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Natural variation of GNP2 enhances grain number to benefit rice yield

Grain number per panicle (GNP) is a yield-determining trait of rice. Here, the authors identify a GSK3-like kinase-encoding gene GNP2 and a bZIP transcription factor-encoding gene GNP5, demonstrating their synergistic regulation of GNP and showing that specific allele combinations of these genes enhance rice yield in field conditions.

Qianfeng Hu
Zhikun Zhao
Zhanying Zhang
ResearchOpen Access06 Oct 2025
Nature Communications

Volume: 16, P: 1-17
Natural variation of indels in the CTB3 promoter confers cold tolerance in japonica rice

Cold tolerance at the booting stage is critical for the expansion of rice cultivation area. Here, the authors report that a CAMTA family transcription factor encoding gene CTB3 positively regulates japonica rice booting stage cold tolerance and its upstream and downstream interactors to fulfill the functionality.

Jin Li
Haifeng Guo
Jinjie Li
ResearchOpen Access13 Feb 2025
Nature Communications

Volume: 16, P: 1-17
Natural variation of CTB5 confers cold adaptation in plateau japonica rice

Mechanisms confer to the enhanced cold tolerance in japonica rice have not been fully elucidated. Here, the authors report a homeodomain-leucine zipper (HD-Zip) I transcription factor encode gene CTB5 is responsible for japonica rice cold tolerance by interacting with genes in gibberellin and abscisic acid pathways.

Haifeng Guo
Shilei Gao
Jinjie Li
ResearchOpen Access25 Jan 2025
Nature Communications

Volume: 16, P: 1-18
Natural variation of DROT1 confers drought adaptation in upland rice

Genetic basis of the drought tolerance of upland rice is unclear. Here, the authors report the cloning of a COBRA-like protein encoding gene DROT1 and reveal that it is repressed by ERF3 and activated by ERF71 to help control the balance between growth and drought tolerance in upland rice.

Xingming Sun
Haiyan Xiong
Zichao Li
ResearchOpen Access23 Jul 2022
Nature Communications

Volume: 13, P: 1-17
Artificial kinaesthesia in autonomous robotic surgery

Surgeons depend on a finely tuned multisensory system, in which vision and kinaesthesia work in synergy to manipulate tissue with precision. Translating this to robotic systems requires a hierarchical framework of artificial kinaesthesia, progressing from physical sensing to algorithmic understanding, and finally, to synergistic control.

Tangyou Liu
Sishen Yuan
Hongliang Ren
Comments & Opinion23 Jan 2026
Nature Reviews Bioengineering

P: 1-2
Motor-free telerobotic endomicroscopy for steerable and programmable imaging in complex curved and localized areas

Abnormalities in intraluminal epithelium can point to serious diseases. Here, the authors present a mono-magnet actuated OCT endoscope that enables high-resolution, programmable imaging in complex lumens without local heat effects, with safety and quality in thermoelectrically sensitive scenarios.

Sishen Yuan
Chao Xu
Hongliang Ren
ResearchOpen Access03 Sept 2024
Nature Communications

Volume: 15, P: 1-16
Elite haplotype of STRONG1 enhances rice yield by improving lodging resistance, panicle and plant architecture

Lodging resistance is critical for rice yield. Here, the authors demonstrate that STRONG1 alters the arrangement of the microtubule skeleton, resulting in changes in secondary cell wall development, thereby negatively regulating lodging resistance and grain yield.

Yong Zhao
Jie Gao
Zichao Li
ResearchOpen Access01 Jul 2025
Nature Communications

Volume: 16, P: 1-14
Dearomative 1,4-difunctionalization of naphthalenes via palladium-catalyzed tandem Heck/Suzuki coupling reaction

Naphthalene is a challenging arene towards transition-metal-catalyzed dearomative difunctionalization. Here, the authors show that naphthalene may act as a masked conjugated diene in palladium-catalyzed dearomative 1,4-diarylation or 1,4-vinylarylation via a tandem Heck/Suzuki sequence.

Bo Zhou
Hongliang Wang
Yi-Xia Jia
ResearchOpen Access01 Sept 2020
Nature Communications

Volume: 11, P: 1-10
Compositionally-graded ferroelectric thin films by solution epitaxy produce excellent dielectric stability

It is a challenge to control composition gradient of ferroelectric films. Here, the authors develop a solution epitaxy strategy to produce compositionally-graded ferroelectric films with excellent dielectric stability and high pyroelectric property.

Ruian Zhang
Chen Lin
Gaorong Han
ResearchOpen Access02 Jan 2025
Nature Communications

Volume: 16, P: 1-10
Double-layer metasurface-based edge coupler for low-loss coupling between optical fiber and thin-film lithium niobate photonic chip

Xie Zou
Hongliang Li
Sang-Shin Lee
ResearchOpen Access16 Dec 2025
Scientific Reports

Volume: 16, P: 1-13
Regrafting submillimeter-scale ferromagnetic soft continuums

Ferromagnetic soft continuums (FSCs) can navigate within confined biological spaces but are limited in complex designs due to their small size. Here, authors develop submillimeter-scale FSCs that can actively divide and reconfigure into flexible shapes, enhancing in situ adaptability for biomedical applications.

Yang Yang
Wentao Shi
Hongliang Ren
ResearchOpen Access31 Jul 2025
Nature Communications

Volume: 16, P: 1-18
Untethered bistable origami crawler for confined applications

Catherine Jiayi Cai, Hui Huang and Hongliang Ren design a magnetically actuated bistable origami crawler that can transition between a locomotion and function mode, where each mode can be operated independently. The origami crawler is designed for use in confined spaces such as the gastrointestinal tract.

Catherine Jiayi Cai
Hui Huang
Hongliang Ren
ResearchOpen Access30 Oct 2024
Communications Engineering

Volume: 3, P: 1-8
High performance relaxor ferroelectric textured ceramics for electrocaloric refrigeration

The authors achieve a high electrocaloric temperature change (ΔT = 3.9 K) in c-textured BaTiO₃-KNbO₃ ceramics via compositional tuning and grain orientation engineering. The ΔT variation remain within ±10% across 30–80 °C, demonstrating exceptional stability.

Xuexin Li
Jinglei Li
Fei Li
ResearchOpen Access17 May 2025
Nature Communications

Volume: 16, P: 1-10
Superconductivity in pressurized trilayer La₄Ni₃O_10−δ single crystals

The application of pressure effectively suppresses the spin–charge order in trilayer nickelate La₄Ni₃O_10−δ single crystals, leading to the emergence of superconductivity.

Yinghao Zhu
Di Peng
Jun Zhao
Research17 Jul 2024
Nature

Volume: 631, P: 531-536
Aqueous alternating electrolysis prolongs electrode lifespans under harsh operation conditions

Electrolytic water splitting under harsh conditions is limited by poor lifespan of the electrodes. Here, authors report alternating electrolysis approaches that realize prompt and periodic repair of a Ni electrode via the co-action of Co²⁺ and Na⁺ ions, leading to prolonged operation times.

Jie Liang
Jun Li
Bo Tang
ResearchOpen Access23 Jul 2024
Nature Communications

Volume: 15, P: 1-15
Fully organic compliant dry electrodes self-adhesive to skin for long-term motion-robust epidermal biopotential monitoring

Reported wearable dry electrodes have limited long-term use due to their imperfect skin compliance and high motion artifacts. Here, the authors report an intrinsically conductive, stretchable polymer dry electrode with excellent self-adhesiveness for long-term high-quality biopotential detection.

Lei Zhang
Kirthika Senthil Kumar
Jianyong Ouyang
ResearchOpen Access17 Sept 2020
Nature Communications

Volume: 11, P: 1-13
Forensic toxicokinetics of difenidol hydrochloride in vivo verified by practical lethal cases

Weifen Niu
Tongxi Ren
Keming Yun
ResearchOpen Access11 Jul 2023
Scientific Reports

Volume: 13, P: 1-7
Solution epitaxy of polarization-gradient ferroelectric oxide films with colossal photovoltaic current

Developing low-temperature solution epitaxy and elucidating its underlying mechanisms is highly desired for low-cost fabrication of single-crystal ferroelectric films. Here, the authors show that a polarization screening between ferroelectrics and substrates can tailor the interface energy and drive the solution epitaxy of polarization-gradient ferroelectric oxide films, demonstrating a remarkable photovoltaic effect.

Chen Lin
Zijun Zhang
Gaorong Han
ResearchOpen Access24 Apr 2023
Nature Communications

Volume: 14, P: 1-9
Trace removal of benzene vapour using double-walled metal–dipyrazolate frameworks

Volatile organic compounds such as benzene are toxic pollutants that cause health issues even at trace concentrations. Here, a double-walled metal–organic framework is presented that demonstrates high uptake at very low pressures (<10 Pa), allowing the removal of benzene to below acceptable indoor limits.

Tao He
Xiang-Jing Kong
Jian-Rong Li
ResearchOpen Access28 Apr 2022
Nature Materials

Volume: 21, P: 689-695
Water enables mild oxidation of methane to methanol on gold single-atom catalysts

It is important but challenging to oxidize methane by O₂ into methanol under ambient conditions. Here, the authors achieved mild oxidation of methane into methanol over Au single atoms on black phosphorus nanosheets with the help of water under light irradiation.

Laihao Luo
Jie Luo
Jie Zeng
ResearchOpen Access22 Feb 2021
Nature Communications

Volume: 12, P: 1-10
A bioinspired analogous nerve towards artificial intelligence

Designing artificial sensory neural system for neuroprosthetics and smart robotics applications remains a challenge. Here, the authors demonstrate an all-in-one bionic sensory transmission nerve capable integrating the functions of perception, recognition and transmission of mechano-sensitive signal.

Xinqin Liao
Weitao Song
Yuanjin Zheng
ResearchOpen Access14 Jan 2020
Nature Communications

Volume: 11, P: 1-9
Addendum: Solution epitaxy of polarization-gradient ferroelectric oxide films with colossal photovoltaic current

Chen Lin
Zijun Zhang
Gaorong Han
Amendments and CorrectionsOpen Access08 May 2024
Nature Communications

Volume: 15, P: 1-2
A NAC transcription factor, NOR-like1, is a new positive regulator of tomato fruit ripening

Ying Gao
Wei Wei
Da-Qi Fu
ResearchOpen Access21 Dec 2018
Horticulture Research

Volume: 5, P: 1-18
Upper Airway Anatomical Landmark Dataset for Automated Bronchoscopy and Intubation

Ruoyi Hao
Yang Zhang
Hongliang Ren
ResearchOpen Access03 Dec 2025
Scientific Data

Volume: 12, P: 1-11
The long noncoding RNA Chaer defines an epigenetic checkpoint in cardiac hypertrophy

The lncRNA Chaer controls hypertrophic heart growth by binding to and interfering with the function of the epigenetic regulator PRC2.

Zhihua Wang
Xiao-Jing Zhang
Yibin Wang
Research12 Sept 2016
Nature Medicine

Volume: 22, P: 1131-1139
Evaluation of county-level economic efficiency and its spatiotemporal differentiation in Hohhot-Baotou-Ordos-Yulin urban agglomeration in China

Hongliang Miao
Hui Zhou
ResearchOpen Access11 Mar 2023
Humanities and Social Sciences Communications

Volume: 10, P: 1-15
Innovating robot-assisted surgery through large vision models

Robot-assisted surgery relies heavily on vision and generally integrates medical imaging for diagnostic and/or navigation purposes with robots that offer accurate surgical functions. This Perspective discusses how large vision models can enhance vision-related tasks in robot-assisted surgery transforming ‘surgical robots’ into ‘robotic surgeons’.

Zhe Min
Jiewen Lai
Hongliang Ren
Reviews12 May 2025
Nature Reviews Electrical Engineering

Volume: 2, P: 350-363
Constitutive GLI1 expression in chondrosarcoma is regulated by major vault protein via mTOR/S6K1 signaling cascade

Wei Wang
Taiqiang Yan
Tingting Ren
ResearchOpen Access26 Feb 2021
Cell Death & Differentiation

Volume: 28, P: 2221-2237
A piezoresistive-based 3-axial MEMS tactile sensor and integrated surgical forceps for gastrointestinal endoscopic minimally invasive surgery

Cheng Hou
Huxin Gao
Lining Sun
ResearchOpen Access27 Sept 2024
Microsystems & Nanoengineering

Volume: 10, P: 1-13
Cuprous oxide nanoparticles trigger reactive oxygen species-induced apoptosis through activation of erk-dependent autophagy in bladder cancer

Qiao Xiong
Anwei Liu
Chuanliang Xu
ResearchOpen Access14 May 2020
Cell Death & Disease

Volume: 11, P: 1-13
The malignancy of chordomas is enhanced via a circTLK1/miR-16-5p/Smad3 positive feedback axis

Jingbing Lou
Hongliang Zhang
Wei Guo
ResearchOpen Access15 Feb 2023
Cell Death Discovery

Volume: 9, P: 1-10
Diagnostic value of four neuroendocrine markers in small cell neuroendocrine carcinomas of the cervix: a meta-analysis

Rui Huang
Li Yu
Chun Fu
ResearchOpen Access11 Sept 2020
Scientific Reports

Volume: 10, P: 1-12
miR-16-5p inhibits chordoma cell proliferation, invasion and metastasis by targeting Smad3

Hongliang Zhang
Kang Yang
Wei Guo
ResearchOpen Access07 Jun 2018
Cell Death & Disease

Volume: 9, P: 1-13

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Natural variation of GNP2 enhances grain number to benefit rice yield

Natural variation of indels in the CTB3 promoter confers cold tolerance in japonica rice

Natural variation of CTB5 confers cold adaptation in plateau japonica rice

Natural variation of DROT1 confers drought adaptation in upland rice

Artificial kinaesthesia in autonomous robotic surgery

Motor-free telerobotic endomicroscopy for steerable and programmable imaging in complex curved and localized areas

Elite haplotype of STRONG1 enhances rice yield by improving lodging resistance, panicle and plant architecture

Dearomative 1,4-difunctionalization of naphthalenes via palladium-catalyzed tandem Heck/Suzuki coupling reaction

Compositionally-graded ferroelectric thin films by solution epitaxy produce excellent dielectric stability

Double-layer metasurface-based edge coupler for low-loss coupling between optical fiber and thin-film lithium niobate photonic chip

Regrafting submillimeter-scale ferromagnetic soft continuums

Untethered bistable origami crawler for confined applications

High performance relaxor ferroelectric textured ceramics for electrocaloric refrigeration

Superconductivity in pressurized trilayer La₄Ni₃O_10−δ single crystals

Aqueous alternating electrolysis prolongs electrode lifespans under harsh operation conditions

Fully organic compliant dry electrodes self-adhesive to skin for long-term motion-robust epidermal biopotential monitoring

Forensic toxicokinetics of difenidol hydrochloride in vivo verified by practical lethal cases

Solution epitaxy of polarization-gradient ferroelectric oxide films with colossal photovoltaic current

Trace removal of benzene vapour using double-walled metal–dipyrazolate frameworks

Water enables mild oxidation of methane to methanol on gold single-atom catalysts

A bioinspired analogous nerve towards artificial intelligence

Addendum: Solution epitaxy of polarization-gradient ferroelectric oxide films with colossal photovoltaic current

A NAC transcription factor, NOR-like1, is a new positive regulator of tomato fruit ripening

Upper Airway Anatomical Landmark Dataset for Automated Bronchoscopy and Intubation

The long noncoding RNA Chaer defines an epigenetic checkpoint in cardiac hypertrophy

Evaluation of county-level economic efficiency and its spatiotemporal differentiation in Hohhot-Baotou-Ordos-Yulin urban agglomeration in China

Innovating robot-assisted surgery through large vision models

Constitutive GLI1 expression in chondrosarcoma is regulated by major vault protein via mTOR/S6K1 signaling cascade

A piezoresistive-based 3-axial MEMS tactile sensor and integrated surgical forceps for gastrointestinal endoscopic minimally invasive surgery

Cuprous oxide nanoparticles trigger reactive oxygen species-induced apoptosis through activation of erk-dependent autophagy in bladder cancer

The malignancy of chordomas is enhanced via a circTLK1/miR-16-5p/Smad3 positive feedback axis

Diagnostic value of four neuroendocrine markers in small cell neuroendocrine carcinomas of the cervix: a meta-analysis

miR-16-5p inhibits chordoma cell proliferation, invasion and metastasis by targeting Smad3

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