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Received — 25 July 2026 ⏭ Nature

Semiconducting and magnetic lanthanide MXenes from intercalated halides

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By: Qian Fang · Liming Wang · Kai Chang · Hongxin Yang · Pu Yan · Kecheng Cao · Mian Li · Jianming Xue · Xiaoping Ouyang · Zhifang Chai · Qing Huang
22 July 2026 at 01:00

Nature, Published online: 22 July 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10802-2

A bottom-up synthesis strategy creates lanthanide MXenes (Ln2CT2) that combine semiconducting behaviour with ferromagnetism, offering a promising new class of two-dimensional materials for spintronic applications.

Efficient and precise programmable DNA knock-in without double-strand breaks

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By: Yanmin Gao · Yu Ma · Kexin Yu · Yintian Liu · Buming Gu · Hao Tang · Wenjie Yan · Shuangshuang Yang · Jingran Su · Xindong Wang · Xin Ma · Xinming Wang · Fang Wang · Qingyang Li · Mengying Liu · Haifeng Wang
22 July 2026 at 01:00

Nature, Published online: 22 July 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10819-7

Kilobase-scale nickase-targeting (KNIT) editing enables single-nick-based DNA insertion across genomic loci and cell types, supporting insertion of DNA fragments exceeding 10 kb, with high efficiency and minimal unwanted off-target effects.
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