Nature, Published online: 14 October 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-11109-y

Two-dimensional graphene films with unusual folded surfaces are synthesized through a modular assembly strategy and show enhanced strength, toughness and elastic strain owing to stress distribution between interlayer folds.

Nature, Published online: 29 July 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10881-1

A nanopore-based ‘chop and measure’ method sequences peptides at single-amino-acid resolution by using enzymatic digestion to progressively shorten the N terminus one residue at a time, together with repetitive N-terminus re-reading.