Nature Reviews Materials, Published online: 27 November 2023; doi:10.1038/s41578-023-00624-3Higher education and research institutions are critical to the well-being and success of societies, meaning their financial support is strongly in the public interest. At the same time, value-for-money principles demand that such investment delivers. Unfortunately,...

Nature Reviews Materials, Published online: 24 November 2023; doi:10.1038/s41578-023-00626-13D printing can be used to automate the manufacturing of building elements for large-scale structures such as skyscrapers, aircraft, rockets and space bases without human intervention. However, challenges in materials, processes, printers and software control...

Nature Reviews Materials, Published online: 23 November 2023; doi:10.1038/s41578-023-00611-8Carbon nanotubes are used in a growing number of applications, but recent European Union actions propose to ban them. This Perspective highlights gaps in knowledge regarding potential safety and environmental risks throughout the life cycle of carbon nanotubes...

Nature Reviews Materials, Published online: 23 November 2023; doi:10.1038/s41578-023-00632-3An article in Nature Physics presents experimental evidence for spinaronic states in Co atoms on a Cu(111) surface.

Nature Reviews Materials, Published online: 22 November 2023; doi:10.1038/s41578-023-00629-yAn article in Nature Communications presents a general method to create intermixed 2D/3D heterostructures to improve the stability of all-perovskite tandem solar cells.

Nature Reviews Materials, Published online: 22 November 2023; doi:10.1038/s41578-023-00627-0An article in Nano Letters presents a strategy for the growth of single-crystal bismuthene by sandwiching it between hexagonal boron nitride and copper.