The Multifaceted Roles of Halogen Adatoms in Surface Chemistry
Available online 10 January 2026
Halogen adatoms are the most common by-products generated during the on-surface reactions aimed at fabricating functional low-dimensional carbon-based nanostructures. Recently, an increasing number...
Combining engineered post-implantation embryoid and xenotransplantation for improved modeling of early human organogenesis
Available online 10 January 2026
•Human post-implantation embryoid is generated from human embryonic stem cells in 3D.•Human post-implantation embryoid recapitulates formation of all three germ layers.•Cell fate determination events...
Magnetoluminescence in organic radical emitters
Available online 10 January 2026
Magnetoluminescence (MagLum) arising from ground-state spin polarization in organic radical emitters represents a striking departure from the behavior of conventional closed-shell luminophores. This...
Risk control technologies for emerging contaminants in drinking water: A review and perspective
Available online 10 January 2026
•ECs removal status in different drinking water treatment processes was reviewed.•ECs removal cases in drinking water treatment systems were illustrated.•Potential enhanced strategies were discussed...
Highly Aligned Iontronics Microarchitectures for Multithreading Electrochemical Biomonitoring
Available online 10 January 2026
Conductive polymers have attracted considerable interest in electrochemical biosensing, due to their customizable multifunctionality, effective ionic-electronic charge transport, biocompatibility, and...
Modulation of place cells using targeted stimulation with bidirectional microelectrode arrays enhances spatial learning speed in mice
Available online 9 January 2026
•Bidirectional MEMS array enables precise hippocampal recording/stimulation (80 μm).•7-day stimulated learning achieves comparable performance to 14-day natural spatial navigation.•72mV/90Hz stimulation...
Factoring Fungi into the One Health Conversation
Available online 9 January 2026
Fungi are ubiquitous in the biosphere's natural environments, inhabiting humans, animals, and plants, both externally and internally. This widespread presence enables them to occupy diverse ecological...
Interfacial Spin Configurations and the Microscopic Origin of Exchange Bias at the IrMn/CoFeB Interface
Available online 8 January 2026
Exchange bias fields at antiferromagnet/ferromagnet (AFM/FM) interfaces play a crucial role in the performance of spintronic devices. Despite extensive research, the physical origin of exchange bias...
Single-Cell RNA Sequencing Reveals the Reconstitution of the Hepatic Immune Microenvironment in Pediatric Liver Transplantation
Available online 7 January 2026
Liver transplantation is a highly effective treatment for end-stage liver disease; however, long-term immunosuppression leads to various adverse effects. Thus, operational tolerance has gained attention....
Site- and State-Resolved Observation of Ultrafast Asymmetric Stretching Dynamics of Water Dication
Available online 3 January 2026
Accelerating Amine-Based CO2 Capture with Machine Learning: From Molecular Screening to Process Optimization
Available online 2 January 2026
Amine-based CO2 capture represents the most mature approach for large-scale carbon reduction, with systems implemented across multiple industrial demonstration projects globally. However, vast chemical...
Cloud segmentation in astronomical images using gray level co-occurrence matrix and mini-batch k-means
Available online 30 December 2025
Image, graphical abstract...
Mitochondrial Homeostasis in Bone Aging: Unraveling Dysfunctional Pathways and Developing Precision Therapies
Available online 27 December 2025
Mitochondria have complex functional and information-processing networks that play key roles in both health regulation and disease progression. However, the multiple properties and complex thresholds...
DiffRIS: Enhancing Referring Remote Sensing Image Segmentation with Pre-trained Text-to-Image Diffusion Models
Available online 27 December 2025
Referring remote sensing image segmentation (RRSIS) enables the precise delineation of regions within remote sensing imagery through natural language descriptions, serving critical applications in disaster...
Passive decoy state quantum secure direct communication
Available online 27 December 2025
KREEP materials recorded in impact glasses of Chang’e-6 regolith returned from the South Pole-Aitken Basin
Available online 26 December 2025
The Chang’e-6 mission achieved the first-ever sample return from the lunar farside. The landing site is located within the South Pole–Aitken (SPA) basin, which is the largest and oldest impact structure...
Harnessing the central dogma: Enzyme-driven gene diversification strategies for in cellulo continuous directed evolution
Available online 24 December 2025
In cellulo continuous directed evolution offers a powerful route to optimize biomolecules with enhanced or novel functions by enabling rapid, iterative exploration of vast fitness landscapes. At the...
Mechanically robust super-absorptive hydrogels for grouting treatment of water inrush via a dual fixing-sliding effect of physical entanglements
Available online 23 December 2025
•A physical entanglement strategy simultaneously enhances hydrogel swelling capacity and mechanical strength.•Rate-dependent fixing-sliding effect of physical entanglement is revealed.•Entanglement-reinforced...
Magnetic field-assisted anchoring of high-density Pt single atoms on MXene for enhanced hydrogen evolution reaction
Available online 23 December 2025
Precise anchoring and high-density utilization of platinum single atoms (PtSA) remain critical challenges in advancing efficient hydrogen production via water electrolysis. Here, we present an innovative...
The impact of crisis exposure on nuclear power acceptance in China
Available online 23 December 2025
Despite China’s substantial policy and technological advancements in developing its nuclear power industry, public apprehension over potential nuclear accidents remains a persistent obstacle. The rarity...
Unexpected type-II multiferroic phase in GdMnO3 under high magnetic fields
Available online 23 December 2025
Microscopic magnetic-field imaging of a single lunar dust grain
Available online 22 December 2025
The origin of lunar magnetic anomalies—whether remnants of an ancient core dynamo or impact-induced magnetizations—remains debated due to a critical observational gap linking microscopic magnetic carriers...
Exogenous arsenic redox and methylation transformation in anoxic-oxic alternating acidic paddy soil: Quantitative insights into chemical and biological processes
Available online 19 December 2025
•Chemical oxidation by Mn(IV) dominates anoxic iAs(III) oxidation.•Bacterial iAs(V) reduction via arrA and arsC genes controls anoxic As mobility.•Hydroxyl radicals (·OH) from Fe(II) oxidation dominate...
Photochemical-induced generation of reactive species from dissolved organic matter in rivers from Northeast China: A mechanistic and modeling study considering seasonal changes
Available online 19 December 2025
•DOM of Songliao Basin shows high humicity and OM abundance, leading to high ΦPPRIs.•DOM exhibits the lowest ΦPPRIs in winter.•Accurate prediction of DOM photophysical properties through water quality...
Deep Ultraviolet Photosynapse with Enhanced Reproducibility and Heat Dissipation for Integrated In-Sensor Computing
Available online 18 December 2025
Deep ultraviolet (DUV) photodetectors in key fields increasingly demand higher capabilities for processing sensed information. In-sensor computing (ISC) has emerged as a revolutionary approach to enable...
