Nature Communications

High Open-Circuit Voltage–Fill factor product in perovskite solar cells enabled by ferroelectric heterojunction modulation

Nan Wu, Haofei Ni, Tianqi Niu et al. Feb 18, 2026 10.1038/s41467-026-69391-3

Anapole-state-enhanced 2D chiral photodetector operating in the near-infrared second window

Qi-hang Zhang, Zi-hao Dong, Kai Liu et al. Feb 18, 2026 10.1038/s41467-026-69727-z

Abstract Two-dimensional (2D) materials hold promise for miniaturized photodetectors. With ample exciton resonances, the photodetection range of transition metal...

Arginase 1 promotes hepatic lipogenesis by regulating ERK2/PPARγ signaling in a non-canonical manner

Mingyang Shao, Xiaoyue Cao, Yuwei Chen et al. Feb 18, 2026 10.1038/s41467-026-69731-3

Chemistry-driven autonomous nanopore membranes

Makusu Tsutsui, Wei-Lun Hsu, Denis Garoli et al. Feb 18, 2026 10.1038/s41467-026-68800-x

High-spin transition metal atoms drive acidic oxygen evolution reactions

Xinyu Ping, Yurui Xue, Siyi Chen et al. Feb 18, 2026 10.1038/s41467-026-69682-9

Moiré superlattice-driven bionic hydrogel robot with programmable multifunctionality

Liangshutong Zhang, Yupu Zhang, Xinyu Li et al. Feb 18, 2026 10.1038/s41467-026-69611-w

TWIST1 drives endothelial-to-mesenchymal-transition to stabilize atherosclerotic plaques

Blanca Tardajos Ayllon, Mannekomba Diagbouga, Ankita Das et al. Feb 18, 2026 10.1038/s41467-026-69808-z

Abstract Rupture of unstable atherosclerotic plaques is a major cause of mortality. Endothelial-to-mesenchymal transition associates with advanced atheroscleroti...

Stronger when wet: Aquatically robust chitinous objects via zero-waste coordination with metal ions

Akshayakumar Kompa, Javier G. Fernandez Feb 18, 2026 10.1038/s41467-026-69037-4

Emergent constraints on the hydrological impacts of land use and land cover change

Zefeng Chen, Alessandro Cescatti, Ruofei Xing et al. Feb 18, 2026 10.1038/s41467-026-69883-2

Abstract Land use and land cover changes have substantial effects on the terrestrial water cycle, but their sign and magnitude remain elusive at large scales. State-of-the-art Earth...

Cell-cell communication as underlying principle governing color pattern formation in teleost fishes

Marleen Klann, Saori Miura, Shu-Hua Lee et al. Feb 18, 2026 10.1038/s41467-026-69524-8

Electrocatalytic C(sp3)-H bond functionalization using biomass-derived electrodes

Lijun Lu, Yan Li, Hao Li et al. Feb 18, 2026 10.1038/s41467-026-69274-7

Experimentally separating vacuum fluctuations from source radiation

Alexa Herter, Frieder Lindel, Laura Gabriel et al. Feb 17, 2026 10.1038/s41467-026-69142-4

Long-acting interleukin-7 improves the efficacy of oncolytic viral therapy in glioblastoma

Yuping Derek Li, David A. Giles, Yi Huang et al. Feb 17, 2026 10.1038/s41467-026-69606-7

Engineering Co-ion vacancy in dynamically reconstructed Co-based catalysts for practical anion-exchange membrane electrolysis

Jingxuan Zhao, Xinmei Li, Kunjie Wang et al. Feb 17, 2026 10.1038/s41467-026-69547-1

A slight mismatch between a gene’s codon usage and the cellular tRNA supply is beneficial

Feng Chen, Yao Liu, Ziwei Zhou et al. Feb 17, 2026 10.1038/s41467-026-69643-2

Stratospheric biomass burning aerosols compensate record-breaking ozone depletion over the Arctic in spring 2020

Qirui Zhong, Sander Veraverbeke, Pengfei Yu et al. Feb 17, 2026 10.1038/s41467-026-69728-y

High efficiency CRISPR knock-in demonstrates that TCF1 is insufficient to reverse T cell exhaustion

Maria N. de Menezes, Amanda X. Y. Chen, Nihali Kulkarni et al. Feb 17, 2026 10.1038/s41467-026-69671-y

Dipeptidylpeptidase 4 inhibition attenuates gestational pathologies via immune homeostasis restoration in the pulmonary-uterine axis

Guirong Shi, Shengdi Xi, Mengyuan Lv et al. Feb 17, 2026 10.1038/s41467-026-69620-9

Abstract Respiratory viral infections during pregnancy threaten maternal pulmonary health and fetal development, however the mechanisms linking lung infection to...

Strategically significant synthesis of conjugated porous organic polymers via retro diazotization chemistry

Melek Sermin Ozer, Zafer Eroglu, Sermet Koyuncu et al. Feb 17, 2026 10.1038/s41467-026-69515-9

TGFβ-activated PDHB promotes mitochondrial pyruvate metabolism and contributes to human endoderm differentiation via ATP-dependent BRG1

Liming Meng, Jing Lv, Ying Yi et al. Feb 17, 2026 10.1038/s41467-026-69510-0

Abstract Cell fate determination is closely linked to metabolic state, yet how metabolic remodeling influences human pluripotent stem cells differentiation into three germ layers rem...

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