Lithium-ion battery (LIB) recycling is critical given the continued electrification of vehicles and mass generation of spent LIBs. However, industrial-level recycling is hampered by a variety of factors that make large-scale recycling difficult while maintaining economic viability. Here, we address these challenges and provide guidance toward solutions and future work.

Chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T cell-based immunotherapy, approved by the US Food and Drug Administration, has shown curative potential in patients with haematological malignancies. However, owing to the lack of control over the location and duration of the anti-tumour immune response, CAR T cell therapy still faces safety challenges arising from cytokine release syndrome and on-target, off-tumour

Trivalent arsenic (AsIII) is an effective agent for treating patients with acute promyelocytic leukaemia, but its ionic nature leads to several major limitations like low effective concentrations in leukaemia cells and substantial off-target cytotoxicity, which limits its general application to other types of leukaemia. Here, building from our clinical discovery that cancerous cells from patients with

Magnon-mediated angular-momentum flow in antiferromagnets may become a design element for energy-efficient, low-dissipation and high-speed spintronic devices1,2. Owing to their low energy dissipation, antiferromagnetic magnons can propagate over micrometre distances3. However, direct observation of their high-speed propagation has been elusive due to the lack of sufficiently fast probes2. Here we measure

Acidic oxygen evolution reaction is crucial for practical proton exchange membrane water splitting electrolysers, which have been hindered by the high catalytic overpotential and high loading of noble metal catalysts. Here we present a torsion-strained Ta0.1Tm0.1Ir0.8O2-δ nanocatalyst with numerous grain boundaries that exhibit a low overpotential of 198 mV at 10 mA cm−2 towards oxygen evolution reaction

A functional bioadhesive has been developed to possess properties such as mechanical compliance, electrical conductivity and optical transparency, and is utilized for bonding electronic devices to various organs in the body for up to several months.

Nanoarchitected carbon composed of intricate tube-in-tube beams connected with nanostruts has been fabricated, achieving both ultralightweight and ultrahigh modulus.

A transparent suspension containing colloidal silica is used to additively manufacture three-dimensional structures and photonic devices of silica glass at the nanoscale.

Centimetre-scale crack-free metal nanolattices are realized, enabling outstanding high tensile strength in low-density materials.

Nanoarchitecture design of materials offers great opportunities to achieve unusual properties, but requires fabrication techniques that ensure sufficient resolution and material quality.

Porous materials with engineered stretching-dominated lattice designs, which offer attractive mechanical properties with ultra-light weight and large surface area for wide-ranging applications, have recently achieved near-ideal linear scaling between stiffness and density. Here, rather than optimizing the microlattice topology, we explore a different approach to strengthen low-density structural materials

Sibusiso Biyela, science communicator and journalist in South Africa, talks to Nature Chemistry about the decolonization of science through science communication.

Bruce C. Gibb reminds us that buffers are not necessarily innocent bystanders and that they can bind to biomacromolecules too.

Aziridines — three-membered nitrogen-containing heterocycles — are important synthetic targets, but N-alkyl aziridines are difficult to synthesize. Now, an electrochemical method, involving a dicationic intermediate, enables the coupling of alkenes and amines.

Replisome disassembly is the final step of eukaryotic DNA replication, and is triggered by ubiquitylation of the CMG (Cdc45-MCM-GINS) replicative helicase1–3. Despite being driven by evolutionarily diverse E3 ubiquitin ligases in different eukaryotes (SCFDia2 in budding yeast1, CUL2LRR1 in metazoa4–7), replisome disassembly is governed by a common regulatory principle, whereby CMG ubiquitylation is

Various approaches are approved for treating blood cancers and a few rare disorders—they may soon become standard care.

Letter to the Editor

Letter to the Editor

The value of studying wetlands, and the excavation of an ancient city in Sicily.

Letter to the Editor

Over the past few years the discipline has evolved in significant ways.

Tragic side effects plagued the field’s early years, but researchers are finding ways to minimize the risks.

Simple, regular checks could squelch some pernicious practices by unscrupulous publishers and preserve your digital presence.

To thwart publishing rackets that undermine scholars and scholarly publishing, legitimate journals should show their workings.

Cutting-edge microscopy techniques are allowing researchers to spy on the innards of cells in all their crowded glory.

The field is beginning to fulfill its potential. These therapies offer a glimpse of what’s to come.

Studies suggest that a reversal of the landmark Roe v. Wade decision would be detrimental for many.

Researchers, practitioners and patients must balance the discipline's promise with its reality.

Funding pledges from China and other countries need to be given in grants — which must include research grants — and not as a reward for taking out loans.

Considerable uncertainty surrounds the timeline of introductions and onsets of local transmission of SARS-CoV-2 globally1–7. Although a limited number of SARS-CoV-2 introductions were reported in January and February 20208,9, the narrowness of the initial testing criteria, combined with a slow growth in testing capacity and porous travel screening10, left many countries vulnerable to unmitigated, cryptic

The voltage-dependent motor protein Prestin (SLC26A5) is responsible for the electromotive behavior of outer hair cells and underlies the cochlear amplifier1. Knock out or impairment of Prestin causes severe hearing loss2–5. Despite Prestin’s key role in hearing, the mechanism by which mammalian Prestin senses voltage and transduces it into cellular-scale movements (electromotility) is poorly understood

The Delta variant of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) has outcompeted previously prevalent variants and become a dominant strain worldwide. We report the structure, function, and antigenicity of its full-length spike (S) trimer and those of the Gamma and Kappa variants and compare their characteristics with the G614, Alpha, and Beta variants. Delta S can fuse membranes more

SARS-CoV-2 is a single-stranded RNA virus that causes coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Given its acute and often self-limiting course, components of the innate immune system are likely central in controlling virus replication thereby determining clinical outcome. Natural killer (NK) cells are innate lymphocytes with notable activity against a broad range of viruses, including RNA viruses1,2. NK

Dryness begets heat, and atmospheric moisture in the tropics is expected to be low on the hottest days in a warmer world.