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Atomically thin single-crystalline high-κ dielectrics can be grown directly on a two-dimensional semiconductor by van der Waals epitaxy, providing ultrathin gate stacks with excellent interface quality.

A memristor chip can provide fast and energy-efficient spectrum analysis by using robust and denoised in-memory computing memory arrays.

Single microwave photons can be transferred through a hot quantum channel.

Single-qubit errors can be detected in a system composed of four nuclear spin qubits and one electron spin qubit.

A rectenna that offers rectification and frequency mixing for gigahertz and terahertz waves can be created using the nonlinear Hall effect in the Weyl semimetal niobium iridium tetratelluride (NbIrTe₄).

A foundry-inspired workflow — developed through 130 batches of test-driven process optimization — can be used to fabricate wafer-scale integrated circuits based on monolayer molybdenum disulfide transistors with high yields and a fully interconnected 120-transistor microprocessor.

Magnetic anisotropy in multiferroic van der Waals heterostructures can be electrically controlled, providing non-volatile and low-power operations driven by ferroelectric switching.

Phase-difference sensing in a nonlinear non-Hermitian electronic circuit can be used to improve the sensitivity of sensors.

Transmission of information via photons could lead to compact three-dimensional neuromorphic computing hardware.

An 18-gram haptic feedback ring can deliver powerful force sensations while detecting multi-directional touch inputs, potentially transforming the way we can interact with digital environments.

Two papers report molybdenum disulfide transistors with highly scaled channel and contact lengths, which is achieved through multilayer channel optimization in one case and molecular beam epitaxy deposition of single-crystal antimony contacts in the other.

An ultrawide-bandgap power module that is capable of 1,000 V and 200 A switching can be created by co-optimizing electrical, thermal and mechanical aspects of both the device and the package.

A subdural device that merges electrodes and complementary metal–oxide–semiconductor (CMOS) circuits on a single ultrathin silicon chip could be used to create scalable, dense and fully wireless brain–computer interfaces.

Two-dimensional field-effect transistors with damascene-type top contacts can be created using a selective etch process, providing a potential route to integrating two-dimensional transistors into back-end-of-line processes.

A three-dimensional dynamic random-access memory (DRAM) architecture that uses oxide-semiconductor channel transistors offers a route to high-density, low-power memory.

By integrating arrays of amorphous silicon photodiodes and polycrystalline silicon thin-film transistor spike generators, a neuromorphic silicon retina can be created that perceives and processes light as spikes.

An artificial spiking neuron that integrates six key neural functions within a single device could be used to build scalable neuromorphic networks.

Atomic steps formed on sapphire surfaces cut at a slight tilt can enable wafer-scale growth of defect-free molybdenum disulfide monolayers with coherent quantum transport properties.

Two papers report superconducting travelling-wave parametric amplifiers that can operate in two distinct modes and could potentially eliminate the need for isolators in quantum measurement systems.

By incorporating a laser-induced solidification process into a direct ink writing process, free-standing thermoset structures can be built with tunable electrical and mechanical properties.