A SAUR gene enhances maize drought resilience by promoting silk elongation

Nature - Issue - nature.com science feeds

By: Chaohui Zhu · Zhirui Yang · Shiping Yang · Xueyan Zhou · Boxin Liu · Tian Tian · Bochen Zhao · Yingying Xie · Yujun Liu · Jinkui Cheng · Huaijun Tang · Yanjun Zhang · Xiaoqing Xie · Lei Zhang · Cheng Liu · Xingrong Wang · Shengxue Liu · Feng Qin

20 May 2026 at 08:00

Nature, Published online: 20 May 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10566-9

The Small Auxin Up RNA (SAUR) protein ZmSAUR72 in maize (Zea mays) promotes silk growth via regulation of H+-ATPase activity, and is a key determinant of the anthesis-silking interval and thus resilience to drought.

Autonomous closed-loop framework for reproducible perovskite solar cells

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By: Danpeng Gao · Shuaihua Lu · Chunlei Zhang · Ning Wang · Zexin Yu · Xianglang Sun · Rebecca Martin · Francesco Vanin · Liangchen Qian · Nicholas Long · Larry Lüer · Bo Li · Martin Stolterfoht · Junhui Hou · Jun Yin · Yen-Hung Lin · Haipeng Lu · Nan Li · Nicola Gasparini · Christoph Joseph Brabec · Samuel D. Stranks · Xiao Cheng Zeng · Zonglong Zhu

14 April 2026 at 08:00

Nature, Published online: 14 April 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10482-y

Autonomous closed-loop framework for reproducible perovskite solar cells

Transplantation of encapsulated mitochondria alleviates dysfunction in mitochondrial and Parkinson’s disease models

Cell

By: Shiwei Du · Qi Long · Yanshuang Zhou · Jiangqin Fu · Hao Wu · Liang Yang · Yaohang Xie · Yingzhe Ding · Maolei Zhang · Jingyi Guo · Mengfei Wang · Jiajun Lin · Mingli Hu · Jian Zhang · Deyang Yao · Wei Li · Feixiang Bao · Ge Xiang · Yi Wu · Yile Huang · Haozhao Liang · Rui Wang · Heying Li · Baodan Chen · Chong Li · Junwei Wang · Jiwei Zhang · Dajiang Qin · Jianwei Sun · Yun Zhu · Fei Sun · Wuming Wang · Gang Lu · Wai-Yee Chan · Hui Zhao · Chenli Liu · Xingguo Liu

18 March 2026 at 08:00

A mitochondrial transplantation approach rescues mitochondrial deficiency and prevents mitochondrial DNA depletion syndrome, Leigh syndrome, and Parkinson’s disease in cellular and mouse models.

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