Synergistically enhancing catalytic stability and activity of Cu-based nanocatalysts is an ongoing challenge. Here the authors report Cu-based high-entropy two-dimensional oxide as stable and active catalyst for photothermal CO2 hydrogenation under ambient sunlight irradiation.

Developing iontronic pressure sensors with high sensitivity in a wide linear range can be challenging due to a trade-off between sensitivity and linear range. Here, authors bypass this limitation by using laser-assisted gradient micro-pyramids and insights from multiphysics simulations.

Electrochemical CO2 conversion to methane offers a promising solution for the large-scale storage of renewable electricity, yet the catalytic selectivity at high current density still needs to be refined. Here the authors report to use both dissolved CO2 and in-situ generated CO2 from bicarbonate to sustain high local CO2 concentration around Cu electrode and thus achieve selective CO2 conversion to methane.

Carbon aerogels are generally fragile and tend to collapse under large compressive strain. Here, the authors demonstrate that the mechanical strength, elasticity, and fatigue resistance can be improved by fabricating aerogels with interconnected carbon tubes.

Acid chloride formation is generally limited to the chlorination of carboxylic acids. Here, the authors report a palladium-catalyzed regiodivergent hydrochlorocarbonylation of alkenes for the synthesis of various alkyl acid chlorides.

Protected areas are important for climate change mitigation. Here, the authors use satellite data and statistical matching to show that terrestrial protected areas have higher C stocks than non-protected areas, roughly equivalent to one year of annual global fossil fuel emissions.

This study investigates the seasonal catchment memory of rivers in the Tibetan Plateau, with the help of a water storage change model. Understanding catchment memory can aid in hydrological forecasts and water resource management

Using data from the Tara Pacific expedition to investigate symbiont fidelity and patterns of gene expression across a thermal gradient, this study shows that Pocillopora corals have a three-tiered strategy of thermal acclimatization that is underpinned by host–photosymbiont specificity, host transcriptomic plasticity, and differential photosymbiotic associations under extreme warming.

Using data from the Tara Pacific expedition, this study reports the biogeography and the diversity of microbiomes collected from corals, fish and plankton in 99 reefs across the Pacific Ocean. The large richness of Pacific Ocean reef microorganisms, when extrapolated to all fish and corals of the Pacific, represents the current estimated total prokaryotic diversity for the entire Earth.

The climate benefits of battery electric vehicles relative to internal combustion engine vehicles are favorable but usually delayed. The authors show the delay threshold in China and call for more attention to the temporal characteristics of climate benefits.

Kinetochores assemble on centromeres via histone H3 variant CENP-A and low levels of centromere transcripts (cenRNAs). Here the authors show the Rio1 kinase limits cenRNA production by reducing RNAPII accessibility and promotes cenRNA degradation by the 5’− 3’exoribonuclease Rat1.

The bacterial cell envelope consists of multiple layers, the synthesis of which is coordinated through unclear mechanisms. Here, Nakamoto et al. reveal a mechanism linking the synthesis of capsular polysaccharides and cell wall peptidoglycan in pneumococci.

Assigning assembled chromosomes to subgenome in allopolypoid genome analysis is challenging. Here, the authors report a statistical formwork for identifying evolutionarily coherent subgneomes relying on transposable elements to group chromosomes into sets with shared ancestry and apply it in cyprinids, false flax and strawberry.

Lung cancer screening could enhance early diagnosis and treatment. Here, the authors used proteomic analysis of pre-diagnosis samples across 6 cohorts to identify 36 proteins associated with imminent lung cancer diagnosis.

Plasmodium knowlesi is a zoonotic malaria parasite that can infect humans, but whether human-mosquito-human transmission occurs is not known. Here, the authors use data from Malaysia and show, through mathematical modelling, that sustained non-zoonotic transmission is unlikely to be occurring in this setting.

Coagulation factor VIII deficiency in hemophilia A disrupts clotting and prolongs bleeding. Here, the authors show that vagus nerve stimulation bypasses this defect and improves hemostasis in hemophilia A mice through a mechanism requiring acetylcholine-secreting ChAT⁺ T lymphocytes in spleen and α7nAChR on circulating platelets.

Here the authors use a structural approach to reveal how neuromuscular blockers and a general anesthetic antagonize the muscle-type nicotinic receptor through competitive and allosteric mechanisms.

Graft-versus-leukemia reactions are required for the eradication of myeloid malignancies after allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation. However, treatment efficacy is variable, depending on the immunological response. Here the authors show that dysfunction of HLA heterogeneity is associated with post-transplant leukemia relapse.

The climate benefits of battery electric vehicles relative to internal combustion engine vehicles are favorable but usually delayed. The authors show the delay threshold in China and call for more attention to the temporal characteristics of climate benefits.

Humans and machines are increasingly participating in mixed collectives in which they can help or hinder each other. Here the authors show the way in which people treat machines differently than humans in a stylized society of beneficiaries, helpers, punishers, and trustors.

The low-carbon power transition could enhance global sustainable development goal (SDG) progress, but hinder that of developing economies under fossil fuel-based scenarios. Meanwhile, SDG synergies and trade-offs exist within and between economies.

While minimal in most host countries, the water needed to produce the food consumed by refugees can have a large effect on water stress in vulnerable countries. Small changes to food trade and refugee resettlement policies can alleviate this unequal burden.

Federated learning enables multi-institutional collaborations on decentralized data with improved privacy protection. Here, authors propose a new scheme for decentralized federated learning with much less communication overhead and stronger privacy.