Article 24 April 2023 | Open Access Hidden chemical order in disordered Ba7Nb4MoO20 revealed by resonant X-ray diffraction and solid-state NMR Chemical order/disorder in materials can be difficult to determine for atoms with similar X-ray scattering… show more Yuta Yasui, Masataka Tansho & Masatomo Yashima Article 24 April 2023 | Open Access A massively parallel screening platform for converting aptamers into molecular switches Efforts to convert aptamers into molecular switches using rational design are often unsuccessful. Here the… show more Alex M. Yoshikawa, Alexandra E. Rangel & H. 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Here, the authors report a… show more Han Yu, Yan Wang & Shangshang Chen Article 22 April 2023 | Open Access Nickel/biimidazole-catalyzed electrochemical enantioselective reductive cross-coupling of aryl aziridines with aryl iodides Metal reductants show low efficiency in enantioselective nickel-catalyzed reductive cross-coupling of aryl… show more Yun-Zhao Wang, Zhen-Hua Wang & Tian-Sheng Mei Article 22 April 2023 | Open Access Achieving volatile potassium promoted ammonia synthesis via mechanochemistry Potassium oxide is used as a promotor in industrial ammonia synthesis, although metallic potassium is better in… show more Jong-Hoon Kim, Tian-Yi Dai & Jong-Beom Baek Article 22 April 2023 | Open Access A unifying criterion of the boiling crisis Boiling crisis is a physical phenomenon limiting the operation of many technologies cooled by boiling. Zhang et… show more Limiao Zhang, Chi Wang & Matteo Bucci Article 22 April 2023 | Open Access High-harmonic generation from a flat liquid-sheet plasma mirror High-harmonic generation (HHG) is a nonlinear process and has been explored with different forms of plasma… show more Yang Hwan Kim, Hyeon Kim & Kyung Taec Kim Article 22 April 2023 | Open Access Para-hydrodynamics from weak surface scattering in ultraclean thin flakes Classical hydrodynamics applies to electron fluids as well, provided the system has a high electron–electron… show more Yotam Wolf, Amit Aharon-Steinberg & Tobias Holder Article 22 April 2023 | Open Access In vivo bioluminescence imaging of natural bacteria within deep tissues via ATP-binding cassette sugar transporter Bioluminescent imaging of bacteria in vivo generally requires the use of engineered bacteria. Here the authors… show more Qian Zhang, Bin Song & Yao He Article 22 April 2023 | Open Access Siglec-6 mediates the uptake of extracellular vesicles through a noncanonical glycolipid binding pocket Siglec-glycolipid interactions are often studied outside the context of a lipid bilayer. Here, the authors… show more Edward N. Schmidt, Dimitra Lamprinaki & Matthew S. Macauley Article 21 April 2023 | Open Access Bioinspired soft robots based on organic polymer-crystal hybrid materials with response to temperature and humidity Response by mechanical deformation to give actuation is essential in the design of soft robots. Here, the authors… show more Xuesong Yang, Linfeng Lan & Hongyu Zhang Article 21 April 2023 | Open Access Rapid determination of solid-state diffusion coefficients in Li-based batteries via intermittent current interruption method The galvanostatic intermittent titration technique (GITT) is the state-of-the-art method for determining the Li+… show more Yu-Chuan Chien, Haidong Liu & Matthew J. Lacey Article 21 April 2023 | Open Access Tuning the reactivity of carbon surfaces with oxygen-containing functional groups Distinguishing the influence of oxygen functional groups in carbon materials is important but elusive. Here, the… show more Jiahua Zhou, Piaoping Yang & Dionisios G. Vlachos Article 21 April 2023 | Open Access Electronic signatures of Lorentzian dynamics and charge fluctuations in lithiated graphite structures Lithium graphite intercalation compounds are important for developing Li-ion batteries. Here authors simulate the… show more Sasawat Jamnuch & Tod A. Pascal Article 21 April 2023 | Open Access Building electrode skins for ultra-stable potassium metal batteries Metal potassium anodes show great potential in high energy density batteries. However, their practical… show more Hongbo Ding, Jue Wang & Bingan Lu Article 21 April 2023 | Open Access Transient and general synthesis of high-density and ultrasmall nanoparticles on two-dimensional porous carbon via coordinated carbothermal shock Well-dispersed nanoparticles are critical for catalysis but face challenges of easy agglomeration. Here the… show more Wenhui Shi, Zezhou Li & Zhong-Qun Tian Article 21 April 2023 | Open Access Polyfluorinated crosslinker-based solid polymer electrolytes for long-cycling 4.5 V lithium metal batteries Solid polymer electrolytes are commonly used in lithium-metal batteries, but their capacity and energy density… show more Lingfei Tang, Bowen Chen & Liwei Chen Article 21 April 2023 | Open Access Geometric fluctuation of conformal Hilbert spaces and multiple graviton modes in fractional quantum Hall effect Graviton modes are long-wavelength neutral collective excitations of fractional quantum Hall fluids that are… show more Wang Yuzhu & Yang Bo Article 21 April 2023 | Open Access Structural-disorder-driven critical quantum fluctuation and localization in two-dimensional semiconductors The microscopic mechanism of the metal-insulator transition in 2D disordered semiconductors is not fully… show more Bong Gyu Shin, Ji-Hoon Park & Soon Jung Jung Article 21 April 2023 | Open Access Observing and braiding topological Majorana modes on programmable quantum simulators Superconducting quantum simulators are promising platforms for simulations of quantum many-body systems. Here the… show more Nikhil Harle, Oles Shtanko & Ramis Movassagh Article 21 April 2023 | Open Access Enhanced osmotic transport in individual double-walled carbon nanotube Carbon nanotubes are promising candidates for transport of ions and charges, but the response of carbon nanotubes… show more Guandong Cui, Zhi Xu & Ming Ma Article 21 April 2023 | Open Access Tetrachromatic vision-inspired neuromorphic sensors with ultraweak ultraviolet detection Sensing and processing UV light is essential for advanced artificial visual perception system. Here, the authors… show more Ting Jiang, Yiru Wang & Wenping Hu Article 21 April 2023 | Open Access Dopant triggered atomic configuration activates water splitting to hydrogen Designing high performing low-cost nanomaterials for catalyzing hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) remains… show more Rui Wu, Jie Xu & Shu-Hong Yu Perspective 21 April 2023 | Open Access Microbial biomanufacturing for space-exploration—what to take and when to make Biotechnology is emerging as a promising approach to increase resilience, flexibility, and efficiency of space… show more Nils J. H. Averesch, Aaron J. Berliner & Adam P. Arkin Article 21 April 2023 | Open Access Inadequacy of fluvial energetics for describing gravity current autosuspension This study shows that the total energy loss of gravity currents has a non-linear dependence on the work required… show more Sojiro Fukuda, Marijke G. W. de Vet & Robert M. Dorrell Article 21 April 2023 | Open Access Machine learning prediction of the degree of food processing Evidence suggests that increased consumption of ultra-processed food has adverse health implications, however, it… show more Giulia Menichetti, Babak Ravandi & Albert-László Barabási Article 20 April 2023 | Open Access A non-Newtonian fluid quasi-solid electrolyte designed for long life and high safety Li-O2 batteries Lithium dendrite growth and liquid electrolyte volatilization limit the further development of lithium-oxygen… show more Guangli Zheng, Tong Yan & Huiyu Song Article 20 April 2023 | Open Access A selective and atom-economic rearrangement of uridine by cascade biocatalysis for production of pseudouridine Pseudouridine (Ψ), the C-nucleoside isomer of uridine, and its 1-N-methyl derivative, are incorporated in mRNA… show more Martin Pfeiffer, Andrej Ribar & Bernd Nidetzky Article 20 April 2023 | Open Access Strong ferromagnetism of g-C3N4 achieved by atomic manipulation Metal free’ materials offer a cheap and chemical benign platform for magnetism, however, the typical source of… show more Lina Du, Bo Gao & Qun Xu Article 20 April 2023 | Open Access Copper-catalyzed asymmetric C(sp2)–H arylation for the synthesis of P- and axially chiral phosphorus compounds Although transition metal-catalyzed C–H bond functionalization is a widely used method in organic synthesis, many… show more Shao-Bai Yan, Rui Wang & Wei-Liang Duan Article 20 April 2023 | Open Access Design of C1-symmetric tridentate ligands for enantioselective dearomative [3 + 2] annulation of indoles with aminocyclopropanes Polycyclic indolines are valuable skeletons in drug discovery. Here, the authors report an asymmetric dearomative… show more Hai-Xia Wang, Chun Yang & Hai-Ming Guo Article 20 April 2023 | Open Access Energy-efficient high-fidelity image reconstruction with memristor arrays for medical diagnosis Image reconstruction algorithms raise critical challenges in massive data processing for medical diagnosis. Here,… show more Han Zhao, Zhengwu Liu & Huaqiang Wu Article 20 April 2023 | Open Access Ultra-stretchable and biodegradable elastomers for soft, transient electronics Stretchable and degradable elastomers are crucial for developing transient and bioresorbable electronics. Herein,… show more Won Bae Han, Gwan-Jin Ko & Suk-Won Hwang Article 20 April 2023 | Open Access Exploiting nonaqueous self-stratified electrolyte systems toward large-scale energy storage The use of energy-dense materials is inherently limited in biphasic self-stratified batteries due to the aqueous… show more Zhenkang Wang, Haoqing Ji & Chenglin Yan Article 20 April 2023 | Open Access Growth dynamics and amorphous-to-crystalline phase transformation in natural nacre Biominerals contain trace elements that can give important environmental information, but the mechanism by which… show more L. M. Otter, K. Eder & D. E. 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Here, the authors present a… show more Mario Teixeira Parente, Georg Brandl & Astrid Schneidewind Review Article 19 April 2023 | Open Access How to characterize figures of merit of two-dimensional photodetectors The lack of a standardized approach for the characterization of the performance of 2D photodetectors represents… show more Fang Wang, Tao Zhang & Weida Hu Article 19 April 2023 | Open Access Cell invasion during competitive growth of polycrystalline solidification patterns It is challenging to fully characterize solidification in a well-homogenized conditions owing to the gravity… show more Younggil Song, Fatima L. Mota & Alain Karma Article 19 April 2023 | Open Access Spectroscopic visualization and phase manipulation of chiral charge density waves in 1T-TaS2 Two-dimensional charge density waves in layered semiconductors may exhibit chirality. 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Now, Poiseuille-type… show more Xin Huang, Yangyu Guo & Masahiro Nomura Article 19 April 2023 | Open Access Native qudit entanglement in a trapped ion quantum processor Encoding quantum information in qudits instead of qubits allows for several advantages, but scalable native… show more Pavel Hrmo, Benjamin Wilhelm & Martin Ringbauer Article 19 April 2023 | Open Access Complex computation from developmental priors Neuroscience has long inspired AI, however the neuroevolutionary search that produces sophisticated behaviors has… show more Dániel L. 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