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Quantifying the impact of cell-to-cell inconsistency on electric vehicle battery degradation and utilization

Nature Energy, Published online: 25 August 2026; doi:10.1038/s41560-026-02131-5

Cell-to-cell inconsistency is a key barrier to realizing full performance in electric vehicle batteries. Using large-scale real-world fleet data, the researchers quantify its impact and show considerable losses in battery health, pack lifetime, power capability and usable energy.

In-Situ Formed Bionic Cell Wall Interphase Enables Reversible Zn Anode for High-Performance Aqueous Batteries

Energy Environ. Sci., 2026, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D6EE03332F, Paper
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Zhenjing Jiang, Zijuan Du, Wei Zhang, Ruwei Chen, Yuhang Dai, Yanfei Zhang, Hang Yang, Jie Chen, Zhe Cui, Fuhan Cui, Guoju Zhang, Shuangying Lei, Haizheng Tao, Litao Sun, Kuibo Yin, Yuanzheng Yue, Guanjie He
Aqueous zinc-ion batteries (AZIBs) feature cost-effective and inherent safety, making them suitable for large-scale energy storage applications. However, acquiring a stable solid electrolyte interphase (SEI) on the Zn anode is...
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Whole-genome duplication shaped cell-type evolution in the vertebrate brain

Nature, Published online: 10 June 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10629-x

Analyses of brain single-cell transcriptomes from human, mouse, lizard, lamprey and amphioxus reveal that duplicated genes (ohnologues) played a pivotal part in early vertebrate cell-type diversification.

Plastoglobules compartmentalize nitrogen assimilation in maize

Nature, Published online: 03 June 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10610-8

Chloroplast plastoglobules act as nitrogen-assimilation hubs in maize, with key enzymes enhancing nitrogen-use efficiency and offering new strategies for developing high-yield, sustainable crops.

The AI Hype Index: AI gets booed in graduation season

28 May 2026 at 10:51

It is one thing to say AI will change the world. It is another to expect the class of 2026 to applaud it. In fact, when former Google CEO Eric Schmidt told University of Arizona graduates that their task is to help shape AI, he was met with a resounding chorus of boos. “I can hear you,” he said, before conceding that fears about disappearing jobs and a broken future were “rational.”

This is not exactly the message one hopes to hear while sweating under a polyester gown and tallying student loan payments. Graduates have been jeering at AI pep talks at other commencements too, including ceremonies at the University of Central Florida and Middle Tennessee State University. Still, increasingly loud skepticism hasn’t stopped OpenAI from winning court cases, raising enormous sums of money, and launching new partnerships. And AI is even earning some unlikely cheerleaders: Reese Witherspoon has warned women to embrace it or be replaced by it.

High-entropy-cooperated single-atom catalysis: an emerging paradigm bridging configurational complexity and atomic precision for catalytic applications

Energy Environ. Sci., 2026, 19,3446-3474
DOI: 10.1039/D6EE00138F, Review Article
Tao Xu, Jian Zhang, Wei Chen, Yuepeng Yao, Wen-Gang Cui, Xinqiang Wang, Wenxian Liu, Hongge Pan, Dingsheng Wang, Ge Meng
The design strategies and structural advantages of high-entropy-cooperated single-atom catalysts were comprehensively reviewed, which bridged the configurational complexity and atomic precision for critical catalytic systems.
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Engineering a low lattice mismatch interface layer for durable and bi-stable dynamic smart windows based on reversible metal electrodeposition

Energy Environ. Sci., 2026, 19,2949-2962
DOI: 10.1039/D5EE07238G, Paper
Tongzhuang He, Bing Xu, Jae Uk Choi, Mengjie Zhu, Yingxin Zhang, Caofeng Niu, Guolong Zhou, Wenjing Wang, Deyu Liu, Pooi See Lee, Jingwei Chen, William W. Yu
A low lattice mismatch interfacial layer grafted on FTO electrode results in lower activation energy, higher interface formation energy and uniform interfacial field distributions in durable smart windows based on reversible metal electrodeposition.
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