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  • A 3D bioprinting approach has been developed to facilitate tissue morphogenesis by directly depositing organoid-forming stem cells in an extracellular matrix, with the ability to generate intestinal epithelia and branched vascular tissue constructs.

    • Jonathan A. Brassard
    • Mike Nikolaev
    • Matthias P. Lutolf
    Letter
  • Two adjacent quantum time crystals implemented by two magnon condensates in the superfluid B-phase of helium-3 are observed to coherently exchange magnons as a manifestation of the AC Josephson effect, offering insights on the dynamics and interactions between these phases of matter.

    • S. Autti
    • P. J. Heikkinen
    • V. B. Eltsov
    Letter
  • The integration of barium titanate thin films with silicon-based waveguides enables the operation of efficient electro-optic switches and modulators at temperatures as low as 4 K, with potential applications in quantum computing and cryogenic computing technologies.

    • Felix Eltes
    • Gerardo E. Villarreal-Garcia
    • Stefan Abel
    Letter
  • Relaxor ferroelectric polymers are a material of choice for applications such as electrostrictive actuators or electrocaloric cooling. Here, the origin of relaxor behaviour at the molecular level is investigated and found to arise from conformational disorder.

    • Yang Liu
    • Bing Zhang
    • Qing Wang
    Letter
  • A cell culture interfacing an organic neuromorphic device in a microfluidic system reversibly modifies the device synaptic weight through chemical reactions mediated by the release of dopamine, a neurotransmitter used in biological synapses.

    • Scott T. Keene
    • Claudia Lubrano
    • Francesca Santoro
    Letter
  • A multifunctional molecule acting both as diode and variable resistor is used to fabricate compact molecular switches with a thickness of 2 nm, good current rectification and resistive on/off ratio, and requiring a drive voltage as low as 0.89 V.

    • Yingmei Han
    • Cameron Nickle
    • Christian A. Nijhuis
    Letter
  • Flexoelectricity is the ability of materials to generate electricity upon bending. Here it is demonstrated that adding light to mechanical oscillation enhances effective flexoelectric coefficients by orders of magnitude, with the halide perovskites showing the largest coefficients.

    • Longlong Shu
    • Shanming Ke
    • Gustau Catalan
    Letter
  • The contribution of non-ideal mixing for the crystallization of supercooled mixtures of argon and krypton is reported, showing that this process is well described by classical crystal growth theories when such thermodynamics is considered.

    • Alexander Schottelius
    • Francesco Mambretti
    • Robert E. Grisenti
    Letter
  • Anisotropic honeycomb crystal of black phosphorous is found to have pseudospin polarization greater than 95% at room temperature, attributed to the merging of Dirac cones. This bipolar pseudospin semiconductor may be useful for pseudospintronics.

    • Sung Won Jung
    • Sae Hee Ryu
    • Keun Su Kim
    Letter
  • Quantum-assisted de-trapping in tungsten leads to diffusion rates orders of magnitude higher than naive classical estimates suggest. This phenomenon may be generic to any crystalline material.

    • Kazuto Arakawa
    • Mihai-Cosmin Marinica
    • Hirotaro Mori
    Letter