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The monitoring of vital physiological parameters exemplified by intracranial pressure is of paramount importance. Here, the authors propose an ultrasensitive multimodal biotelemetric system to monitor ICP, respiratory, and heart rate.

This study combines model and powder catalyst studies to elucidate the atomic-scale structure-reactivity relationships in ceria-catalyzed CO hydrogenation, optimizing ceria catalysts for syngas conversion and advancing model-guided catalyst design.

Conventional intermetallics are usually brittle and hard to manufacture. This work successfully develops a strong yet ductile chemically complex intermetallic alloy based on the 3D printing technique.

High-quality genome sequence of cultivated peanut comprising 2.54 Gb with 20 pseudomolecules and 83,709 protein-coding gene models provides insights into genome evolution and the genetic mechanisms underlying seed size and leaf resistance in peanut.

The authors make a high-density charge structure to enhance the electrostriction of pristine poly (vinylidene fluoride), improving its ferroelectric performance to nearly 10 times its traditional limit.

Membranes with high permselectivity in high salinity conditions are desirable for efficient energy conversion. Here, the authors address the challenge by modifying the distribution of electrostatic potentials in the linkages of covalent organic framework membranes and apply the material to the conversion of low-grade waste heat into electrical energy.

Membrane reactors are efficient alternatives to traditional bath process, yet their limited diversity challenges their applicability to various reaction requirements. Here, the authors report covalent organic framework membrane reactors applied to the Knoevenagel condensation with enhanced performance as compared to homogeneous catalysts.

Separation of rare-earth ions is challenging due to their chemical and physical similarities. Here, the authors fabricate a biomimetic nanofluidic channel featuring an asymmetrical structure functionalized with glycyl-L-proline for selective and unidirectional extraction of dysprosium ions.

The significance of autophagy for signal transduction has been unclear. Autophagy negatively regulates Wnt signalling by promoting Dishevelled (Dvl) degradation. The von Hippel-Lindau protein ubiquitylates Dvl to faciliatate its recruitment to autophagosomes through p62.

Genome sequences of a deep-sea vent and a shallow-water mussel species are compared. The former has expanded gene families for protein stabilization and removal of toxic substances and has a more complex immune system.

Thiosulfate oxidation by microbes has a major impact on global sulfur cycling. Here, Ding et al. provide evidence that bacteria of the Roseobacter group are major thiosulfate-oxidizers in marine biofilms, where anaerobic thiosulfate metabolism is preferred.

Personality traits differ across geographical regions, suggesting a role for environmental factors. Wei, Lu, and colleagues show an association between regional ambient temperature and personality in two large studies conducted in China and the United States.

Previous surveys of global ocean microbial diversity have focused on planktonic microbes. Here, Zhang et al. use metagenomics to study biofilm-forming marine microbes, increasing the known microbial diversity in the oceans by more than 20% and revealing new biosynthetic gene clusters and CRISPR-Cas systems.

Pathogens require iron for their metabolism and virulence. Here the authors identify an iron acquisition system inPseudomonas aeruginosainvolving a protein secreted by a type VI secretion system, the PQS signalling compound and siderophore receptors.

A 3D-printing technique has been developed to create high-quality pure silica nanostructures with sub-200 nm resolution and the flexible capability of rare-earth element doping. It shows excellent application potential in three-dimensional micro- and nanophotonics.

Efforts have been devoted to fabricating artificial membranes that can mimic biological functions but the design of a bionic thermometer remains in its infancy. Herein, the authors report a nanofluidic membrane based on an ionic covalent organic framework capable of monitoring temperature variations and expressing it in the form of continuous potential differences.

The authors demonstrate real-time blind photonic interference cancellation using FPGA-photonic coordinated processing with zero calibration micro-ring resonator control and sub-second cancellation weight identification.

Scale formation may have detrimental effects on the properties and functions of materials’ surfaces. Here the authors report the high scaling resistance of hexagonal boron nitride and relate it to the atomic level structure and interaction with water molecules.

The authors present an integrated photonic processor for blind source separation (BSS) to address broadband radio-frequency interference issues. The photonic BSS achieves 19.2 GHz processing bandwidth with highly energy-efficient BSS processing of sub-15 nanosecond latency.

Renewable energy based wireless power transfer is challenging. Here the authors show a resonant-coupled triboelectric nanogenerator as a wireless power source and have further utilized this system to explore two fully self-powered wireless chipless sensors.

The metabolic adaptation of Loktanella salsilacus strains to cold involves an increase of enzymes involved in the TCA cycle and preferential use of glucose rather than sucrose at low temperature, providing insights into how Roseobacter adapts in polar regions.

Symbiotic partners are rarely studied in equal depth. By assembling new genomes, Lan et al. report a novel dual symbiosis in the snail Gigantopelta aegis with two evolutionarily distant gammaproteobacterial endosymbionts: one which oxidises sulfur, the other, methane in a metabolically mutualistic relationship.

The Scaly-foot Snail, Chrysomallon squamiferum, is a model for understanding the evolution of biomineralised armour. Here, the authors present a chromosome-level reference genome assembly and tissue-specific transcriptomic data for this enigmatic organism.

Large films of aligned and closely packed single-walled carbon nanotubes can be prepared through slow vacuum filtration, and used to create terahertz polarizers, thin-film transistors, polarized light emission devices, and polarization-sensitive detectors.

This study established a comprehensive poly(A) tail atlas comprising over 120 million full-length RNA reads from various tissues and plant species and found that plant poly(A) tails peaked at 20 and 45 nucleotides, except in pollen and seed where they peaked at longer sizes.

The late Ming megadrought across north-to-south China, lasting from 1625-1644 CE, was influenced by Pacific sea surface temperature anomalies, weakened solar activity, and volcanic eruptions, according to reconstruction of the Yangtze River's water balance using tree-ring chronology.