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Uncontrollable hemorrhage is a leading cause of preventable death. Here, Huang et al. develop a rapid, self-expanding, coagulation-promoting hemostatic powder for non-compressible hemorrhage management.

Ionic bonds have potential in enhancing organic phosphorescence, but often precise molecular design is required. Here, the authors report the use of ionic alkyl chain hosts for the preparation of ionic phosphorescent materials, with the chromophores having quaternary ammonium groups added.

The detailed mechanism of how hypoxia and acidity promote immune exclusion remains unclear. The authors here identify that GPR4, a proton sensor, induces immune exclusion by facilitating collagen alignment via upregulating LOXL2. Furthermore, inhibiting LOXL2 or GPR4 signal pathway alleviates immune exclusion.

O-GlcNAc chromatin modifications dynamically reshape the transcriptional program of oncogene-induced senescence, forming complexes that activate SASP genes and repress cell-cycle genes; JUN and GATAD2A are identified as key regulators.

A non-coplanar axially chiral molecular contact favours the crystalline growth of perovskite film and improves interfacial stability in perovskite solar cells. Small-area devices yield a certified power conversion efficiency of 26.44% and maintain 98% of it after 2,000 hours of operation.

Liu et al. report Chinese normative lifespan brain charts showing later neurodevelopmental milestones than those detected in Western cohorts. Individual deviations from these norms are valuable in assessing clinical risk and outcomes.

Tang, Chen, Qian et al. present a multimodal, interpretable dimension reduction framework called SpaHDmap, which leverages histology images and enhances the resolution of spatial transcriptomics, thus enabling the dissection of complex tissue structures.

Variations in the valence states of nickel oxide hinder the growth of a uniform self-assembled monolayer (SAM). Here, authors develop a SAM with the oxidized product forming S−O−Ni bond at Ni³⁺-rich regions, achieving maximum device efficiency of 26.5% in operationally stable perovskite solar cells.

Understanding the crystallization mechanism of mixed-halide wide-bandgap perovskites is critical to improve the performance of tandem solar cells. Here, the authors introduce ophenylenediamine to construct a π-conjugated molecular wall structure, achieving a maximum solar cell efficiency of 24.13%.

Perovskite solar cells with carbon electrodes offer advantages in terms of stability and manufacturing cost, but their performance remains limited. Now Wang et al. report an efficiency of 23.6% by doping the hole transport layer with graphene oxide.

The authors uncovered the electric-field-induced deformation mechanisms of nanostructured electrodes, elucidating the interaction between the electric field and the electrode material at the atomic scale.

Tropical cyclones cool the ocean surface less than previously thought, indicating that current projections may underestimate their future intensity and frequency, according to an analysis of global sea surface drifters data over 1992–2021.

Coherence is widely seen as essential for quantum source quality. Here, authors demonstrate on-chip photon states with increased brightness and purity using incoherent light. It reveals the mechanism of pump coherence and lowers the barrier for the generation of high-quality quantum states.

Achieving complete coverage of 2-4 μm pyramids on industrial fully-textured silicon with solution processed perovskite film remains challenging. Here, authors spray-coat alumina particles on silicon for near-conformal deposition of perovskites, achieving efficiency of 32.74% for tandem solar cells.

While Bell inequalities have been violated several times—mostly in photonic systems—their violations within particle physics experiments are less explored. Here, the BESIII Collaboration showcases Bell-violating nonlocal correlations between entangled hyperon pairs.

The intrinsic light reflection of organic conjugated films significantly influences the optical performance of devices through Fabry–Pérot micro-cavity effect. Here, authors modulate cell micro cavity via tuning materials’ refractive index to improve photovoltaic performance of organic solar cells.

This study identifies 245 genetic loci associated with head-to-body ratios using 38,202 bone density scan images from the UK Biobank, revealing genetic links to skeletal and brain development, disease susceptibility, and human evolutionary adaptation.

This study employs high-throughput experiments and simulations to reveal how ligand size dictates the growth of 2D perovskites, steering the morphology from nanowires to nanosheets along distinct crystallization pathways.

Cooling failure in porous ceramics under extreme heat flux is tackled by assembling monocrystalline AlN nanofibers into vertical channels, creating fiber aerogel thermo-coolers that enable rapid liquid transfer and efficient heat exchange.

Using spin-entangled baryon–antibaryon pairs, the BESIII Collaboration reports on high-precision measurements of potential charge conjugation and parity (CP)-symmetry-violating effects in hadrons.

Meta-learning-empowered reflective lattice light-sheet virtual structured illumination microscopy (Meta-rLLS-VSIM) offers near-isotropic resolution for fast and versatile super-resolution imaging of subcellular dynamics

It is unclear how early-life urbanicity influences adult neurobehavioral traits. This study reveals that earlier menarche mediates the relationship between early-life urbanicity and adult neurobehavioral traits associated with mental disorders.

The gap structure of the newly-discovered nickelate superconductor La₃Ni₂O_7-δ remains under debate due to challenges associated with the high pressure required. Here, the authors determine the gap using Andreev reflection spectroscopy, revealing strong-coupling superconductivity in La₃Ni₂O_7-δ.

Composite solid electrolytes face sluggish inter-phase Li⁺ migration. Here, authors construct a FeF₃-based anion-capturing layer onto Li_6.5La₃Zr_1.5Ta_0.5O₁₂ nanofillers within PVdF solid electrolyte, where the charge gradient layer on the interface promotes Li⁺ cross-phase conductivity.

Metal nanoclusters exhibit size-dependent photoluminescence, but a quantitative link between structure and emission is rare. Here, the authors tune Cu-Cu bond distances in Cu₆(SR)₆ clusters and show a direct exponential relationship to quantum yield.

A cross-ancestry GWAS meta-analyses of brainstem structures identify 713 associations. It reveals shared/distinct genetic architectures across ancestries/substructures and overlaps with neuropsychiatric disorders and physiological functions.

A self-assembly perovskite strategy is reported that can integrate optoelectronic arrays with arbitrary non-developable structures, enabling structural manipulations of photodiode arrays with micrometre precision.

The study finds that seasonal marsquake patterns may indicate active near-surface brines on Mars today. By connecting seismicity changes to ice-to-brine melting, it infers that shallow liquid water continues to operate beneath the surface and influence Martian fault activity.

It has long been believed that topological phases are solely determined by their lattice structures. Here, the authors report the observation of cavity-tunable topological phases of polaritons by modifying the surrounding photonic environment without altering the lattice structure.

Zero-field mobility has been an unreliable indicator to predict thick-film organic solar cell performance. Here, authors reveal that critical length is a decisive factor governing thick-film device performance and achieve maximum efficiency of 19.0% in 300-nm thick-film D18:L8-BO:BTP-eC9 devices.

Maintaining facial warmth and humidity while ensuring adequate oxygen intake in cold environments is challenging for facial masks. Here, the authors design a MetaMask that recovers heat and moisture from exhaled air to warm inhaled air to 26.2 °C in a − 20 °C environment, while maintaining sufficient oxygen levels.

In experimental situations, random and sparse observations hinder understanding of the underlying complex dynamical system. The authors introduce a hybrid, transformer-based machine-learning framework to reconstruct the dynamics of new, unseen systems from sparse observations by training on a diverse set of synthetic systems.

This investigation pioneers in situ capacitance experimentation in BaTiO₃-based multilayer ceramic capacitors, and reports three radiation response mechanisms: total ionizing dose effect, enhanced low dose rate sensitivity effect, and self-recovery effect.

A layer-by-layer thermal evaporation strategy enables thermally evaporated inverted perovskite solar cells with a power conversion efficiency of 25.19%, maintaining about 95% of their initial efficiency after 1,000 h of operation.

Squeezed light enhances precision in quantum technologies. Here, authors demonstrate an all-fiber source achieving 7.5 dB squeezing in self-conjugated modes, enabling reconfigurable quantum light in arbitrary time-frequency modes using standard telecom components.

The authors present SVclone, a computational method for inferring the cancer cell fraction of structural variants from whole-genome sequencing data.

An endohedral metallofullerene–polymer layer, which features ultrafast electron extraction and in situ encapsulation, improves the efficiency and stability of perovskite solar cells.

The phase diagram of twisted bilayer graphene as a function of twist angle remains not fully understood. Here, the authors theoretically demonstrate that it exhibits an angle-tuned quantum critical point of Gross-Neveu type using quantum Monte Carlo.