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Therapeutic tolerogenic antigen-presenting cells can be generated in vivo by delivering, via lipid nanoparticles, mRNA coding for the inhibitory protein programmed death ligand 1, as shown in mouse models of rheumatoid arthritis and ulcerative colitis.

The authors reported an interfacial composite design that accommodates high oxide fraction and large stretchability, providing implications for developing stretchable composites with enhanced optical, electrical, thermal, and magnetic properties.

Elastocaloric cooling has emerged as an eco-friendly technology with low greenhouse gas emissions and high energy efficiency. Here the all-solid-state elastocaloric cooler shows a long operational life of over 2 million cycles.

Common photovoltaic effect is across the interface of heterojunctions. Here, the authors find that scanning a light beam can induce a persistent in-plane photoelectric voltage along silicon-water interfaces, due to the following movement of a charge packet in the vicinity of the silicon surface.

Many-body van-der-Waals interaction in multilayer structures has long been predicted but is difficult to be observed experimentally. Here the authors verify it in a tip graphene-substrate system benefiting from atomically thin intermediate graphene.

Graphene is known to display unique functional properties due to its two-dimensional structure. Here, the authors measure the thermal conductivity of suspended graphene as a function of sample length, finding that thermal conductivity is higher in longer samples as a result of two-dimensional phonons.

Light-driven bioethanol dehydration presents a promising route for sustainable ethylene production. This study unveils a surface hydrogen-replenishment mechanism facilitating ethanol dehydration on GaN nanowires with surface-hydrogenated CrMnOx, achieving an ethylene production rate of 1.78 mol·g_cat⁻¹·h⁻¹.

The author report a Ru NPs/GaN NWs nanoarchitecture on Si for utilizing full spectrum to drive efficient and robust photothermal H₂ production from NH₃ with a high turnover number of >3,400,750 over 400 h.

Combined use of multiple siRNAs promises a new path for drug development. Here, the authors demonstrate a multiplexed combinatorial screening of thousands of siRNA formulations through highthroughput single-cell gene silencing, discovering the most effective anti-cancer siRNA cocktail therapeutics.

The all-flesh type of tomato fruits is caused by mutation of the MBP3 gene, however, knocking down MBP3 in certain genotypes also affect plant and fruit development. Here, the authors show that a natural mutation of AGL11, a close homolog of MBP3, is responsible for the phenotypic divergence.

Animals use dexterous locomotion to hunt for food or flee from danger. Inspired by this strategy, Wang et al. design a soft robot, containing dielectric elastomer artificial muscles and reconfigurable chiral feet, which enables spontaneous change in movement direction in a controlled and reversible way.

Producing valuable chemicals from carbon dioxide, water and sunlight through artificial conversion schemes remains a challenging and ambitious goal in photocatalysis. Here, the authors introduce an effective approach for the synthesis of C₂₊ compounds using a binary AuIr catalyst in combination with InGaN nanowires.

Manipulating the flow of heat at the nanoscale is difficult because it requires the ability to tune the thermal properties of tiny structures. Here, the authors locally change the thermal conductivity of an individual silicon nanowire by irradiating it with helium ions.

The nanoparticle-polymer interface plays a key role in nanoparticle-polymer composites but understanding the structures and properties of the interfacial region remains challenging. Here, the authors directly observe the presence of two interfacial polymer layers around a nanoparticle in polar polymers with different polar molecular conformations from the bulk polymer leading to an enhancement in polarity-related properties of polymer nanocomposites

MoS₂ is shown to exhibit a stronger vdW interaction with graphite than with hexagon boron nitride, which is well described by Lifshitz theory and utilized to construct 2D heterostructures in a sophisticated way

Photosynthesis promotes the expression of TOPOISOMERASE1α, which in turn represses TARGET OF RAPAMYCIN (TOR) expression at the root tip. Glucose-TOR regulates cell division at the quiescent centre, and phosphorylates and stabilizes PLETHORA2 in columella cells to maintain root tip homeostasis.

The use of time modulation to break reciprocity is well understood for light, sound or charge diffusion, but it’s unclear whether it can work for thermal diffusion. Here, the authors answer in the negative by analysing diffusive processes under time modulation, and giving numerical and experimental evidence.

Mechanical cleavage of layered materials to obtain two-dimensional (2D) sheets is restricted to materials with interlayer interactions dominated by van der Waals (vdW) forces. Here, calendering is used to weaken interlayer binding in non-vdW layered structures (metals, semiconductors and superconductors) allowing mechanical exfoliation to obtain 2D sheets with thickness-dependent properties.

Artificial structures with novel thermal properties are promising for heat-transfer applications. This Review provides an overview of thermal metamaterials and devices, discussing the working principles underlying the manipulation of thermal conduction and radiation at different length scales.

The first realization of an acoustic diode that passes sound in one direction but not the other signals a new approach to acoustic devices with complex functionality.

Endoskeletal droplets are a class of complex colloids containing a solid internal phase cast within a liquid emulsion droplet. Here, authors show acoustic manipulation of solid disks inside liquid droplets whose orientation can be externally controlled with the frequency.

In tomato, the transcription factor DOF9 regulates inflorescence termination and flower development, which determines fruit yield. DOF9 is connected to the auxin signalling pathway through ARF5.

Thermocatalytic hydrogenation holds great promise for commercial utilization of carbon dioxide, but the process is energy-intense with high temperature and pressure requirements. Here, the authors engineer a GaN_1-xO_x rhodium nanoparticle catalyst for CO₂ to CO hydrogenation that functions at temperatures as low as 170 °C.