The propulsion direction of active particles determines their non-equilibrium behavior, yet the impact of anisotropic shape remains largely unexplored experimentally. Here, the authors demonstrate tha...

The promising photonic and valleytronic applications of transition metal dichalcogenides are limited by rapid valley and spin depolarization on femtosecond time scales. Here, the authors present an al...

Waves in systems with gain and loss usually pile up at a sample’s edges, and this skin effect normally changes drastically with boundary conditions. This study shows that a spatially varying imaginary...

Chiral magnets can host periodic spin textures called soliton lattices, but their formation in materials with anisotropic chirality has remained unclear. Here, the authors show that Mn1.4PtSn supports...

Korkiamäki et al. measure the thermal conductance of nano- and microscale pillared phononic crystals at sub-Kelvin temperatures. They demonstrate up to an order of magnitude reduction, attributed to t...

The authors realize higher-orbital Floquet topological insulators by implementing periodically driven s-p orbital couplings in a photonic square lattice with synthetic π magnetic flux. They observe un...

Propagation instabilities limit the direct laser acceleration of electrons in plasma and reduce its potential as a radiation source. Here, the authors numerically demonstrate that superluminal flying-...

Superconductivity in flat bands is a central feature of quantum geometric effects, supported by mean-field theory and numerics. Here, the authors exhibit a large family of flat band Hubbard models who...

Multimode fibers enable compact high-capacity imaging, but their extreme sensitivity to external perturbations limits practical applications. Here, the authors develop a physics-informed diffusion fra...

When treated classically, black holes degrade the quantum entanglement shared between nearby observers. The authors find that placing the black hole’s mass - and hence its spacetime - in a quantum sup...

Astrophysical models underproduce the element Sr in intermediate neutron density environments (the so called i-process). The authors investigate the nuclear reactions that produce Sr and find that the...

Efficient heat management in nanoscale electronics depends on the precise control of vibrational waves known as phonons. This research reveals that while periodic layered materials allow these waves t...

Artificial spin ices offer a way to explore emergent magnetic phenomena but are typically confined to flat geometries. Using Monte Carlo simulations, the authors determine the temperature-dependent be...

Recent advances in large language models have expanded their capabilities beyond natural language processing, prompting exploration into their applications in high-energy physics. Here, the authors de...

The roughening transition in Z2 lattice gauge theory remains a complex phenomenon, particularly in understanding the behavior of electric flux strings. Here, the authors use numerical simulations with...

Nonlinear resonant interactions have long been theorized as the mechanism that moves energy across scales in ocean wind waves, but direct evidence of these processes in the open ocean has remained elu...

Predicting nuclear masses with reliable uncertainty remains a key challenge in nuclear physics. The authors introduce a probabilistic mass model that uses local Bayesian averaging to emulate configura...

Wave-topology interactions lie at the heart of numerous physical phenomena, from condensed matter systems to cosmological models, exemplified by the Aharonov-Bohm effect. Drawing on its classical anal...

The recent discovery of orbital torques, which employ the orbital angular momentum of Bloch electrons to switch the magnetisation of an adjacent ferromagnet, has motivated the search for orbitronic ma...

Communications Physics - Effective cross-group collaboration is crucial during crises, yet its evolving dynamics and impact on network effectiveness remain poorly understood. Here, the authors...

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Under compression, fluid-filled cylindrical shells, such as soda cans, exhibit localized axisymmetric corrugations which appear sequentially but are evenly spaced once the surface is fully decorated. ...

Long Gamma Ray Bursts (GRBs) are linked to the core collapse of massive stars, and in many cases Type Ic supernovae. Here, the authors identify that the time-evolving emission line in GRB 221009A is c...

The authors review advancements in underground dark matter experiments, highlighting the need for enhanced detector sensitivity to unravel dark matter’s fundamental properties, with implications for a...

Accurately sensing atmospheric turbulence is vital for optical communications, yet standard methods often obscure the spatial nature of these distortions. Via numerical simulations, the authors show t...

Communications Physics - The superconducting diode effect describes the non-reciprocal transport behavior of the superconducting current and certain symmetry requirements must be met to realize...

Communications Physics - Low-temperature calorimeters used in rare-event searches are often limited in sensitivity by noise, especially at low energies. Here, the authors show that CUORE can detect...

Detecting trace amounts of harmful bacteria and nanoscale biomarkers is crucial for early diagnosis and disease prevention, yet conventional methods are often slow and lack sensitivity. The authors in...

In orbitronics, a fundamental debate exists on whether orbital angular momentum can travel long distances. This perspective reviews the experimental evidence and theoretical models on whether orbital ...

Communications Physics - TaS2 can be synthesised in the 4Hb stacking, a natural heterostructure of “H" and “T"-type layers, which exhibits several unusual phenomena in its low...

Communications Physics - Network density significantly influences coefficient estimates in functional connectomes, posing challenges for consistent analysis. Here, the authors analyze multimodal...

Communications Physics - In-plane confinement of phonon-polaritons (PhPs) in the mid-infrared is key for compact sensors and photonic devices, but such in-plane beam control in isotropic materials...

Communications Physics - Solar background and multiple scattering degrade the profiling depth and ocean-color parameter retrieval of ocean LiDAR. Our anti-interference circularly polarized LiDAR...

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Communications Physics - High-energy electron beams interacting with targets produce electromagnetic showers, a pathway for producing electronpositron pair plasma in the laboratory. Here, the...

Communications Physics - Rare-earth ions are often crucial for the emergence of multiferroicity, yet their 4f-driven magnetic domain patterns remain elusive. Using optical second harmonic...

Communications Physics - Causality plays a central role in understanding interactions between variables in complex systems. Here, the authors introduce a state-aware causal inference method that...

Communications Physics - Coulomb-mediated energy transfer enables the separation of heat and charge currents and the realization of unconventional heat-engine operations, including information heat...

Communications Physics - Multifractality occurs in the local density of states (LDOS) in disordered electronic systems near a metal-insulator transition, and despite an abundance of theoretical...

Communications Physics - High dimensional quantum key distribution (QKD) systems will allow for higher key generation rate, but with added complexity for creating and detecting high dimensional...

Communications Physics - Controlling how sound travels in noisy or echo-filled spaces is a long-standing challenge. The authors show that walls covered with programmable acoustic elements can...