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Nobel Prize in Physics 2025

Communications Physics @commsphys.nature.com · 1d

The Nobel Prize in Physics 2025 has been awarded to John Clarke, Michel H. Devoret and John M. Martinis. Nature Portfolio presents a collection that celebrates the contributions by the awardees and the technological advances they have enabled. www.nature.com/collections/...

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 ...

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Communications Physics @commsphys.nature.com · 1d

The Nobel Prize in Physics 2025 has been awarded to John Clarke, Michel H. Devoret and John M. Martinis “for the discovery of macroscopic quantum mechanical tunnelling and energy quantisation in an electric circuit.”

Announcement of the 2025 Nobel Prize in Physics

Communications Physics @commsphys.nature.com · 2d

Nobel Prize in Physics — 11:45 CEST stream from Stockholm. Watch the official announcement here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=m9FU...

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Communications Physics @commsphys.nature.com · 7d

This Focus Collection in Communications Physics invites original research, perspectives, and review articles highlighting theory, simulations, experiments, and data-driven models that converge on measurable, designable odd responses in soft systems.
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Odd Soft Matter: Simulations, experiments and applications of Machine Learning

This Focus Collection in Communications Physics invites original research, perspectives, and review articles highlighting theory, simulations, experiments, ...

Bacterial physiology and self-organization through the lens of physics

Communications Physics @commsphys.nature.com · 7d

This Focus Collection in Communications Physics aims to bring together research from diverse aspects of physical biology, focusing on the interplay of physical laws, bacterial behaviour and physiology.
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This Collection aims to bring together research from diverse aspects of physical biology, focusing on the interplay of physical laws and bacterial behaviour ...

Designing Order: Crystal polymorphism in Soft and Functional Materials

Communications Physics @commsphys.nature.com · 7d

This cross-journal Collection between Communications Physics, Nature Communications and Scientific Reports brings together the advances in Crystal polymorphism in Soft and Functional Materials.
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This cross-journal Collection between Communications Physics, Nature Communications and Scientific Reports brings together the advances in Crystal ...

Women in Quantum: an interview with Marilù Chiofalo

Communications Physics @commsphys.nature.com · 14d

Women in Quantum: an interview with Marilù Chiofalo — on leadership, inclusion, and the future of quantum technologies.
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Communications Physics - Marilù Chiofalo obtained her PhD at the Scuola Normale Superiore in Pisa, and she is a condensed matter professor at the University of Pisa. Her research is in quantum...

Women in Quantum: an interview with Gloria Platero

Communications Physics @commsphys.nature.com · 14d

Women in Quantum: an interview with Gloria Platero — on mentorship, inclusive research ecosystems, semiconductor quantum dots, and the future of quantum technologies.
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Communications Physics - Gloria Platero is a physicist working on Condensed Matter Theory. She is Research Professor at the Spanish Research Council (CSIC) and works in the field of semiconductor...

Interpreting molecular ratchets, directionality, and kinetic asymmetry through the work of Curie, Einstein, and Lewis

Communications Physics @commsphys.nature.com · 29d

Interpreting molecular ratchets, directionality, and kinetic asymmetry through the work of Curie, Einstein, and Lewis : A Perspective
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Communications Physics - Scalar energy can drive formation of non-equilibrium steady-states or power directional processes such as chemotaxis, ion transport across a membrane, or walking along a...

Active adaptolates featuring motility-induced percolating structures with an adaptive packing geometry

Communications Physics @commsphys.nature.com · Sep 6

Our featured article, August 2025: Active adaptolates featuring motility-induced percolating structures with an adaptive packing geometry
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Communications Physics - Periodic potentials have traditionally been used to control phase transitions in equilibrium colloidal suspensions, but their application to active colloids remains less...

Long-lived optical coherence and spin lifetimes in Eu3+:Y2O3 oxide ceramics for quantum memories

Communications Physics @commsphys.nature.com · Sep 6

Our featured article, August 2025: Long-lived optical coherence and spin lifetimes in Eu³⁺:Y₂O₃ oxide ceramics for quantum memories
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Communications Physics - Rare earth ions (REI) in solids are promising for quantum technologies. Here, the authors demonstrate a record optical coherence lifetime and the absence of...

Manipulating photodissociation dynamics via an embedding UV pulse

Communications Physics @commsphys.nature.com · Sep 6

Our featured article, August 2025: Manipulating photodissociation dynamics via an embedding UV pulse
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Communications Physics - The quantum excitation of photodissociation is restricted by the overlap between vibrational bound and continuum states. The authors manipulate the dynamics by generating...

Josephson diode effect in nanowire-based Andreev molecules

Communications Physics @commsphys.nature.com · Sep 6

Our featured article, August 2025: Josephson diode effect in nanowire-based Andreev molecules
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Communications Physics - Two coherently coupled Josephson junctions known as the Andreev molecules are attracting much attention for its nonlocal controllability. In this paper, the authors report...

Communications Physics @commsphys.nature.com · Sep 5

This month, we welcome five new members to our Editorial Board: Lu Chen, Marlies Goorden, Inhyuk Nam, Jun-yu (Bruce) Yu, Jasminder Sindhu. They bring expertise in very broad and diverse areas, reflecting the growth of the journal.

Communications Physics @commsphys.nature.com · Sep 5

Outstanding reviewer, August 2025: Rajasekhar Medapalli is an Editor for Advanced Functional Materials at Wiley with a research background in ultrafast and localised light-matter interactions governing the interplay between electrons, spins, and the lattice.

Topological Weyl altermagnetism in CrSb

Communications Physics @commsphys.nature.com · Aug 20

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Topological Weyl altermagnetism in CrSb
Altermagnets constitute a novel fundamental class of magnetic materials, alongside with ferro- and antiferromagnets. The authors connect altermagnetism to the world of topology.
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Communications Physics - Altermagnets constitute a novel fundamental class of magnetic materials, alongside with ferro- and antiferromagnets. The authors connect altermagnetism to the world of...

Novel spin dynamics in the superconducting state of kagomé superconductor

Communications Physics @commsphys.nature.com · Aug 20

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Novel spin dynamics in the superconducting state of kagomé superconductor
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Communications Physics - Superconducting (SC) properties of the kagome-lattice superconductor CsV3Sb5were investigated via 121Sb nuclear quadrupole resonance and 51V NMR. A clear Hebel-Slichter...

Ultrathin 3R-MoS2 metasurfaces with atomically precise edges for efficient nonlinear nanophotonics

Communications Physics @commsphys.nature.com · Aug 15

Our featured article July, 2025
Ultrathin 3R-MoS₂ metasurfaces with atomically precise edges for nonlinear nanophotonics: The study employs top-down lithography and anisotropic wet etching to fabricate atomically precise, ultrathin metasurfaces for effecient second-harmonic generation.
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Communications Physics - Dielectric metasurfaces with strong nonlinearities hold promise for integrated nanophotonics and quantum technologies, yet their fabrication is hindered by...

Disentangling autoencoders and spherical harmonics for efficient shape classification in crystal growth simulations

Communications Physics @commsphys.nature.com · Aug 15

Our featured article July, 2025
On shape classification in crystal growth simulations:
This study combines disentangling autoencoders with spherical harmonic descriptors to map continuous transformations between crystal morphologies while preserving crystallographic principles.
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Communications Physics - Crystal growth simulations generate vast datasets that are difficult to analyse using traditional methods alone. By combining disentangling autoencoders with spherical...

Tensor networks for lattice gauge theories beyond one dimension

Communications Physics @commsphys.nature.com · Aug 11

Tensor networks for lattice gauge theories beyond one dimension: Here is a review of the state of the art, a roadmap for algorithmic developments, and resource estimates to guide applications in high-energy physics.
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Communications Physics - Tensor networks are a powerful complementary approach to Monte Carlo methods for simulating lattice gauge theories, enabling access to challenging regimes such as real-time...

Strain-tuning for superconductivity in La3Ni2O7 thin films

Communications Physics @commsphys.nature.com · Aug 1

Georgios Koutentakis is our outstanding reviewer of the month. He is a postdoctoral researcher at the Institute of Science and Technology Austria, where he develops theoretical frameworks for interacting ultracold atoms and molecules.

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Communications Physics @commsphys.nature.com · Jul 8

The discovery of superconductivity in the nickelates offers the opportunity to gain further insight into the mechanisms of unconventional superconductivity. Here, the authors employ epitaxial strain to investigate superconductivity in La₃Ni₂O₇ thin films.
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Communications Physics - The discovery of superconductivity in the nickelates not only offers a new family of materials to explore but the opportunity to gain further insight into the mechanisms of...

Computational modelling of the semi-classical quantum vacuum in 3D

Communications Physics @commsphys.nature.com · Jul 8

The rise of multi-Petawatt lasers opens new frontiers in exploring the quantum vacuum. This study presents real-time 3D simulations of vacuum birefringence and four-wave mixing, based on a semi-classical numerical solver integrated into a Particle-In-Cell code OSIRIS.
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Communications Physics - The rise of multi-Petawatt lasers opens new frontiers in exploring the quantum vacuum. This study presents real-time 3D simulations of vacuum birefringence and four-wave...

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Communications Physics @commsphys.nature.com · Jul 8

Harnessing quantum: progress towards real world applications of quantum technologies

This collection highlights significant steps towards practical applications of quantum technologies in the last few years across various platforms and domains ...