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Hydrogen can permeate two-dimensional crystals like graphene in the form of protons at high rates, involving catalytic dissociation and recombination steps, with permeability tunable by material type, metal nanoparticles, or atmosphere, offering insights for separation membranes and energy technologies.

Piezotronics are promising for mechano-sensation but limited in direct-current electronics. The authors propose the capacitive piezotronics, giving a new approach for mechanically controlled devices in high-frequency alternating-current systems.

Interactions between climate policy instruments can have synergistic and conflicting effects, but these interactions are not systematically understood. This research provides global evidence on how policy characteristics and interactions in different contexts could lead to different outcomes.

The adoption and effectiveness of carbon pricing are highly reshaped by interactions with other climate mitigation policies. A global comparative assessment of policy synergies and conflicts can guide policymakers in designing policy portfolios that can achieve higher mitigation cost-effectiveness.

Quantum computers often exhibit a bias in the type of error that is the most common or severe. Entanglement has now been demonstrated for qubits encoded with an error correction code that is designed to efficiently handle biased errors.

SUMM2, a coiled-coil NLR, promotes the assembly of higher-order resistosome clusters to initiate cell death in plants.

A microwave quantum network that uses a 4-K-thermalized niobium–titanium transmission line provides coherent coupling between 2 superconducting qubits with a quantum state transfer process fidelity of 58.5% and a Bell entanglement fidelity of 52.3%.

The development of novel two-dimensional antiferromagnets is crucial for enhancing the performance of spintronic devices. Here, authors realize the synthesis of CrOCl monolayer films and nanosheets that exhibit excellent performance.

Low-loss superconducting aluminium cables and on-chip impedance transformers can be used to link qubit modules and create superconducting quantum computing networks with high-fidelity intermodule state transfer.

Squeezed states are key resources in quantum technologies, but generating high squeezing usually requires strong nonlinearity. Here, the authors propose and demonstrate a displacement-enhanced squeezing approach that uses weak Kerr nonlinearity and off-resonant driving to generate and amplify squeezing inside a superconducting microwave cavity, reaching 14.6 dB of intracavity squeezing.

This study demonstrates a low-energy photon device based on the kagome metal RbV₃Sb₅. It demonstrates that Fermi surface reconstruction, driven by a phase transition, leads to the emergence of van Hove singularities near the Fermi level.

Distributed multiparameter quantum metrology allows to probe multiple spatially distributed parameters across networked quantum systems. Here, the authors demonstrate distributed multiparameter quantum metrology in a modular superconducting quantum processor network.

Silicon on insulator technology demands precise control of buried oxide layers and heat transfer across interfaces, yet current methods fall short in predicting oxygen distribution and interfacial thermal resistance. Here, the authors present a computational framework combining machine-learned interatomic potentials with molecular dynamics, accurately predicting oxygen redistribution and thermal resistance, thereby advancing the design of high-performance silicon on insulator technologies.

It is uncertain how much life expectancy of the Chinese population would improve under current and greater policy targets on lifestyle-based risk factors for chronic diseases and mortality behaviours. Here we report a simulation of how improvements in four risk factors, namely smoking, alcohol use, physical activity and diet, could affect mortality. We show that in the ideal scenario, that is, all people who currently smokers quit smoking, excessive alcohol userswas reduced to moderate intake, people under 65 increased moderate physical activity by one hour and those aged 65 and older increased by half an hour per day, and all participants ate 200 g more fresh fruits and 50 g more fish/seafood per day, life expectancy at age 30 would increase by 4.83 and 5.39 years for men and women, respectively. In a more moderate risk reduction scenario referred to as the practical scenario, where improvements in each lifestyle factor were approximately halved, the gains in life expectancy at age 30 could be half those of the ideal scenario. However, the validity of these estimates in practise may be influenced by population-wide adherence to lifestyle recommendations. Our findings suggest that the current policy targets set by the Healthy China Initiative could be adjusted dynamically, and a greater increase in life expectancy would be achieved.

A three-dimensional printing method that integrates in situ laser-induced solidification with direct ink writing can be used to create stretchable electronics with stiffness gradients, flexible pressure sensors with high sensitivity and soft magnetic robots for actuation functions.

Spur-type of growth is preferred for apple production. Here, the authors employ the trio-based phasing approach to assemble a fully phased Fuji genome and reveal the association of a 167-bp deletion in the promoter region of the MdTCP11 gene with the spur-type varieties.

Here, the authors report that a single-layer graphene sandwiched between hexagonal boron nitride layers in oblique-stacking order exhibits robust ferroelectricity persisting up to room temperature and ultrastability for long-term operations.

Chronic inflammation like psoriasis can be treated with anti-IL-23 antibodies, but relapses often occur after treatment cessation. Here the authors show that CCR7⁺ dendritic cells (DC) persist in human psoriasis skin, while depletion of CCR7⁺ DC abrogates psoriasis in mouse models, thereby hinting a function of IL-23 derived from CCR7⁺ DC in chronic inflammation.

Noise-induced synchronization is known in classical systems and has recently been proposed in quantum many-body settings. Here, the authors experimentally demonstrate stable and entangled synchronized oscillations at the ends of a superconducting qubit chain by applying Gaussian noise to a single qubit.

Conventional methods for nanoparticle cluster formation involve surface functionalization, which can alter the properties. Here, the authors propose a non-disruptive strategy to position nanomaterials of different shapes between nanosheets without the need for pre-modification.

Domain wall formation and propagation using a small electric voltage are demonstrated in ferro-rotational 1T-TaS₂, although the ferroic order does not couple with electromagnetic fields, providing an opportunity for the manipulation and application of ferro-rotational order.

Doping of low-dimensional graphitic materials with heteroatoms can enhance their catalytic, electrochemical and magnetic properties. Here, the authors report a tunable method to ‘superdope’ these materials with high levels of nitrogen, sulfur, or boron, via a simple fluorination and annealing procedure.

Ion transport mechanism is crucial for various applications of two-dimensional nanochannels. Here, the authors show quantitatively, how ion-water friction regulates diffusion and electromigration of ions in nanochannels.

Limited tumor penetration and low cellular uptake of current nanocarriers reduce the efficacy of anticancer drugs against TNBC. Here the authors develop biomimetic head/hollow tail nanorobots and show their efficacy at remodeling the dense tumor stroma in TNBC.

Peptide signals generated during plant microbe interactions can trigger immune responses in plants. Here the authors show that SCOOP12, a member of a family of peptides present in Brassicaceae plants, and SCOOP12-like motifs in Fusarium fungi, can trigger immune responses following perception by the MIK2 receptor kinase.

The mechanism of the charge density wave in kagome metals is not fully understood. Here, the authors report the observation of unusual large-frequency collective lattice excitations, or amplitude modes, in CsV₃Sb₅ in the absence of phonon mode softening, evidencing the strong electron-phonon coupling regime.

Wu et al. elucidate the molecular basis for SCOOPs perception by the MIK2–BAK1 immune complex and demonstrate an unexpectedly pivotal role of N-glycans in plant receptor–coreceptor interactions and signalling activation, shaping immune responses.

Poor electronic coupling between planes significantly reduces stacked graphene conductivity. Here, the authors measure plane-to-plane conductivity using the eutectic GaIn technique to show that insertion of self-assembled monolayers between graphene layers improves vertical conductivity by six orders of magnitude.

Identification of long non-coding RNA (lncRNA) signatures could be used to improve cancer clinical outcome. Here the authors developed a machine learning-based integrative procedure to construct a consensus immune-related lncRNA signature to predict prognosis, recurrence and treatment benefits in colorectal cancer.

Apelin expression is robust in embryonic but not in adult endothelial cells (ECs), where it can be reactivated by hypoxia. Liu et al. show that apelin-driven expression of Cre recombinase in mice can be used for labelling of, or gene ablation in, sprouting but not quiescent ECs in pathologies characterized by hypoxia.

This study reveals that the interaction between antiferromagnetic magnetic moments and electron spin causes disordered carriers to hop between localized states, resulting in a nonlinear increase in the terahertz responsivity as temperature decreases.

High-quality graphene is grown on copper and then transferred to the underlying substrate, typically silicon oxide or quartz, by simply etching away the copper; the graphene is held in place during etching by capillary bridges.

The function of METTL3 and RNA methylation is important in various biological processes. Here the authors show that METTL3 is reduced in childhood asthma patients and that conditional knockout of Mettl3 in mouse myeloid cells enhances Th2 response and allergic asthma associated with changes in macrophage function.

An anisotropic b-As_0.2P_0.8 phototransistor enables polarization-tunable synaptic behaviors with 4.7 polarization ratio, achieving >90% classification accuracy and high-fidelity polarization imaging through Stokes parameter reconstruction and DoLP mapping.

TAK1 is a key mediator of human inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD) through the NF-kB pathway. Here, the authors show that TAK1 phosphorylates TRADD, which cooperates with RIPK1 to intestinal pathology and inflammation in a mouse model of IBD.

The large-scale fabrication of twisted van der Waals heterostructures remains challenging due to the formation of defects and contaminations during the transfer process. Here, the authors report a transfer method to fabricate graphene-based van der Waals superlattices at the wafer scale, showing controllable twist angles and robust quantum Hall effect.

The voltage-gated sodium channel Na_v1.7 has a dual role in osteoarthritis—in chondrocytes, it promotes joint damage, and in dorsal root ganglia neurons, it increases pain transmission.

Non-classical states with a large, definite number of photons can now be produced in a superconducting cavity and used for quantum-enhanced sensing.

A plant endogenous peptide-receptor signaling pathway termed SCREW–NUT is described; it counteracts microbe-associated molecular pattern (MAMP)- and abscisic acid-induced stomatal closure to regulate the reopening of stomata after biotic and abiotic stresses.

Observational analyses from the China Kadoorie Biobank found that alcohol consumption was associated with higher risks of 61 diseases in Chinese men, with most of these associations confirmed by genetic analyses.

Grain boundaries in graphene degrade its properties, and large single-crystal graphene is desirable for electronic applications of graphene. Gaoet al. develop a method to produce millimetre-sized hexagonal single-crystal graphene grains, and films composed of the grains, on platinum by chemical vapour deposition.

Interlayer spacing and termination are important for controlling the physical and chemical properties of MXenes, largely affecting their potential applications. Here authors present a general approach for simultaneously tuning the interlayer spacing and termination of MXenes using Lewis-basic halides.

Methods for the wireless, continuous monitoring and analysis of activities directly from the throat skin have not been developed. Here, the authors present a stretchable device platform that provides wireless measurements and machine learning-based analysis of vibrations and muscle electrical activities from the throat.

Here the authors demonstrate topologically reconfigurable room-temperature polariton condensates by systematically engineering the BICs in organic semiconductor metasurfaces achieving dynamic engineering of polariton lasing

Fate-mapping and clonal analysis show that bronchioalveolar stem cells (BASCs) become activated and respond distinctly to different lung injuries and differentiate into multiple cell types. Single-cell RNA-seq analysis identifies new BASC markers.

To run algorithms on a computer they are broken down into logical operations that are implemented in hardware. A quantum logical AND gate has now been demonstrated, which could substantially improve the efficiency of near-term quantum computers.