News & Views

Artificial neurons based on printed molybdenum disulfide nanosheet networks achieve multi-order spiking dynamics that operate on physiologically relevant timescales, offering a platform for next-generation biohybrid interfaces.

Nonlinear electrical responses reveal quantum geometry and signatures of altermagnetism in ruthenium dioxide thin films.

Decoherence suppression in quantum dots can advance coherent telecom single-photon sources.

Monoclinic hafnia stabilizes atomically dispersed indium, creating active interfacial sites to advance selective CO₂ conversion to methanol.

A single-crystal halide perovskite integrated with a patterned nano-grating shows evidence of polaritonic supersolidity at room temperature.

A hydrogenated perovskite nickelate platform integrates spatiotemporal dynamics and nonvolatile memory on a single wafer, enabling ultrafast and energy-efficient neuromorphic computation.

STING-agonistic dual-stimuli-responsive nanoparticle achieves tumour-specific immunotherapy against metastatic cancers with minimal systemic toxicity.

Terahertz emission measurements challenge the prevailing view of long-range orbital transport

Quantum magnetometry on twisted CrI₃ reveals moiré magnetism characterized by a period that exceeds the underlying moiré superlattice by an order of magnitude.

A photonic thermal diode at cryogenic temperatures has been achieved by exploiting a superconducting phase transition.

Nano-structural alignment of organic and inorganic solid-state electrolytes enables fast ion transport and good interfacial contact in batteries.

A refined focused ion milling method enables the creation of three-dimensional chiral nanostructures from single-crystal quantum materials.

Multidimensional spectroscopy enables the observation of a rapid evolution from coherent to incoherent excitations.

Matrix-INverse Targeting (MINT) nanoparticles harness cartilage changes to deliver RNA therapies, reducing degeneration and pain in osteoarthritis.

A tandem catalytic strategy is developed to convert polystyrene waste into a spectrum of aromatic intermediates and subsequently into a single dominant product, toluene. This tandem design enhances product selectivity and minimizes downstream separation costs.

A hand-rotation-powered, nanomaterial-enabled disinfection system generates reactive oxygen species that rapidly disinfect a wide range of pathogens by leveraging mechanically induced interfacial electric fields. This electricity-free operation, having high efficiency, safety and long-lasting microbial protection, offers a robust, portable solution for clean-water access in disaster situations and in environments where the electricity grid is unavailable.

By harnessing the hyperfine coupling to the hydrogen nuclear spin and a nearby ²⁹Si nuclear spin, a T-centre in silicon forms a combined quantum register and a spin–photon interface that is operational in the telecommunications original band.

In single-crystal layered lithium nickel manganese cobalt oxides, Mn is detrimental, and Co is beneficial to battery performance, unlike in polycrystalline compounds, where these roles are reversed.

Picosecond quantum transients have been traced to nanotwinning superlattices in bulk FAPbI₃ films, using a combination of ultrafast spectroscopy and microscopy.

Geometrical chirality in three-dimensional nanostructures enables the control and reconfiguration of anisotropic spin wave propagation.