Tightly slightly twisted
Nature Physics, Published online: 13 August 2024; doi:10.1038/s41567-024-02624-8Tightly slightly twisted
Precise precognition
Nature Physics, Published online: 13 August 2024; doi:10.1038/s41567-024-02623-9Precise precognition
It takes more than forceful leaders
Nature Physics, Published online: 12 August 2024; doi:10.1038/s41567-024-02608-8Migrating cell clusters exhibit finger-like protrusions at the front, attributed to leader cells physically dragging follower cells along. Now, an optogene…
Photon losses create tension for Gaussian boson sampling
Nature Physics, Published online: 12 August 2024; doi:10.1038/s41567-024-02610-0Recent experimental claims of quantum advantage rely on the absence of classical algorithms that can reproduce the results. A tensor network algorithm can …
Emergence of fluctuating hydrodynamics in chaotic quantum systems
Nature Physics, Published online: 12 August 2024; doi:10.1038/s41567-024-02611-zFluctuating hydrodynamics posits that thermalization in non-equilibrium systems depends on equilibrium transport coefficients. This hypothesis is now teste…
Self-organization of mortal filaments and its role in bacterial division ring formation
Nature Physics, Published online: 12 August 2024; doi:10.1038/s41567-024-02597-8Treadmilling of cytoskeletal filaments is crucial for their functional self-organization. Now the mechanism underpinning this collective organization is sh…
Circuit quantum electrodynamics detection of induced two-fold anisotropic pairing in a hybrid superconductor–ferromagnet bilayer
Nature Physics, Published online: 12 August 2024; doi:10.1038/s41567-024-02613-xHeterostructures of ferromagnets and superconductors may host exotic superconducting states. Now a circuit quantum electrodynamics technique is demonstrate…
Optogenetic generation of leader cells reveals a force–velocity relation for collective cell migration
Nature Physics, Published online: 12 August 2024; doi:10.1038/s41567-024-02600-2Leader cells play an important role in guiding migratory clusters in various biological processes. Now, the mechanical organization of leader and followers…
Nonlinear absorption of an X-ray pulse during the formation of warm dense matter
Nature Physics, Published online: 08 August 2024; doi:10.1038/s41567-024-02594-xA bright, ultrashort X-ray pulse is used to transiently create and characterize warm dense copper. As the pulse intensity is increased, the opacity of copp…
Matter waves hang in there
Nature Physics, Published online: 08 August 2024; doi:10.1038/s41567-024-02605-xAn atom interferometer now maintains a spatial superposition state for 70 seconds, compared to few seconds in freely falling systems. This could improve me…