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Managing the impacts of EU electric vehicle import tariffs

Nature Energy, Published online: 10 July 2026; doi:10.1038/s41560-026-02102-w

EU import tariffs on battery electric vehicles may not substantially hinder the overall electrification process but may substantially reduce adoption in vulnerable markets. These findings highlight the uneven implications of broad trade interventions and underscore the importance of complementary policies to support a resilient and inclusive transition.
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Global high-resolution mapping of seagrass to support conservation

Nature, Published online: 24 June 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10704-3

Global high-resolution mapping shows widespread seagrass loss and degradation since 2019, with most meadows outside protected areas, highlighting urgent conservation and climate-policy needs.
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Flowing zinc slurry for long-duration energy storage

Nature Energy, Published online: 24 June 2026; doi:10.1038/s41560-026-02091-w

Aqueous Zn batteries are attractive for low-cost and safe energy storage, yet their practical use is hindered by limited reversibility. Here the authors report a ligand-confined, flowable Zn slurry that enables durable and efficient operation.
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Spatial distribution of the proteome in the human body and in cancers

Nature, Published online: 17 June 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10660-y

A spatially resolved map of the human proteome across a variety of healthy tissues and cancers provides wide-ranging insights in developmental biology and oncology, and could aid the identification of therapeutic targets and development of treatments for cancer.
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A 5.3-million-year-old deep-sea whale necropolis in the Diamantina Zone

Nature, Published online: 10 June 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10546-z

Researchers uncovered an enormous deep-sea accumulation of whale remains in the southeastern Indian Ocean, showing long-term, specialized ecosystems and an extensive fossil record that offers new insight into deep-ocean biodiversity and whale evolutionary history.
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Molecularly engineered dual-network eutectogel electrolytes for high-loading and stable zinc–iodine batteries

Energy Environ. Sci., 2026, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D6EE02664H, Paper
Ling Wang, Jinpeng Guan, Na Li, Jing Li, Zhaoyu Wang, Jin Yin, Yi-Lin Liu, Maolin Yu, Yongbiao Mu, Zetao Chen, Yuwei Li, Jianxiong Xu, Lin Zeng
A molecularly engineered dual-network eutectogel regulates Zn2+ transport, water activity, and polyiodide chemistry, enabling long-life, wide-temperature, and stable high-loading Zn–I2 batteries.
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Monitoring of electro-chemo-mechanics in Li metal electrodes by optical fibre sensors

Energy Environ. Sci., 2026, 19,4028-4039
DOI: 10.1039/D6EE01805J, Paper
Yanpeng Li, Dengwei Lian, Yi Qin, Hongfei Lu, Xiaohong Sun, Yuhang Song, Xin Jiang, Hong Li, Yang Jin
Optical fibre sensor enables monitoring of electro-chemo-mechanics in Li metal electrodes.
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Evapotranspiration declines prolonged by deforestation and fire in South American biomes

Nature Geoscience, Published online: 19 May 2026; doi:10.1038/s41561-026-01981-8

Human-driven disturbances intensify and prolong evapotranspiration declines across South American ecosystems, disrupting the water balance and threatening ecological resilience, according to hydrological modelling and remote sensing data.
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Unravelling the anion-dominated interfacial structure of hybrid solid electrolytes via ssNMR

Energy Environ. Sci., 2026, 19,3667-3677
DOI: 10.1039/D6EE00543H, Paper
Yuhang Li, Likun Chen, Shengnan Zhang, Yubin Li, Junwei Liang, Yuetao Ma, Ke Yang, Zhuo Han, Guanyou Xiao, Longxiang Yu, Chenjie Lou, Yan-Bing He, Feiyu Kang, Ming Liu
The TCM− anion prevents the PS43− to P2S74− phase transition via weak interactions with LPSC. This maintains the PS43−-based boundaries in HSE-LiTCM, ensuring rapid Li+ transport and high conductivity.
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Lattice reconstruction strategy for fast-charging plateau-type hard carbon anodes in ultra-long-life sodium-ion batteries

Energy Environ. Sci., 2026, 19,3640-3652
DOI: 10.1039/D6EE00708B, Paper
Feng Wang, Lian Chen, Fan Li, Yongben Zheng, Jiaqi Wei, Caozheng Diao, Ihor Radchenko, Jie Shi, Linwei Li, Jingshu Wang, Zhengshuai Bai, Yanyan Zhang, Oleksandr I. Malyi, Xiaodong Chen, Yuxin Tang
By decoupling defect passivation and graphitization, lattice reconstruction of hard carbon yields large interlayer spacing, small crystallites, and an inorganic-rich SEI, enabling superior fast-charging in ultra-long-life sodium-ion batteries.
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Photothermal-stable pure-iodide wide-bandgap perovskite solar cells with suppressed ionic losses

Energy Environ. Sci., 2026, 19,2999-3009
DOI: 10.1039/D6EE00103C, Paper
Ziwei Liu, Qifan Feng, Nikhil Kalasariya, Zhaoyu Lou, Shuo Zhang, Xiaofeng Chen, Weizhong Zheng, Xiaofeng Huang, Dewei Zhao, Yongzhen Wu, Martin Stolterfoht
DMA-stabilized pure-iodide 1.68 eV wide-bandgap perovskite solar cells suppress ion migration through steric hindrance, delivering record stability and meeting a critical lifetime requirement for 25-year operation.
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Room temperature buried molecular engineering boosts the photovoltaic performance of wide-bandgap and all-perovskite tandems

Energy Environ. Sci., 2026, 19,2938-2948
DOI: 10.1039/D6EE00301J, Paper
Shaopeng Liao, Guang Li, Mengqi Ren, Ying Peng, Weitao Zhao, Zichao Xu, Hongsen Cui, Chen Tao, Haibing Wang, Chen Wang, Fang Yao, Xiaojuan Cao, Jiwei Liang, Mingming Hu, Yansong Ge, Xuzhi Hu, Jian Wen, Weijun Ke, Guojia Fang
GBAM is used as buried interface modifier at room temperature. Co-annealing GBAM with perovskite layer optimizes bottom interface of wide-bandgap perovskite, achieving 29.07% for 2-terminal perovskite–perovskite tandem cells.
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