Solar modules made from perovskite materials have a stability issue that arises when they are placed in partial shade. This long-standing problem has now been addressed by integrating an electronic component called a memristor into the solar cell.

Chronic inflammation increases the risk of colon cancer. This inflammation drives epigenetic changes in the nucleus of stem cells that promote tumour formation.

A model of breast cancer that expresses NMDA receptors — proteins that modify signalling between neurons — was used to trace pre-existing B cells as they matured to produce autoimmune antibodies that have diverse effects on receptor function. Transferring one antibody into mouse brains recapitulated key features of autoimmune brain inflammation.

ZFTA–RELA is the cancer-promoting protein product of a gene fusion. Analyses of accessible sites in the DNA–protein complex chromatin in developing mice show that ZFTA–RELA binds to chromatin modules that are accessible during embryonic brain development, placing some cell lineages at risk of transformation into cancer.