The basement membrane stiffness is shown to be a more dominant determinant than pore size in regulating cancer cell invasion, metastasis formation and patient survival. This stiffness is now known to be affected by the ratio of netrin-4 to laminin, with more netrin-4 leading to softer basement membranes.

Hafnia ferroelectrics are of industrial interest owing to their compatibility with silicon-based electronics, but the ferroelectricity only exists in nanoscale films. Here, using a floating zone growth approach, ferroelectricity in bulk Y-doped hafnia is demonstrated.

Antiskyrmions had only been observed in a few Heusler compounds with D_2d symmetry. Here a new material, Fe_1.9Ni_0.9Pd_0.2P, in a different symmetry class (S₄ symmetry) is reported to host antiskyrmions, as well as sawtooth surface textures and skyrmions.

The moiré pattern that is formed between well-aligned graphene and hexagonal boron nitride can modify the properties of WSe₂ (placed close by without intentional angle alignment), leading to the formation of a mini Brillouin zone and the folding of the bands in WSe₂.

Hafnia ferroelectrics are of industrial interest owing to their compatibility with silicon-based electronics, but the ferroelectricity only exists in nanoscale films. Here, using a floating zone growth approach, ferroelectricity in bulk Y-doped hafnia is demonstrated.

Antiskyrmions had only been observed in a few Heusler compounds with D_2d symmetry. Here a new material, Fe_1.9Ni_0.9Pd_0.2P, in a different symmetry class (S₄ symmetry) is reported to host antiskyrmions, as well as sawtooth surface textures and skyrmions.

The basement membrane stiffness is shown to be a more dominant determinant than pore size in regulating cancer cell invasion, metastasis formation and patient survival. This stiffness is now known to be affected by the ratio of netrin-4 to laminin, with more netrin-4 leading to softer basement membranes.

The moiré pattern that is formed between well-aligned graphene and hexagonal boron nitride can modify the properties of WSe₂ (placed close by without intentional angle alignment), leading to the formation of a mini Brillouin zone and the folding of the bands in WSe₂.

Metal-fluoride-based lithium-ion battery cathodes are typically classified as conversion materials because reconstructive phase transitions are presumed to occur upon lithiation. Metal fluoride lithiation is now shown to be dominated instead by diffusion-controlled displacement mechanisms.

Molecular motors destroy a microtubule lattice as they walk on it, but it is now shown that a self-healing process incorporates new dimers in the damaged regions and prevents microtubule disassembly.

Ferroelectricity in bulk crystals of hafnium oxide demonstrates that these properties are not limited to films prepared by thin-film deposition techniques.

Hybrid materials constructed from the assembly of inorganic building blocks and organic linkers have shown unique properties and applications. Superstructures of semiconductor magic-sized nanoclusters linked by diamines now join this class of materials.

A multifunctional device produces a much-improved thermoelectric-driven transverse voltage by exploiting a thermoelectric current to drive an anomalous Hall effect in a ferromagnet.

Using resonant inelastic X-ray scattering, a new experimental window is opened on fundamental magnetic excitations in mesoscopic ferromagnets.

Large reversible shear strain has been achieved by electric-field-driven bipolar switching in a hybrid ferroelectric, facilitating development of shape-memory-type actuators with outstanding figures of merit.

Use of polymer and small-molecule semiconductors with relatively poor miscibility helps the long-term stability of the morphology and photovoltaic performance of bulk heterojunction films used in organic solar cells.