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SARS-CoV-2 variants often exhibit immune evasion, necessitating antiviral strategies beyond vaccination. This study presents a papain-like protease (PLpro) inhibitor called YL1004, which exhibits potent, broad-spectrum antiviral activity against wild-type, Delta, and Omicron variants in vitro and in vivo.

LipoID profiles lipid droplet interactions and identifies interorganelle regulators.

This study applies generalized linear mixed models (GLMM) and advanced transcriptome wide association study (TWAS) methods to improve the discovery of colorectal cancer risk transcription factors and genes, including potential druggable targets.

Dissipative many body systems provide quantum-enhanced sensitivity to external near gap-closing points. Here, the authors demonstrate record sensitivity in a Rydberg-atomic platform in correspondence of folded hysteresis trajectories under external microwave driving

Alzheimer’s disease is characterized by the accumulation of amyloid plaques in the brain. Here, Liu et al. develop a new method, Amyloid-ID, which uses light to label and analyze amyloid deposits in brain tissues, revealing their protein composition and associated molecules.

Thymine DNA glycosylase (TDG) was identified as a synthetic-lethal target in p53-deficient cancers through alterations in double-stranded RNA accumulation. A covalent small-molecule inhibitor of TDG exhibited potent efficacy against p53-deficient tumors.

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.

Freestanding membranes of hexagonal oxides remain difficult to obtain. In this work, a water-soluble crystalline hexagonal BaAl₂O₄ is found to serve as a sacrificial layer for obtaining freestanding membranes with six-fold or three-fold symmetry.

Quantum low-density parity-check error correction codes are anticipated to deliver high performance, but require long-range qubit–qubit interactions. Two of these error correction codes have now been successfully implemented on a superconducting device.

This study introduces a flexible, wearable system using a liquid metal dynamic wetting strategy to capture palm and finger movements in real time with high precision, showing potential for applications in XR, teleoperation, and robotics.

Newly developed mouse models that enable cell-specific analyses of proteostasis dynamics across the lifespan of the mice reveal key aspects of neuronal proteostasis with ageing.

A strategy based on the design of a composite coating that enables slip-enhanced close-contact melting inside sealed phase-change thermal batteries to improve charging rates enables high-performance thermal energy storage over a wide range of temperatures.

Eleutheroside E is a natural compound that protects hearing from cisplatin damage, working by suppressing the MAPK/NF-κB/NLRP3 pathway and pyroptosis. The antitumor efficacy of cisplatin was not reduced under the presented experiment condition.

The authors identify 92 tick-associated viruses, including ten pathogenic to humans in northwest China and adjacent countries. They predict a significant increase of major pathogenic viruses and their vectors in high-risk regions.

Quantum error mitigation refers to techniques that reduce, rather than correct, errors in quantum computing. Here the authors demonstrate zero-noise extrapolation applied to quantum error correction circuits on superconducting processors, effectively reducing logical errors and advancing early fault-tolerant quantum computing.

This work demonstrates superadiabatic topological pumping on photonic chips, achieving a 20-fold device miniaturization and high-efficiency operation across a 650–920 nm bandwidth, paving the way for ultracompact integrated photonic transports.

The authors conducted a genome-wide association study of bipolar disorder (BD) in Han Chinese and integrated PGC4 East Asian and European datasets, discovering 23 novel loci, prioritizing 39 credible risk genes and implicating BD-related cell types and druggable targets.

RABV upregulates FBXL18, which stabilizes BST2 via K11-linked ubiquitination at Lys109/110, thereby activating NF-κB. FBXL18 knockdown effectively suppresses inflammation and virulence, highlighting its potential as a therapeutic target for rabies.

Nonsense mutations in OTOF cause hereditary deafness. RESTART v3 achieves efficient, precise readthrough at Otof c.1315 C > T (p.R439*) sites, reinstating arginine to yield full-length, functional otoferlin, markedly restoring hearing in mice and showing strong promise for clinical translation.

Electrofusion enables membrane fusion but struggles with lipid nanoparticles. Here, the authors present a nanofabrication platform that combines microfluidics with microelectrode arrays, achieving efficient, controlled nanoscale electrofusion of LNPs for effective siRNA delivery

The fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster is an important model organism, but its reference genome retains unresolved gaps. Here, the authors report a near-complete telomere-to-telomere genome of the D. melanogaster S strain closing many remaining gaps.

Functional material design can be enhanced by taking inspiration from nature. This Primer describes how micropatterns inspired by the natural world can be designed, fabricated and used to solve technical challenges.

Heat dissipation restricts freshwater production in solar interfacial evaporation. Authors propose a latent heat-assisted evaporative cooling strategy to enhance heat dissipation and vapor transport during condensation, boosting freshwater production.

Ga₂O₃ devices suffer from poor heat dissipation due to their low thermal conductivity. Here, the authors demonstrate that forming covalent bonds with SiC increases the interfacial thermal conductivity to 162 MW/m²·K, thereby reducing self-heating and enabling reliable high-power operation.

Sequencing of 144 ancient genomes from Shimao city and its satellites presents pedigrees among tomb owners spanning up to four generations showing predominantly patrilineal descent structure across Shimao communities, and possibly sex-specific sacrificial rituals.

A reinforcement learning-based virtual reality system, implementing a series of sport sessions with coaching, was as effective as standard physical activity in reducing fat mass in adolescents, with positive effects on cognition.

Prof. Guangcan Guo took it upon himself to delve into quantum optics and quantum informatics, which helped to accelerate the development of quantum science in China.

Alternative splicing (AS) is a source of transcriptomic heterogeneity, but analysing splicing changes at single-cell level is challenging due to dropout, noise, and limited coverage in scRNA-seq. Here, the authors propose SCSES, a tool to identify AS events and estimate splicing intensity at single-cell resolution. SCSES reveals high splicing heterogeneity beyond conventional expression-based clustering.

The proteasome is essential for protein degradation, but its complexity can be lost in vitro. Here, the authors use in-situ cross-linking mass spectrometry and structural modeling to reveal compartment-specific interactions and previously uncharted structural heterogeneity and dynamics.

The synthesis of carbon dots with efficient solid-state emission is difficult, requiring harsh conditions. Here, the authors develop a mild molten-salt synthesis route and use machine learning to optimize the luminous efficiency of carbon dots.

Reconstruction of seven sequential Rodinia large igneous provinces defines a basal mantle structure similar but different from that of Pangea, which implies partial regeneration of large low shearwave-velocity provinces through supercontinent cycles.

DeepRETStroke is a deep learning system using retinal photographs to detect silent brain infarction and predict future stroke events.

This study uses deep learning and gaze-tracking to track pathologists' work and learn how they review tissue images. This “learned expertise” was applied to guide artificial intelligence models, such as weakly supervised learning and reinforcement learning, to achieve accurate diagnosis of Whole Slide Images.

Damaged neural circuits could be improved by generalized BCIs via inputting information into the brains, which is restricted when a large injured cavity caused. Here, the authors construct BCIs mediated by organoid grafts to repair the damaged brain

It is known that the spin-excitation spectrum of the undoped parents of iron-pnictide superconductors contains a pronounced magnon peak, but it is unclear whether this survives doping into the superconducting state. Schmitt et al.report resonant inelastic X-ray scattering spectra that suggest it does.

A circular RNA aptamer shows therapeutic efficacy in vivo in a psoriasis model.