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This commentary explores how collective intelligence arises from local interactions in animal groups and how these principles inform the design of swarm robotic systems, addressing the challenge of ac...

The Nobel Prize in Physics 2025 was awarded to John Clarke, Michel H. Devoret and John M. Martinis "for the discovery of macroscopic quantum mechanical ...

In 1985, experiments revealed the quantum behaviour of a macroscopic degree of freedom: the phase difference across a Josephson junction. The authors recount the history of this milestone for the development of superconducting quantum circuits.

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Shape morphing is crucial for soft robotics, but conventional methods often induce unwanted in-plane strain and rigidity. Authors propose pneumatic torsion strips inspired by Möbius strips, enabling l...

Shapiro steps are quantized plateaus in the velocity-force curve of a driven system, where velocity remains constant despite increasing the force. Previously, integer steps have been observed for micr...

Rapid and stable bubble capture is crucial for gas collection and impurity removal in aquatic systems, yet the role of microtextures in initiating this process remains underexplored. The authors demon...

Available eddy-resolved simulations predict turbulent flows accurately but are too computationally demanding for widespread application. This study presents a Conditional Neural Field Latent Diffusion...

A review of the literature on artificial intelligence systems to examine openness reveals that open AI systems are actually closed, as they are highly dependent on the resources of a few large corpora...

During a globally warmer-than-present period, ~128,000 years before present, enhanced melting of Arctic sea ice and freshwater export resulted in slowdown of the Nordic Sea deepwater formation and significant regional cooling.

It is essential to have a short contact time for self-cleaning, anti-icing, anti-fog, heat transfer, droplet manipulation, and energy harvesting. In this study, the authors discuss the extremely quick...

The study of nematic hosts with anisotropic colloidal particles is reported, but not on the chiral counterparts. Here, the authors report on biaxial properties in a system of colloidal rods with desig...

Lab experiments using liquid cultures or agar plates fail to capture the effects of physical confinement on bacteria. Here, Sreepadmanabh et al. use three-dimensional matrices to show that growth unde...

Enzymatic nanomotors exhibit collective behaviour in fuel-rich environments, forming swarms with enhanced propulsion and coverage. This study investigates the factors affecting swarm movement, reveali...

This cross-journal Collection between Nature Communications, Communications Engineering, Communications Physics, and Scientific Reports brings together the ...