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This study explores the genomic and transcriptomic landscapes of triple-negative breast cancer in African American women. The authors show that the mutational profile is broadly similar to that observed in European and East Asian ancestry women while highlighting some interesting differences.

Pathological retinal neovascularization (RNV) is a major cause of blindness. Here, the authors show that endothelial protein C receptor (EPCR) promotes RNV through carbon monoxide derived from heme catabolism, and blocking EPCR offers therapeutic potential for the treating RNV.

Despite great success in generation of ultralong organic phosphorescence (UOP) by suppressing non-radiative transitions through attractive interactions, consideration of repulsive interactions on UOP remains largely unexplored. Here, the authors introduce carboxyl groups into organic phosphors, enabling formation of the intense repulsive interactions between the isolated molecules and the matrix in rigid environment.

Imaging and optogenetics in mice provide insight into the interplay between the primary motor cortex and the motor thalamus during learning, showing that thalamic inputs have a key role in the execution of learned movements.

A Ti–Al-based shape-memory alloy adhering to the stringent criteria of lightness, functionality and extreme thermal fluctuation resistance is introduced, showing excellent superelasticity with a recoverable strain exceeding 7% and an ultra-wide temperature window from 4.2 K to 400 K.

Endothelial injury drives vascular diseases like atherosclerosis, but key regulators are unclear. Here, the authors show that endothelial major vault protein (MVP) acts as an intracellular regulator promoting Parkin-mediated mitophagy, thereby antagonizing vascular remodeling and suggesting its role as a potential therapeutic target.

A stereotaxic atlas of the whole mouse brain, based on a Nissl-stained cytoarchitecture dataset with isotropic 1-μm resolution, achieved through continuous micro-optical sectioning tomography, promises to be a versatile brainsmatics tool for studying the whole brain at single-cell level.

Flexible thermogalvanic device provides a sustainable platform for body heat harvesting, but its performance is limited by low energy conversion efficiency and poor mechanical strength. The authors report a flexible thermogalvanic armor with a Carnot-relative efficiency of 8.53% and strong mechanical toughness.

Malignant pleural effusion is a challenge for cancer therapy. Here, the authors report on a piezoelectric nano-system that inhibits tumor growth in the thoracic cavity by piezo-generated reactive oxygen species using the intrapleural pressure, triggering immunogenic cell death, to treat malignant pleural effusion.

CDK4/6 inhibition is a promising therapeutic approach to treat cancer, but it is challenged by resistance development. Here, the authors show that the RNA binding protein LRPPRC forms a positive feedback loop with CDK6 and inhibiting LRPPRC with the FDA-approved gossypol acetate overcomes CDK4/6 inhibition resistance.

In this study, the authors isolated and characterized neutralizing antibodies from vaccinated individuals with SARS-CoV-2 BA.1 breakthrough infection and show that elite antibodies derived from specific germlines provide potent pan-variant neutralization capacity and in vivo protection.

By recognizing double-stranded RNA, RIG-I is implicated in anti-viral immune responses, but also in cancer development and intestinal inflammation. Here the authors identify frameshift germline mutations of RIG-I, resulting in the generation of a circular RNA associated with increased susceptibility to colitis-associated colon cancer.

A hydrated lunar mineral, (NH₄)MgCl₃·6H₂O, is found in Chang’e-5 samples. The presence of abundant water and ammonium molecules on the Moon provides insight into the lunar degassing history and a potential resource for lunar habitation.

PTENα is an N-terminally extended isoform of PTEN, a gene frequently mutated in human cancers. Here the authors show that PTENα remains active in PTEN-mutant cancers and is associated with tumor immune escape by promoting tumor cell resistance to T cell cytotoxicity.

Metabolic disorder significantly contributes to diabetic vascular complications, including diabetic retinopathy (DR). This study reveals that O-GlcNAcylation, a nutrient-sensitive protein modification, drives vascular dysfunction in DR by stabilizing Hippo signaling key components YAP/TAZ. Targeting O-GlcNAc-YAP/TAZ shows therapeutic potential for mitigating DR pathology.

This study identifies a positive-feedback loop between the ACC and the VTA that mediates the mutual exacerbation between hyperalgesia and comorbid anxiodepressive-like behaviors and, thereby, the chronicity of neuropathic pain.

Maize kernels have long intrigued researchers due to their complex structure. Through microscopic sectioning and spatial transcriptomics, the authors observed the spatial distribution of RNA through electronic RNA in situ hybridization maps and discovered how storage accumulation occurs.

Schizophrenia is a severe psychiatric disorder and the pathogenesis remains unclear. Here, the authors show a potential role for synaptotagmin-11 in schizophrenia-related behavior through dopamine over-transmission.

The intricate regulation of cell death pathways remains to be understood. Here the authors identify that PTPN23 functions as a cell death checkpoint to restrain apoptosis, necroptosis and pyroptosis via regulating the endosomal sorting of death receptors and Toll-like receptors.

A 43-year dataset of rodents in the Hu region of China reveals how urbanization-induced changes to land-use configuration affect rodent community composition, including benefitting striped field mice, the primary local hosts of the zoonotic pathogen Hantaan virus.

RNA splicing is crucial for gene expression diversity and can be altered by mutations. Here, the authors present SpTransformer, a deep learning tool that predicts tissue-specific RNA splicing with high accuracy, revealing splicing’s role in pathogenic mutations and aiding clinical interpretations.

A mild electrochemical exfoliation method has been developed to obtain large-size two-dimensional superconductor monolayers with high crystallinity and production yield, which enables the easy fabrication of twisted van der Waals heterostructures and printed films.

Recent studies reported evidence of a new phase in the kagome metal CsV₃Sb₅ between the charge density wave and superconducting transitions. Here the authors reveal symmetry properties of this phase in CsV₃Sb₅ thin flakes probed by in-plane magnetotransport, suggesting a 3D orbital current order.

A novel resistance gene against maize rough dwarf disease was identified, which confers broad resistance to the virus pathogen infecting multiple cereal crops by regulating jasmonic acid (JA) biosynthesis and JA-mediated defence response.

New alkenone results and existing temperature records together show contrasting Holocene temperature trends and thus display spatial patterns over mid-latitude Eurasia, with implications for the Holocene temperature conundrum.

Conventional X-ray-induced photodynamic therapy usually requires heavy-metal-containing inorganic scintillators and organic photosensitizers to generate singlet oxygen. Here, the authors develop an organic phosphorescent nanoscintillator for low-dose X-ray-induced photodynamic therapy of deep tumours.

Coptis chinensis represents an early-diverging eudicot lineage with diverse medicinal applications. Here, the authors report its chromosome-scale genome assembly, infer a single ancient whole-genome duplication, and characterize the function of CYP719 in diversification of protoberberine-type alkaloids.

Migrasomes are recently discovered extracellular vesicles that are produced during cellular migration. Here, the authors show that macrophage-derived migrasomes are implicated in the progression of cerebral amyloid angiopathy (CAA) through increased complement signaling using skin biopsies from CAA patients and CAA mouse models.

Using an integrated analysis on three independent large human datasets, Wang et al. map macroscale dysconnectivity in schizophrenia onto layer- and cell-type-specific microscale alterations. The authors identify different alterations of corticocortical and corticostriatal connectivity in schizophrenia and their relationship to different symptom dimensions and functional domains.

Yin and colleagues show that the phosphatase PAC1 (DUSP2) acts as a checkpoint in cytotoxic T cells to restrain their antitumor function.

At least two-thirds of supratentorial ependymomas contain oncogenic fusions between RELA, the principal effector of nuclear factor-κB (NF-κB) signalling, and uncharacterized gene C11orf95; C11orf95–RELA fusion proteins translocate spontaneously to the nucleus to activate NF-κB target genes, and rapidly transform neural stem cells to form tumours in mice

Viscoplastic electronic devices adapt as nerves enlarge in growing animals.

By focusing a sub-relativistic infrared laser pulse onto a silica target, a periodic deflection pattern of attosecond electron pulse trains is observed. It reveals these subcycle charge dynamics with a streaking speed of ~60 μrad as⁻¹.

A device involving a polytetrafluoroethylene film, an indium tin oxide substrate and an aluminium electrode allows improved electricity generation from water droplets, which bridge the previously disconnected circuit components.

Proximity effect may induce unconventional superconductivity in the topologically protected surface states of a topological insulator, however experimental evidence remains rare. Here, Charpentier et al. report proximity effect induced superconductivity in nanoscale Josephson junctions and suggest an unconventional p-wave order parameter.