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Cholesterol-patterned nanoparticles program gel-like stress granule condensates via a solid–liquid–liquid sequence, reveal dual proteasomal disassembly routes, and permit tissue-specific remodeling of chemoplasticity to decouple efficacy from toxicity in vivo.

Hyperbolic paraboloid molecules possess unique physicochemical properties. However, their controlled organization into well-defined superstructures remains challenging. Here, the authors report a macrocycle with hyperbolic paraboloid topology as building blocks to self-assemble a series of two-dimensional superstructures with four-level hierarchy in a controlled hierarchical manner.

In order to be practical for large-scale deployment, the cost of solar hydrogen generation must be significantly reduced. Here, the authors employ a triple-junction solar cell with two series connected polymer electrolyte membrane electrolysers to achieve solar to hydrogen efficiency of 30%.

The modifying effect of chronological age showed that vascular aging categories in middle-aged participants have stronger predictive ability for the risk of cardiovascular events than that in older participants. MACE, a composite of non-fatal myocardial infarction, non-fatal stroke, and cardiovascular mortality; normal VA, normal vascular aging; EVA, early vascular aging; SUPERNOVA, supernormal vascular aging.

Here, the authors integrate genomic and transcriptomic data obtained from African-ancestry female participants and identify six genes associated with breast cancer risk which provides biological insights into this common cancer in an underrepresented population.

Here the authors reveal a study of 486,956 Han Chinese individuals showing that most people with genetic variants affecting drug response do not have the predicted adverse events, highlighting the challenges of implementing pharmacogenetics in clinical practice.

Polygenic scores for body mass index and obesity constructed using data from 5 million people with different ancestries were associated with distinct weight gain trajectories from early childhood to adulthood.

The Einstein Probe has discovered a fast X-ray transient, EP240414a, associated with a broad-lined type Ic supernova. Its unusually soft spectrum and weak jet add to the diversity of stellar deaths and suggest a previously unknown Wolf–Rayet star explosion mechanism.

The death of massive stars has traditionally been discovered by explosive events in the gamma-ray band. Liu et al. show that the sensitive wide-field monitor on board Einstein Probe can reveal a weak soft-X-ray signal much earlier than gamma rays.

A genome-wide association meta-analysis study of blood lipid levels in roughly 1.6 million individuals demonstrates the gain of power attained when diverse ancestries are included to improve fine-mapping and polygenic score generation, with gains in locus discovery related to sample size.

Hair can be regenerated after skin wounding. Here the authors show that inflammatory macrophages produce TNF that activates Wnt signalling in hair follicle stem cells to drive this hair regeneration after wound repair in mice.

Multi-ancestry fine-mapping of breast cancer susceptibility regions identifies candidate causal variants and prioritizes likely effector genes supported by functional genomic evidence.

The authors assess the durability and long-term cross-reactivity of neutralizing antibodies raised in response to infections with SARS-CoV-2 or variants of concern in humans.

Achieving direct solar-to-hydrogen conversion from pure water using solely organic heterogeneous catalysts is still challenging. Here the authors report an all-organic semiconductor catalyst system for overall water splitting under visible to near-infrared light via triplet-triplet annihilation up conversion based on spin coupling.

This study presents a comprehensive pipeline to profile transmembrane receptors involved in macrophage-driven inflammation in pancreatic islets during the onset of diabetes. The authors identify GPR132 as a mediator of macrophage-driven inflammation and find compounds that reduce inflammation and improve glycaemic control.

A large genome-wide association study of more than 5 million individuals reveals that 12,111 single-nucleotide polymorphisms account for nearly all the heritability of height attributable to common genetic variants.

Dendritic cell-based therapies have been exploited as immunotherapeutic approaches for cancer treatment. Here the authors report a platform integrating antigen-capturing nanoparticles and type 1 conventional dendritic cells for in situ cancer immunization, promoting anti-tumor immunity in preclinical models.

Through rational engineering of A3A deaminase, Yang and colleagues have designed CBEs termed haA3A-CBEs, which feature a condensed editing window and minimal off-target effects that are independent of defined sequence contexts and methylation status.

Low-frequency quasiperiodic oscillations in X-ray data are thought to trace the accretion flow in X-ray binaries. Here, the detection of 200 keV oscillations probes the innermost regions of MAXI J1820+070, revealing the precession of a small-scale jet.

Wei et al. identify that cytoplasmic METTL3 interacts with PABPC1 to facilitate translation of epigenetic factor mRNAs without m⁶A modification to promote tumour progression, suggesting an m⁶A-independent mechanism for this methyltransferase.

The factors influencing risk of reinfection with SARS-CoV-2 are poorly understood. Here, the authors use data from the UK COVID-19 Infection Survey, a community based longitudinal study, to assess characteristics of ~45,000 reinfections compared to initial infections.

Evolution of accretion disk and corona during outbursts in black hole binary systems is still unclear. Here, the authors show spectral analysis of MAXI J1820+070 and propose a scenario of a dynamical corona to explain the evolution of the reflection fraction observed by Insight-HXMT.

Genome-wide association analyses identify risk loci for breast cancer in women of African ancestry. Polygenic risk scores derived from these data improve ancestry-specific risk prediction.

The BRAIN Initiative Cell Census Network has constructed a multimodal cell census and atlas of the mammalian primary motor cortex in a landmark effort towards understanding brain cell-type diversity, neural circuit organization and brain function.

An important risk factor for coronary artery disease is the level of blood lipids. Here the authors conduct an exome-wide association study in Chinese cohorts and identify three novel loci associated with lipid levels as well as three Asian-specific variants in known loci.

Here authors use wedge molecules to directionally transmit mechanical force within three-dimensional crystalline frameworks. They fabricate various crystalline framework nanosheets including MOF, COF, and coordination polymer nanosheets.

The inefficient spin-flip process of multi-resonance emitters could compromise the device performance of light-emitting diodes. Here, the authors incorporate conformationally flexible donor to enhance the density of excited states, achieving 20-fold increase in reverse intersystem crossing rate.

Crohn’s disease (CD) is a complex disease associated with immune dysregulation. Here the authors use multimodal data to identify and characterize an epithelial cell population, termed ‘LND’ cells, in both terminal ileum and ascending colon, with LND interacting locally with immune cells and potentially contributing to CD pathology.

Designing tactile sensors with high spatial resolution are crucial to manufacture large scale flexible electronics. Here, the authors develop a micro-cage structure by exploiting photo-reticulated strain localization films (prslPDMS), which shows the strain local confinement effect and could be used to prepare ultralow crosstalk sensor arrays.

Estimates of infection rates from the UK COVID-19 Infection Survey may have been biased by the characteristics of people who chose to take part. Here, the authors show that the survey population had unusually high vaccination rates and adjust infection estimates taking this into account.

A study presents the results of surveillance for SARS-CoV-2 in animal and environmental samples from a market linked to early human cases of coronavirus disease 2019.

Longitudinal tracing of antibody responses to the ChAdOx1 and the BNT162b2 COVID-19 vaccines in 45,965 adults from the United Kingdom give indications for vaccine prioritization.