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The oxidation of methane (CH₄) into value-added chemicals under mild conditions using earth-abundant oxygen (O₂) is highly desirable but remains challenging due to the chemical inertness of CH₄ and the low reactivity of O₂. Here, the authors present an ultrasound-catalysis coupled strategy that enables highly efficient conversion of CH₄ into high-value oxygenates under mild conditions.

The authors present exciting metasurface-enabled green-smart window that combines high visible transparency, low IR emissivity for temperature stabilization, and programmable electromagnetic functions from 0° to 80° under both transverse electric and transverse magnetic polarizations to improve the communication quality.

Photodynamic therapy is more effective if the photocatalyst works in hypoxic conditions. This protocol describes ENBSe, a photoredox catalyst driving NADH oxidation and initiating cytochrome c reduction, establishing a method for cancer phototherapy.

Microbial biosynthesis of monoterpene esters remains a major challenge due to the limited repertoire of highly selective alcohol acyltransferases (AATs). Here the authors discovered and engineered AATs for various monoterpene esters using a dual-substrate microbial platform.

Here the authors introduce a radical-based approach for the generation of allylic copper(III) complexes, enabling the efficient synthesis of allylic amines in the presence of alkyl/aryl amines.

Global Burden of Disease analysis found that in 2023, suboptimal diet was estimated to be responsible for 4 million deaths and 97 million morbidity burdens from ischemic heart disease.

In situ microscopic single-particle imaging demonstrates the significance of rationally engineered metal–support interfaces for activating the oxygen in bulk catalyst, helping elucidate reaction pathways in catalytic conversions.

Lampreys are jawless vertebrates that can offer unique insights into vertebrate evolution. Here they generate a comprehensive cell atlas of the lamprey, uncovering 70 distinct cell types across 14 tissues, and identify pancreas-like cells in the lamprey small intestine.

Alkylidene ketenimines are rarely reported, but synthetically useful, reactive intermediates. Here, the authors disclose a three-component reaction of alkyne, azide and water by cycloaddition, nitrogen extrusion, and carbene-assisted rearrangement, via in situ formation of alkylidene ketenimine.

The electrocatalytic NO reduction reaction enables sustainable NH₃ synthesis and NO removal but faces challenges in achieving industrial-level efficiency and durability. Here the authors present an in situ-formed copper nanowire array monolithic electrode integrated into a pressurized electrolyzer for stable ammonia electrosynthesis at around 1000 mA cm^–2 for 100 h.

Authors develop MuPPE, which enables integrated proteome, phosphoproteome, and glycoproteome profiling from a single sample, providing deeper biological insights into aging and drug-response mechanisms.

Direct reduction of unactivated alkyl halides for C(sp3)-N couplings under mild conditions presents a significant challenge in organic synthesis. Here the authors introduce an in situ formed pyridyl carbene-ligated copper (I) catalyst that is capable of abstracting halide atom and generating alkyl radicals for general C(sp3)-N couplings under visible light.

Robustness checks and reproduction of analyses with existing and updated data based on 110 articles in economics and political science journals with data and code-sharing requirements found high levels of robustness and reproducibility and determined that robustness was not dependent on author characteristics or data availability.

Wang, Guo, Zhang and colleagues obtain four cryo-electron microscopy snapshots that show how IscB is kept off by two RNA lids, with a car-pedal-like guide shift activating cleavage after ~11-nt pairing. They also engineer hinge regions that boost flexibility and improve genome editing in cells.

Converting syngas into high-value long-chain alcohols is a major industrial challenge due to poor product selectivity. This study achieves 80% selectivity through a modular catalytic design that boosts carbon efficiency while minimizing waste.

Conjugated microporous polymers are highly flexible materials that may be used for gas storage and catalysis applications. Here, the authors report metal-functionalized conjugated microporous polymers capable of both capturing CO₂and functioning as a heterogeneous catalyst in its conversion to propylene carbonate.

The authors report a zinc oxide resonant nano-accelerometer with sensitivity up to 16.818 kHz/g, which is attributed to the nano-resonators using zinc oxide nanowires and the optimized microleverages and push-pull structures.

Researchers use zinc-doped CuInSe₂ nanocrystals as an alternative to lead chalcogenides for near-infrared upconversion. Upconversion to yellow with an external quantum efficiency reaching 16.7% is achieved, which can also be merged with photoredox catalysis for rapid solar synthesis.

The development of reactive intermediates is important for the construction of functional polymers for multicomponent polymerization reactions. Here the authors use a copper-catalyzed multicomponent polymerization of yne-allylic esters amines and azides involving vinyl alkylidene ketenimine intermediates.

Redispersion of sintered metal species requires high temperatures in reactive atmospheres. Here, the authors report room temperature redispersion of supported Cu particles via formation of mobile hydroxylated Cu species induced by gaseous H₂O and anchoring of the Cu species by surface OH groups.

Proton-coupled energy transfer has only been observed with singlet-exciton transfer. A net process of spin-triplet migration is observed in photoexcited colloidal quantum dots with surface-anchored molecular moieties, establishing a proton shuttle-assisted triplet energy transfer.

A core-shell hydride 3CeH₃@BaH₂, which exhibits fast H⁻ conduction at ambient temperature and becomes a superionic conductor above 60 °C, is used to construct an all-solid-state rechargeable H⁻ battery.

A simple water soaking treatment significantly weakened the strong covalent metal-support interaction between the atomically dispersed Pt and CoFe₂O₄, which leads to an enhanced activity towards methane combustions by 55 times. This work highlights the critical role of altering the coordination structure of single-atom active sites and provides a new strategy to modulate metal-support interaction regulation.

Zhou et. al. report the interim results of the randomized phase III GEMSTONE-302 trial, showing the overall survival benefits of first-line treatment with the PD-L1 inhibitor sugemalimab versus placebo in combination with chemotherapy, in patients with NSCLC.

Despite many therapeutic improvements, mortality risk in patients with type A acute aortic dissection remains high. Here the authors construct a biomarker-guided risk stratification tool to predict death, which could potentially contribute to treatment decision-making and improvement of the prognosis.

Traditional water–gas shift reaction process is hindered by harsh reaction conditions and extra steps for hydrogen separation and purification. Here, the authors report a room temperature electrochemical water–gas shift process for direct production of high purity hydrogen with a faradaic efficiency of approximately 100%.

While hydrogen spillover has been widely investigated in heterogeneous catalysis, the migration of metal species via a similar mechanism remains poorly understood. Here, the authors reveal a metal-species spillover process enabled by water adlayers on support surfaces.

Achieving CO oxidation at room temperature is significant for gas purification but remains challenging to perform. Here, the authors report design of graphene-isolated Pt from cobalt-nickel nanoparticles for efficiently catalytic CO oxidation in an oxygen-rich atmosphere.

Visualizing mechanical stress distribution in soft and live biomaterials is key to understand biological processes and improve material design. Here, the authors design a biosensor to visualize the stress distribution in soft biomaterials and living tissues.

Exploring highly active and durable Ru-based electrocatalysts for acidic water oxidation is challenging. Here authors reported an ion-exchange adsorption strategy to regulate oxygen vacancies and Rh dopant, with a corresponding fundamental investigation on the lattice oxygen oxidation and the oxygen vacancy site.

Saturated N-heterocycle rings are common structural motifs of many FDA-approved drugs. Here, the authors show that a metal-free amphoteric diamination of allenes produces valuable six-, seven- and eight-membered N-heterocycles with high diversity and tolerance of functional groups on the ring.

Photon-driven dinitrogen reduction to ammonia is a promising but challenging reaction. Now it has been shown that lithium hydride undergoes photolysis upon ultraviolet illumination to yield long-lived photon-generated electrons residing in hydrogen vacancies, favouring the activation of the N≡N bond and achieving photocatalytic ammonia synthesis.

Ferroelectrics, which exhibit excellent charge separation ability, suffer from poor photocatalytic activity. The authors unveil the limitations in charge extraction and offer strategies to design high-performance photocatalysts by eliminating surface defects.

Here, the authors fabricate large area and highly aligned polymer semiconductor sub-microwires arrays via coaxial focused electrohydrodynamic jet printing technology, achieving high on/off ratio and average mobility that is 5x higher than that of thin film based organic field effect transistors.

Semi-hydrogenation of acetylene in excess ethylene is a key industrial process for ethylene purification. Here the authors develop highly stable Pd1/TiO2 single-atom catalyst for photo-thermo semi-hydrogenation of acetylene.