This versatile and scalable ‘patterned regrowth’ fabrication process produces one-atom-thick sheets containing lateral junctions between electrically conductive graphene and insulating hexagonal boron nitride, paving the way for flexible, transparent electronic device films.

A laboratory study of the frictional properties of the igneous rock gabbro at seismically relevant slip rates suggests that the initial weakening of a fault surface during earthquake rupture may be associated with hotspots and macroscopic streaks of melt, which partially unload the rest of the slip interface.

Both heterozygous loss and homozygous loss of Tsc1 in mouse cerebellar Purkinje cells (PCs) result in autistic-like behaviours, which can be prevented by treatment with the mTOR inhibitor, rapamycin; these findings demonstrate critical roles for PCs in autistic-like behaviours in mice.