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Conventional sodium ion batteries have low energy and power densities. Here, the authors report the use of MXene Ti₂C as a negative electrode for sodium ion energy storage, and show that the pseudocapacitance of the electrode allows the hybrid capacitors to achieve high electrochemical performance.

In many quantum magnets, an applied magnetic field competes with the expected zero-field state, leading to complex magnetic behavior. Okuma et al. observe the formation of quantum magnetization plateaus in a kagomé antiferromagnet and argue they form due to the crystallization of magnon excitations.

Determining the feasibility of intergrowths between zeolites is investigated using high-throughput atomistic simulations and experimental verification. Interfacial energy is an effective descriptor for identifying the feasibility of zeolite intergrowths and a zincosilicate zeolite intergrowth with three and nine rings is realized by hydrothermal syntheses.

Thermal lepton pairs are ideal probes for the temperature of quark-gluon plasma. Here, the STAR Collaboration uses thermal electron-positron pair production to measure quark-gluon plasma average temperature at different stages of the evolution.

Here the authors report the evolution of stacking faults in Na₂RuO₃ showing that there is progressive cation ordering upon charging and notably the stacking faults can disappear. This behavior is driven by cooperative Coulombic interactions and can contribute to stabilizing the phase transformations.

Confinement within nanospace could significantly alter the properties of chemical species. Here the authors report the negative dielectric constant of water confined in nanosheets that can enhance the capacitance of electric-double layer capacitor electrodes.

Cardiomyocytes (CMs) derived from human induced pluripotent stem cells (hiPSCs) suffer from limited maturation. Here the authors identify ERRγ agonist as a factor that enhances cardiac morphological, metabolic, contractile and electrical maturation of hiPSC-derived CMs with T-tubule formation.

For interlocking ring structures, knot theory predicts that the number of topologically different links increases with ring and crossing number. Here, the authors use a peptide folding-and-assembly strategy to selectively realize two highly entangled catenanes with 4 rings and 12 crossings, representing two of the 100 predicted topologies with this complexity.

The implementation of topological antiferromagnetic vortices in information storage devices requires an efficient method of nucleation and a way to control their movement. Here the authors find CuMnAs to be a suitable electrically conducting antiferromagnet host material for topological spin textures.

A consensus cell type atlas for the fly brain provides both an intellectual framework and open-source toolchains for brain-scale comparative connectomics.

The collective-flow-assisted nuclear shape-imaging method images the nuclear global shape by colliding them at ultrarelativistic speeds and analysing the collective response of outgoing debris.

Understanding zeolite synthesis-structure relationships remains challenging owing to the number of variables involved in their preparation. Here the authors analyze zeolite synthetic records from the literature via machine learning and find communities of synthetically related materials with previously overlooked similarities.

Skyrmions are a type of topological spin texture, which can exist as both an isolated state, and as a skyrmion crystal. Here, Hayami et al present a theoretical study of phase shifts in skyrmion crystals, showing how such phase shifts can lead to other crystalline topological spin textures.

Enabling mutations do not affect current protein function but affect future mutational possibilities. The authors explore the nature of enabling mutations in a bacterial toxin–antitoxin system.

An antimatter hypernucleus formed by an anti-lambda hadron, an antiproton and two antineutrons was observed through its two-body decay after production in ultrarelativistic heavy-ion collisions.

Protoxylem and metaxylem vessels form banded and pitted cell walls, respectively. Here, the authors show that KNAT7 suppresses expression of the actin polymerizer, formin 11 (FH11), to determine the cell wall pattern of the metaxylem in Arabidopsis.

Sodium-excess metal oxides Na₂MO₃ are appealing cathode materials for sodium-ion batteries. Here, the authors demonstrate that honeycomb-type cation ordering in Na₂RuO₃ triggers the oxygen redox reaction via frontier orbital reorganization, increasing the capacity by 1/3 compared with disordered Na₂RuO₃.

Symmetric or asymmetric positioning of intracellular structures such as the nucleus and mitotic spindle steers various biological processes. Here authors use an in vitro model and show that a tug-of-war between centripetal actomyosin waves and percolation of bulk actomyosin network direct the positioning.

Majority of oxygen-redox electrodes exhibit a large voltage hysteresis but its origin is not fully understood. Here, the authors use combined RIXS and magnetic measurements to provide insights into the origin of the typically large voltage hysteresis observed upon oxygen redox.

Stem cells exist in vitro in a spectrum of interconvertible pluripotent states. Here, authors show that pluripotency and self-renewal processes have a high level of regulatory complexity and suggest that genetic factors contribute to cell state transitions in human iPSC lines.

At the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider, observations of two meson species produced by heavy-ion collisions, ϕ and K^*0, show surprising patterns of global spin alignment, being unexpectedly large and consistent with zero, respectively.

FlyWire presents a neuronal wiring diagram of the whole fly brain with annotations for cell types, classes, nerves, hemilineages and predicted neurotransmitters, with data products and an open ecosystem to facilitate exploration and browsing.

Analysis of interactions between the wheels of the Zhurong rover and the terrain along the rover’s traverse reveals soils with high bearing strength and cohesion.

Fetal development plays an important role in defining adult diabetes risk. Here, authors identified a genetic link between fetal pancreatic gene expression, obesity, and diabetes risk through eQTL mapping of iPSC-derived pancreatic progenitor cells.

Constructing molecular cages from entangled molecules is a complex task requiring precise topological control. Here, the authors thread together six metal-peptide rings into a giant cubic molecular capsule with a defined cavity and 24 crossover points.

The mechanisms underlying many genetic variants associated with human traits are often unknown. Here, the authors identify the developmental stage-, organ-, tissue- and cell type-specific associations between genetic variation and gene expression in cardiac tissues, and describe how these associations affect complex cardiac traits and disease.