system for studying quantum mechanical interactions in distinct but coupled nanostructures. Liu et al.characterize the coupling between radial-breathing mode oscillations of inner and outer walls of many double-walled nanotubes of different diameter and chirality.

While water-splitting electrocatalysts enable energy storage in carbon-neutral fuels, a recent challenge has been the discovery and understanding of catalyst active sites. Here, authors find domain boundaries in MoS₂ materials to present high-activity, stable, and scalable sites for H₂ evolution.

The interplay between spin–orbit and spin-transfer torques can be used to develop a low-power route to magnetization switching of perpendicular magnetic tunnel junctions without an external magnetic field.

The complexity of carbohydrate structures makes their synthesis challenging. Now, an automated glycan synthesizer is reported which is capable of preparing a library of bioactive oligosaccharides, including a fully protected fondaparinux pentasaccharide. Furthermore, the synthesizer can rapidly assemble arabinans up to 1,080-mer size, starting from monosaccharide building blocks.

Li et al. perform a phase 2 single-arm clinical trial of neoadjuvant chemotherapy plus checkpoint blockade in participants with resectable muscle-invasive bladder cancer and conduct genomic and transcriptomic profiling to describe molecular subtypes.

The incorporation of fluorine-doped tin oxide nanoplatelets on the substrate of perovskite solar cells contributes to uniform light harvesting across different incidence angles of sunlight. The best devices show a power conversion efficiency of 26.4% (certified 25.9%), 95% of which is maintained after 1,200 hours of operation.

Flexible electronics hold great promise for wearable biomedical sensors. Here, the authors report a pressure sensor composed of gold nanowire-impregnated tissue paper, sandwiched between polydimethylsiloxane sheets, and demonstrate that the design is appropriate for large-area flexible electronics.

Perpendicular magnetic tunnel junctions with large tunnel magnetoresistance and low junction resistance are promising for the magnetic random access memories. Here the authors achieve the spin-transfer-torque switching in perpendicular magnetic tunnel junctions with 249% tunnel magnetoresistance and low resistance-area product.

Small cell cervical carcinoma (SCCC) is a rare but aggressive malignancy. Here, the authors report human papillomavirus features and genomic landscape in SCCC via high-throughput sequencing methods and identify MYC, SOX, NR4A, ANKRD and CEA family genes as HPV-integrated hotspots.

Maintaining yield under environmental stresses is a long-standing but challenging goal of rice breeding. Here, the authors report a MYB transcription factor encoding gene GL12 from wild rice can improve grain length and salt tolerance in cultivated rice and the identification of its upstream regulators GIF1 and WRKY53.

The mechanical stability of catalytic electrodes is crucial for anion exchange membrane water electrolysis. Here, the authors report a corrosion strategy to construct an electrode with high mechanical stability by anchoring a blade-shaped catalytic layer onto a dense interlayer.

The release of the C-terminal tail (CTT) of the Drosophila cryptochrome (dCry) upon illumination is central to light signal transduction in this flavin-containing photoreceptor, but the roles of flavin in the different ionic and protonation states are not fully understood. Here, the authors show that both flavin anionic semiquinone and anionic hydroquinone can trigger CTT release, while the formation of a small fraction of neutral semiquinone under neutral conditions, moderately supresses CTT release, but ensures fast recovery of dCry after light sensing.

This Review outlines the co-development of triboelectric nanogenerators and field-effect transistors into tribotronic transistors and droplet energy generators, which can harvest energy from small mechanical motion to power the Internet of Things.

An isolation strategy is presented to improve the stability of metal nanoparticles by grafting oxide nano-islands between the support and the nanoparticles. This enhances sintering resistance, with the mean size of the nanoparticles maintained at 1.4 nm after 400 h of catalytic dry reforming of methane.

Understanding the dynamic evolution of heterogeneous catalysts is crucial yet challenging. This work uncovers the transformation of amorphous PtIn clusters into ultrafine Pt₃In intermetallics, driven by propylene during propane dehydrogenation, highlighting the pivotal role of product-induced changes in revealing the true active sites.

Seawater electrolysis at ampere-level current densities demands durable anodes for practical hydrogen production. Here, the authors report that a single non-oxygen anion enables dual modulation of surface and interlayer structures, stabilizing layered double hydroxide anodes for over 5,000 hours.

This study demonstrates that a single antibody exhibits distinct binding modes with SARS-CoV-2 WT and Omicron variants, correlating with neutralization loss. The underlying mechanisms offer insights into enhanced neutralization.

The acetylene hydrogenation activity and stability of a palladium single-atom catalyst are both controlled by the lowest unoccupied molecular orbital of the oxide support.

The genome sequence and its analysis of the diploid wild wheat Triticum urartu (progenitor of the wheat A genome) represent a tool for studying the complex, polyploid wheat genomes and should be a valuable resource for the genetic improvement of wheat.

The impact of facets on Fischer-Tropsch synthesis has primarily been explored through theoretical studies or on single-crystal surfaces, lacking experimental data on practical catalysts. Here, the authors provide experimental evidence of the facet sensitivity of iron carbides during syngas conversion by creating {202} and {112} χ-Fe₅C₂ facets.

The catalytic performance of metal‒organic frameworks can be tuned by introducing defects in their structure. Here, the authors introduce defects and impregnate ruthenium nanoparticles in cationic metal-organic frameworks, which enables enhanced recyclability and catalytic performance in D-glucose hydrogenation.

The controlled fabrication and microscopic understanding of quantum emitters in 2D materials remain challenging. Here, the authors report the production and characterization of defects in monolayer WS₂ via cathodoluminescence electron microscopy, identifying sulfur vacancy pairs as bright and stable emitters at 660 nm.

A comprehensive pangenome map of 22 elite tea cultivars unveils genetic variants that influence flavour, leaf colour and bud flush timing, facilitating our understanding of the molecular basis of tea quality and genomics-assisted breeding.

This study shows how including different ancestry groups in a genome-wide association study for prostate-specific antigen levels can improve prostate cancer risk prediction, with implications for population screening.

An “all-in-one” high-entropy semiconductor photocatalyst enables the photocatalytic production of H₂O₂ from H₂O and O₂ under visible light without any external cocatalysts or sacrificial agents

High-quality genome of the modern soybean cultivar Nongdadou2 and deep resequencing of 547 accessions provide insights into the role of structural variations in soybean improvement.

 Centimetre-sized single-crystal rhombohedral boron nitride layers are achieved through bevel-edge epitaxy, and the resulting material exhibits robust, homogeneous and switchable ferroelectricity with a high Curie temperature.