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Precise control of the growth of transition metal dichalcogenides layers in atomically thin van der Waals heterostructures has gained significant attention. Here, the authors report 100% overlapped vertical ReS₂/WS₂heterostructures by utilizing the twinned growth behaviour of two-dimensional materials.

Fundamental understanding of gold–carbon bonding in homogeneous catalysts is vital for improved catalyst design, although spectroscopic information is limited. Here, the authors probe the bonding in gold–alkyne complexes using a combination of photoelectron spectroscopy and ab initiocalculations.

Olefins are employed in many coupling procedures but direct hydrocarbonations of unactivated olefins remain to be developed. Here, the authors report the nickel-catalyzed reductive coupling of olefins with aryl and alky electrophiles under mild conditions and with a broad substrate scope.

Photonic topological insulators have been theoretically predicted but their experimental demonstration has proven challenging. Here, Chen et al.experimentally realize a photonic topological insulator by embedding a non-bianisotropic and a non-resonant metacrystal into a waveguide.

Vertical field-effect transistors (VFETs) have potential for the realization of ultra-scaled devices, but their fabrication is usually limited by trade-offs between scalability and channel length. Here, the authors report a large-scale transfer method to realize indium gallium zinc oxide/graphene VFETs with van der Waals metallic contacts and reduced channel length.

Understanding the decentralized self-organization in animal groups helps design swarm robotics, yet the underlying mechanism remains elusive. Xiao et al. analyze collective motions of three large bird-flocking datasets and translate their findings to guide evacuation of a swarm of miniature robots in confinement.

Lei Su’s benchwork at Harvard University might have stopped — but thanks to careful preparation and collaboration tools, his team is keeping its research going.

The growth and function of autotrophic nitrifiers are suppressed under elevated CO₂ due to the intensification of anoxic stress, according to a long-term free-air CO₂ enrichment experiment in nitrogen-rich paddy soil.

By constructing a graph-based grapevine pangenome reference (Grapepan v.1.0) and incorporating structural variations and phenotypic maps, the study investigates the genetic basis of agronomic traits, empowering grapevine genomic breeding.

The authors fabricate p-type Fe₃CoSb₁₂-based skutterudite films exhibiting high thermoelectric performance, stability, and flexibility at medium-to-high temperatures, based on preparing custom target materials and pulsed laser deposition techniques.

Here the AUs showcase adaptive wireless-powered network (AWPN) that utilizes a dual-band metasurface to enable simultaneous wireless localization and non-contact power supply. It achieves a localization resolution of 3 cm using a single-input single-output (SISO) system, marking a significant advancement in the accuracy and efficiency of wireless sensing and energy transfer technologies.

Somatically determined preferential allelic expression of select genes that when mutated cause inborn errors of immunity corresponds with disease phenotypes, suggesting that the penetrance and expressivity of monogenic disorders is also dependent on the ‘transcriptotype’.

Observing the photonic analogue of an unpaired Dirac point is hard, as it requires breaking the time-reversal symmetry. Here, the authors use gyromagnetic materials to do that, and thus succeed in observing an unpaired Dirac point in a planar photonic crystal operating at microwave frequencies.

Activating NRAS mutations are frequently oncogenic drivers of melanoma; however, attempts to therapeutically target mutant NRAS have remained largely unsuccessful. Here, the authors identify an axis of mutant NRAS regulation wherein casein kinase 1δ (CK1δ) promotes USP46-mediated stabilisation of oncogenic NRAS.

Realizing complex functions in artificial visual systems is challenging. Here, the authors report a human visual pathway-replicated hardware with a split floating gate crossbar arrays and related peripheral circuits, achieving colour-blindness processing, shape recognition, and self-driven motion tracking.

The underlying mechanisms by which Smad4 loss-of-function accelerates lung cancer metastasis is unclear. Here, the authors show PAK3 as a downstream effector of Smad4 promoting metastatic signalling and suggest Smad4-PAK3 regulation as a point of potential therapy in metastatic lung cancer.

The authors report Bose–Einstein condensation of a two-magnon bound state in Na₂BaNi(PO₄)₂. This should stimulate further work on these types of geometrically frustrated materials.

Precipitation enables the straightforward production of a variety of inorganic materials, but the rapid reaction rates involved typically make controlling their morphologies difficult. Now, the growth of either one-, two- or three-dimensional materials has been promoted by tuning of the reactants’ electrolytic dissociation and solution supersaturation, without the need for capping agents and templates.

Cross-dehydrogenative coupling is finding increasing application in synthesis, but coupling two chemically distinct sites remains a challenge. Here, the authors report an oxidative coupling between sp ² and sp ³ carbons by sequentially activating the more active aryl site followed by the alkyl position.

Molecular electronics or spintronics relies on manipulating the electronic transport through microscopic molecule structures. Here the authors demonstrate the selective electron pathway in single-molecule device by magnetic field which enables a tunable anisotropic magnetoresistance up to 93%.

1,1-diborylalkanes are useful building blocks in synthetic chemistry. Here, the authors present a highly chemo- and regioselective Ni-catalyzed reaction for the synthesis of 1,1-diborylalkanes from a wide variety of readily available terminal alkenes.

Photoacoustic microscopy allows for label-free 3D in vivo imaging by detecting the acoustic response of a photoexcited material. Here, Yang et. al use a digital-micromirror-device based structured illumination scheme to both improve resolution and greatly increase the depth of field, enabling 3D volumetric imaging.

Lake evaporation could increase substantially despite modest changes in incoming solar radiation at the surface, as a result of changes in energy partitioning and shorter periods of ice cover, according to numerical simulations.

One particularly useful feature of van der Waals materials is the ability to combine layers of different materials into a single heterostructure, which can have superior properties than any of the constituent materials alone. Here, Cheng et al. combine two interlayer-antiferromagnetic chromium trihalides, CrI₃ and CrCl₃ in close proximity, and demonstrate ferromagnetic coupling between them.

The authors design a flexible Ag₂Se-based thermoelectric device with optimized electrode materials, structure, and selenization time, capable of various applications including rapid response to human motion signals as electronic skin.

A light-induced spin voltage is demonstrated that arises from a spin-dependent excitation and diffusion of photo-excited electrons near heavy-metal/magnetic-insulator interfaces.

By using scanning tunnelling microscopy and spectroscopy, researchers observe layer-dependent electronic correlations in rhombohedral graphene multilayers at 77 K, revealing the layer-enhanced low-energy flat bands and interlayer interactions.

Reduced graphene oxide materials are of great interest in many fields, but current production methods are neither sustainable nor scalable. Here the authors report a method that enables the facile production of reduced graphene oxide from biomass at ambient temperature.

Asthma may be exacerbated by respiratory viral infection, but the cellular and molecular mechanisms are still unclear. Here the authors show, using mouse models of asthma with influenza infection, that asthma-induced cullin5 in alveolar macrophages suppresses IFN-β production to promote neutrophilic inflammation but dampens antiviral immunity.

Efficient catalysts for seawater electrolysis are crucial for sustainable hydrogen production but struggle with slow kinetics and low durability. Here, the authors report a molybdenum nitride catalyst that in situ generates ammonium groups, enhancing both performance and stability in natural seawater.

One challenge in lignin valorization is that microorganisms possessing downstream metabolic advantages are unable to convert lignin. Here, the authors engineer the non-lignin-degrading bacterium Ralstonia eutropha to efficiently convert lignin into polyhydroxybutyrate using a self-enhanced autoregulation system.

How excitatory neurons (EN) acquire senescence is unclear. Here, the authors show that GDF11 in ENs slows EN senescence, brain ageing, cognitive decline and maintains lifespan, revealing a mechanism underlying EN senescence and brain ageing.

The prokaryote defence system Dnd relies on phosphorothioation (PT) of DNA backbone to distinguish between self and non-self DNA. Here, Xiong et al. describe a previously uncharacterized PT-based antiviral system that is independent of the canonical Dnd and is widespread in Archaea and Bacteria.

Electroreduction of CO₂ to fuels and chemicals is promising but hindered by its low energy efficiency. Here, the authors develop Cu/Ga bimetallic catalysts with reduced activation energies to mitigate the high concentration overpotential, thereby achieving high energy efficiency for CO₂ reduction.

Here, the authors identify lysine-specific demethylase 1 is a homologous recombination (HR) regulator. Its inhibitor induces HR deficiency and sensitizes HR-proficient ovarian cancer cells to PARP inhibitors, which expand the use of PARP inhibitors.

REGγ, a proteasome activator, is associated with multiple oncogenic pathways in human cancers and can promote the degradation of multiple proteins including p53. Here the authors highlight a potential role for REGγ in skin cancer and propose a molecular mechanism linking p38 MAPK and Wnt signalling.

The cryo-electron microscopy structure of the GPR101–Gs complex reveals the mechanism for its constitutive activity and facilitates the screening and identification of GPR101 ligands with rejuvenating potential.

A novel chip-based QDS network, utilizing an advanced protocol, achieves a signing rate of 0.04 times per second over 200 km for 1-Mbit messages, representing a significant advancement in QDS.

A cluster-randomized trial carried out across 980 villages in a high-risk region in China found that systematic treatment of antibiotics, omeprazole and bismuth modestly reduced gastric cancer incidence in Helicobacter pylori-positive populations.

So far infinite-layer nickelates have only been observed to superconduct in single-thin-film form. Here, the authors demonstrate superconductivity in [(Nd_0.8Sr_0.2NiO₂)₈/(SrTiO₃)₂]₁₀ superlattices.

Antitumor performance of PROteolysis-TArgeting Chimeras (PROTACs) is limited by their targeting ability and retention to tumor sites. Here the authors design the reactive oxygen species (ROS)-activatable and hypoxia-responsive PROTAC nanoparticles with selective penetration into tumors for degradation of BRD4 to suppress breast and head and neck cancer progression.

Divacancy color centers in SiC are promising candidates for a spin-photon interface, but typically show charge-state instability under optical excitation. Here the authors show that modified divacancies created by a focused helium ion beam are robust against photoionization and have promising properties.

Here the authors study recovery from mild to moderate Omicron breakthrough infection at six months post infection. Serum proteomics, PBMC single-cell transcriptomics and clinical parameters indicate slow recovery with coagulation abnormalities and an imbalance of the immune response and metabolism remaining.