Nature Communications, Published online: 27 July 2024; doi:10.1038/s41467-024-50655-9Fittonia albivenis is shade-adapted ornamental plant that can efficiently use far-red light for photosynthesis. Here the authors describe the structure of the red-shifted F. albivenis photosystem I to give insights into how plants can use far-red light to drive photochemistry.

Nature Communications, Published online: 27 July 2024; doi:10.1038/s41467-024-50574-9Quantum states are incredibly sensitive to their environment, making them perfect for ultrasensitive quantum detection—if they can be maintained long enough. Here, the authors showed that they can ‘immortalize’ the excited state of a coupled light-matter system using...

Nature Communications, Published online: 27 July 2024; doi:10.1038/s41467-024-50759-2In a time-resolved Coulomb explosion imaging study using ultrafast extreme ultraviolet pulses, combined with theoretical simulations, authors reveal unexpected asymmetric rearrangement of carbon dioxide dimer ion, including a CO3 moiety formation.

Nature Communications, Published online: 27 July 2024; doi:10.1038/s41467-024-50564-xThe heterogeneous characters of fibrotic scars after spinal cord injury remains unclear. Here, the authors show the heterogeneous distribution, source and function of meningeal fibroblasts and perivascular fibroblasts in fibrotic scars.

Nature Communications, Published online: 27 July 2024; doi:10.1038/s41467-024-50727-wHere, the authors reveal the emerging replication timing program in mouse zygotes and 2-cell embryos, which differs from embryonic stem cells. They find systematic differences between the replication timing of the two parental genomes at pericentromeric regions and...

Nature Communications, Published online: 26 July 2024; doi:10.1038/s41467-024-50711-4RSV hijacks cholesterol or autophagy pathways to facilitate optimal replication. Here, the authors show that RSV-mediated changes in lysosomal cholesterol metabolism promote RSV-F accumulation in lysosomes by blocking autophagy flux, thereby facilitating viral replication.