Attosecond control and measurement of chiral photoionization dynamics Summary This paper introduces attosecond chiroptical spectroscopy and reports the first use of circularly polarised attosecond extreme-ultraviolet (XUV) pulses to probe chiral…
Summary This paper reports the experimental observation of long-lived topological edge modes — so-called prethermal strong zero modes — in a disorder-free one-dimensional symmetry-protected topological (SPT) model implemented on a…
Microbial iron oxide respiration coupled to sulfide oxidation Summary This Nature paper reports that microbes can couple oxidation of reduced sulfur (sulfide or FeS) to respiration of solid iron(III) oxides…
Electrically driven lasing from a dual-cavity perovskite device Summary Metal-halide perovskites are strong optical-gain materials thanks to high gain coefficients, long carrier lifetimes and tunable emission. Achieving electrically driven lasing…
Mechanical confinement governs phenotypic plasticity in melanoma Summary This study shows that mechanical confinement at the tumour–microenvironment interface drives melanoma cells from a proliferative, differentiated state into an invasive, undifferentiated/neuronal-like…
Ultrabroadband on-chip photonics for full-spectrum wireless communications Summary This paper reports an integrated photonic wireless platform built on thin-film lithium niobate (TFLN) that delivers ultrabroadband, reconfigurable carrier and local-oscillator (LO)…
Thioester-mediated RNA aminoacylation and peptidyl-RNA synthesis in water Summary This Nature paper demonstrates a simple, non-enzymatic chemical route by which biological-style aminoacylation of RNA and subsequent peptidyl-RNA formation can occur…
With Starship Flight 10, SpaceX Prioritised Resilience Over Perfection Summary SpaceX used its tenth Starship test flight as a deliberate stress test of resilience rather than a showcase of flawlessness.…
Japan Launches its First Homegrown Quantum Computer Summary Japan has unveiled its first fully homegrown quantum computer, now housed at the University of Osaka’s Centre for Quantum Information and Quantum…
With Starship Flight 10, SpaceX Prioritised Resilience Over Perfection Summary SpaceX used the 10th Starship test flight to intentionally stress the vehicle and validate fault-tolerant behaviours rather than chase a…
