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Electronic wound bandages have to balance conformability and wound healing properties. Here, the authors develop a smart patch (iSAFE) using biomaterials with bioelectronics to facilitate permeability with waterproofing. This achieves intelligent wound management with real-time wound monitoring and active therapy.

Artificial intelligence-based detection of gastric cancer at different stages from noncontrast computed tomography is suggested to be feasible in a retrospective analysis of large and diverse cohorts, including real-world populations in opportunistic and targeted screening scenarios.

Zhang et al. identify GLP-1 receptor agonists mitigating Alzheimer’s disease-related cognitive decline and amyloid pathology in a transgenic mouse model via promoting phagocytosis and through activation of the CaMKK2–AMPK signaling pathway.

Knowledge about the fate control of GABAergic neuron subtypes during development and pathogenesis is limited. Here authors reveal Foxg1 regulates transcriptional programs that direct lineage bifurcation.

A suite of bridged rhodamine dyes (BriDyes) offers excellent brightness, solubility, photostability, and tunable cell permeability along with resistance to photoblueing, making them exceptional all-purpose dyes for fluorescence biomaging.

The genetic basis of gestational diabetes remains poorly characterised, particularly in non-European populations. Here, the authors identify 13 novel loci and develop an early prediction model integrating polygenic risk scores and prenatal records in Chinese pregnancies.

Topochemical polymerization (TCP) emerges as a leading approach for synthesizing single crystalline polymers, but the untapped potential of performing TCP in a liquid medium with solid-state structural fidelity presents unsolved challenges. Here, the authors reveal details of single-crystal-to-single-crystal transformation during the TCP of chiral azaquinodimethane monomers through in situ crystallographic analysis while spotlighting a rare metastable crystalline phase.

Variants of SARS-CoV-2 present the potential for differential response and performance to delivered vaccine regimens. Here the authors characterise the neutralising antibody response to the inactivated SARS-CoV-2 vaccine BBIBP-CorV and assess functionality against a range of key SARS-CoV2 variants.

Minimizing the non-radiative energy loss without sacrificing the charge collection efficiency is the key to improve the performance of organic solar cells. Here, the authors develop hybrid side chain-based asymmetric small molecule acceptors and achieve maximum power conversion efficiency of 19.76%.

Large pore metal–organic frameworks may have improved catalytic or molecular sieving properties. Here, the authors demonstrate that carbon dioxide expanded liquids can be used to synthesize these materials and that pore size may, to an extent, be tuned by varying gas pressure.

Controlled nanoscale reduction of graphene oxide could aid the development of graphene-based electronics. Here, a relatively mild technique is reported that uses a platinum-coated atomic force microscope tip to catalyse the reduction of graphene oxide to graphene.

Cytosine base editing is crucial for modeling human diseases in zebrafish. Here, the authors present zevoCDA1 and zevoCDA1-198, optimized editors that improve editing efficiency and precision, allowing zebrafish modeling for disease-related mutations which were previously limited by DNA sequence contexts.

A zeolite-confined Cu single-atom cluster was developed for the electrochemical CO reduction application, which can achieve stable CO-to-acetate conversion at an industrial current density of 1 A cm⁻² at 2.7 V with a high acetate Faraday efficiency for over 1,000 h at atmospheric pressure.

C-C bond scission of unstrained cycloketones with high regioselectivity is a challenging synthetic task. Here, the authors show a facile C-C cleavage of cyclohexanones and cyclopentanones with unusual selectivity under mild conditions with the aid of an in situ formed side-chain aryl radical.

From 2000 to 2023, Northeast Asia saw a net loss of surface water in Far East Russia due to rising temperatures and evaporative demand, and a net gain in Northeast China driven by increased precipitation and irrigation infrastructure, according to integrated analysis of remote sensing, climate, and anthropogenic data.

Gastric cancer detection by endoscopy is intrusive and time-consuming, and early detection is key to improving survival. Here, the authors propose a metabolite-based model to enable early detection.

COVID-19 pandemic is a global health risk, but our understanding on the induced durable immunity remains scarce. Here the authors assess antibody responses in 869 convalescent COVID-19 patients to find that specific antibody titers reduce with time, and the RBD-IgG positive rate exceed 70% at 12 month post diagnosis, with male and older patients showing stronger responses.

Excessive production of reactive oxygen species (ROS) in cancer cells can induce immunogenic cell death (ICD) and promote anti-tumor immune responses. Here the authors report that intermetallics modified with glucose oxidase and soybean phospholipid as nano-inducers promote cancer cell pyroptosis and disulfidptosis, resulting in ICD and anti-tumor immunity in preclinical models.

Artificial metalloenzymes (ArMs) often have sensitive metal centers. Here the authors enhance ArM performance by inducing liquid–liquid phase separation in Escherichia coli, creating protective compartments. This strategy boosts ArM loading, stabilizes activity and enables in vivo applications.

Morphology of organic thin film, including the in-plane and out-of-plane directions, plays a crucial role in determining the performance of organic solar cells, yet the characterisation is challenging for the out-of-plane direction. Here, the authors use GTSAXS to uncover the nanomorphology in this dimension, and show how it affects exciton dissociation and charge transfer.

Mudskippers are amphibious fishes that have adapted to live on mudflats. Here, the authors sequence the genomes of four different mudskipper species and highlight genetic changes that may have had an evolutionary role in the water-to-land transition of vertebrates.

The relationship between fMRI-BOLD and neural activity in the brain is not well understood. Here, the authors combine calcium imaging and fMRI in the mouse brain to compare network organization derived from these imaging modalities.

Skeletal disorders are commonly diagnosed by X-ray imaging, but the radiation limits its use. Here, the authors show that intravital NIR-II bone imaging is effective in diagnosis of a series of common bone diseases non-invasively in mice.

The authors generated a mutant mouse with neuron-specific reductions in brain cytochrome P450 activity. These mice have attenuated morphine antinociception, which suggests that neuronal P450 epoxygenase mediates the pain-relieving properties of morphine.

Multiple lines of research show that NAD⁺ has an important role in ovarian aging; however, the role of NAD⁺ consumption during ovarian aging is incompletely understood. Here the authors study the role of the NADase CD38 to show that CD38 expression increases and NAD⁺ levels decrease with age in mice, and that CD38 deletion ameliorates ovarian aging.

Resistive switching devices have great promise for a wide variety of technological applications. Here, Yang et al demonstrate that electrochemically induced tellurium filament can give rise to resistive switching, and show that devices based on this can provide a number of advantages compared to metallic filament-based devices.

Normal maternal thyroid function holds significant relevance for pregnancy outcomes and long-term health. Here, the authors detect genetic associations with thyroid related traits in pregnant women.

The progression from biliary tract intraepithelial neoplasia (BilIN) to gallbladder carcinoma (GBC) remains unclear. Here the authors use genomics to analyze coexisting GBC lesions, low-grade and high-grade BilINs, revealing two distinct evolutionary paths for GBC development.

Yolk sac tumours are a type of ovarian germ cell tumours. Here, the authors perform exome and RNA sequencing of clinical samples of 30 patients, characterize the mutational landscape of these rare tumours, and identify molecular features associated with resistance to cisplatin-based therapies.

Lai and colleagues show that the RNA helicase DDX5 mediates the alternative splicing of the IL-36R mRNA in keratinocytes and modulates skin inflammation downstream of IL-17D signaling.

The dynamic protein corona hinders the uptake of nanocarriers in desired target cell populations, limiting their bench-to-bedside translation. Here the authors reveal that the modification of hydroxyl and amino functional groups on nanovesicles can rationally regulate the composition of protein coronas to improve the efficiency of targeted drug delivery.

New data reveal a sequential mode of alternative polyadenylation. Distal polyA sites are processed first and the resultant transcripts are retained in the nuclear-chromatin matrix for subsequent cleavage and polyadenylation at proximal polyA sites.

Graded bulk-heterojunction organic solar cell with well-defined vertical phase separation has the potential to surpass the classical counterpart, thus the optimisation of this structure is crucial. Here, the authors reveal solvent selection strategies for optimising morphology of the structure, enabling efficient, eco-friendly, and scalable solar cells.