Materials' mission to reach strange new worlds. Propelling the widespread adoption of large-scale 3D printing. Design and microstructuring of materials to boost spacecraft ion propulsion. Emerging photovoltaics for onboard space applications. Printed electronics for cultivating plants in space. China unveils first lunar spacesuit for 2030 moon mission. First metal part 3D printed in space. Shaping the ethical, sustainable and policy-driven future of space exploration. Ultra-high temperature ceramics for extreme environments. Materials for high-temperature digital electronics. Advanced material technologies for space and terrestrial medicine. Robots that evolve on demand. Using the moisture in our midst. Atmospheric water vapour as a potential water source and its impact on energy systems. Combining computer vision and atomic force microscopy for 3D reconstruction. Microscopic metasheet robots learn to walk. Fishing for uranium. From nitrate to ammonia using high-entropy single-atom nanocages. Engineering sorption across scales. Hydrogen bonds as a design feature. Passively cooling power equipment. Designing desorption. Bridging materials innovations to sorption-based atmospheric water harvesting devices. Hygroscopic salt-embedded composite materials for sorption-based atmospheric water harvesting. Sustainable moisture energy. Performance metrics for shape-morphing devices. Cool pigments as an urban heat island mitigation strategy for population health You may say she’s a dreamer Boosting the performance of plastic thermoelectrics Tiny batteries for tiny robots Magnetoelectric oscillations go giant in a van der Waals multiferroic Dielectric breakdown of oxide films in electronic devices Engineering nanomaterials for glioblastoma nanovaccination Activity versus stability of atomically dispersed transition-metal electrocatalysts Untangling the chemical complexity of plastics to improve life cycle outcomes 2D materials for durable and sustainable electric vehicles Using oxides to compute with heat 3D cell networks advance bone-on-a-chip Sensing how an embryo takes shape A biomass-derived material for passive radiative cooling Materials challenges on the path to gigatonne CO2 electrolysis Wound management materials and technologiesfrom bench to bedside and beyond Precision drug delivery to the central nervous system using engineered nanoparticles Towards edible robots and robotic food Author Correction: Nonlinear and quantum photonics using integrated optical materials Moiré materials keep on giving Moiré materials under strain A new twist on spin–orbit torques Switching moiré magnets The fractional quantum anomalous Hall effect