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Nature Physics @natphys.nature.com · 1d

Want to read a Comment by the three Nobel Laureates on quantum circuits?

Here it is: ($)

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Quantum Josephson junction circuits and the dawn of artificial atoms - Nature Physics

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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Nature Physics @natphys.nature.com · 12d

This week we published a Perspective on the rapidly-emerging area of chiral phonons. ($)

There has been some debate about how to define them and how they can be applied. Here, a comprehensive set of definitions are laid out, and prospects for the future discussed.

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Chiral phonons - Nature Physics

Phonons are quanta of the vibrations of the lattice in solids. They can carry angular momentum and allow an emergent chirality. This Perspective defines various types of chiral phonon and classifies the previously observed manifestations of them.

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Nature Physics @natphys.nature.com · 15d

Our September issue is live, and our editorial celebrates the ten-year anniversary of the first detection of a gravitational wave.

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Serendipitous signal - Nature Physics

The first direct observation of gravitational waves occurred on 14 September 2015. We look back at ten years of gravitational wave science.

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Nature Physics @natphys.nature.com · Sep 3

Last week we published a World View that discusses how the current political climate amplifies the need for science education research. ($)

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Invest in science education research to make science open to all - Nature Physics

Attacks on Diversity, Equity and Inclusion efforts expose the need for science education research.

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Nature Physics @natphys.nature.com · Aug 15

Our August issue is out, and in the Editorial we make the case that the fractional quantum Hall effect is an under-rated platform for topological quantum computing.

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Fractional computing - Nature Physics

We highlight how an abstract piece of condensed-matter physics — the fractional quantum Hall effect — may be ideally placed to implement quantum computers.

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Nature Physics @natphys.nature.com · Aug 14

This month, we feature a Comment that suggests a way to verify complicated high-pressure measurements of superconductors.

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How to soothe the turmoil in the field of pressure-induced superconductivity in the hydrides - Nature Physics

A crucial issue in condensed-matter physics is the assessment of superconducting diamagnetism in highly compressed hydrides. We propose a suitable reference sample that can be used to gain more consen...

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Nature Physics @natphys.nature.com · Jul 23

And our cover art was hand-painted by Lina Segerer, masters student in the ultrafast dynamics in quantum materials group at Göttingen. linasegerer.de

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Nature Physics @natphys.nature.com · Jul 23

Our July issue is out!

We have two papers reporting observations of Floquet states in graphene, one proof-of-principle implementation of a laser-powered muon source, and an editorial that discusses physics-y places you can go on your vacation.

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Nature Physics - Floquet states in graphene

Intense femtosecond laser pulses facilitate the time-periodic and coherent perturbation of electronic phases in quantum materials, including their band...

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Nature Physics @natphys.nature.com · Jul 17

Our colleague @ninameinzer.bsky.social reviewed Aristotle's Wife, six plays about women in science. ($)

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Women scientists through the ages - Nature Physics

Nature Physics - Women scientists through the ages

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Nature Physics @natphys.nature.com · Jul 10

Our friends at @natcomms.nature.com are hiring an editor for quantum physics and technology. Can be based in China, the US, Spain, or Italy.

Full details here: www.nature.com/naturecareer...

#Careers #EditorialJobs #Quantum #Physics

Associate or Senior Editor (Quantum Physics/Technology), Nature Communications - Shanghai, Beijing, Nanjing, New York, Jersey City, Philadelphia, Washington DC, Milan, Madrid (Hybri job with Springer ...

Title: Associate or Senior Editor (Quantum Physics and Quantum Technologies), Nature Communications Location: Shanghai, Beijing, Nanjing, New York...

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Nature Physics @natphys.nature.com · Jun 24

Our June issue has been out for a little while now, but it features three papers about quasicrystals, a Review on how plasma-based accelerators can be used for positrons, tales of student interactions with LLMs, and much more. ⚛️ #Physics

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Peter Brommer @pbro.bsky.social · Jun 16

Are quasicrystals thermodynamic ground states? I wrote a News & Views piece for @natphys.nature.com on the work of Baek & coauthors, who used DFT (density functional theory) with clever extrapolation to show that there is strong evidence that two quasicrystals indeed are ground states. rdcu.be/eqRPM

Scooping for ground states

Nature Physics - More than a hundred quasicrystals have been found so far, but their thermodynamic stability has remained an open question. Extrapolating density functional theory calculations of...

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Nature Physics @natphys.nature.com · Jun 23

A new Review article online this month. It discusses the current status and future prospects of using plasma-based accelerators for positrons. ($) #Physics ⚛️

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The positron arm of a plasma-based linear collider - Nature Physics

The status of plasma-based acceleration of electrons and positrons is discussed, with a focus on developing the positron arm of a plasma-based electron–positron linear collider.

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Nature Physics @natphys.nature.com · May 28

On the 150th anniversary of the Metre Convention, Wynand Louw and Gert Rietveld take the opportunity to consider the future of metrology ($).

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The international measurement system beyond 2030 - Nature Physics

Measurements play a crucial role in our daily lives; and we rely on metrology to ensure that measurements are accurate and comparable. Celebrating the 150th anniversary of the beginning of the global ...

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Nature Physics @natphys.nature.com · May 22

The May issue of Nature Physics is now out.

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In it, we celebrate 150 years since the signing of the Metre Convention, consider quantum Hall effects and altermagnets, and learn how snakes move not on a plane.

Nature Physics - Chiral spin current

Magnons, quanta of spin waves, can transfer pure spin current without electron transport. Now, Lutong Sheng and co-workers demonstrate an alternating spin...

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Physghoul 👻 @physgal.bsky.social · May 2

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Nature Physics @natphys.nature.com · Apr 17

Our April issue is live! www.nature.com/nphys/volume...

This month we consider the gender breakdown of authorship in Nature Physics, visualise how cells move in feeding currents, and highlight our first physics education research paper.

White circular swirls on a black background represent the feeding flows of single cells as measured via a time lapse.

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Nature Physics @natphys.nature.com · Apr 14

We also have an editorial where we present some internal data about who is submitting papers to us and what happens to them through the editorial process. And we outline some commitments for the future.

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A closer look at authorship in Nature Physics - Nature Physics

This month, we publish a Comment detailing the proportion of papers published in Nature Physics that have a last author who is a woman. Here, we present our internal data and outline our response an...

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Nature Physics @natphys.nature.com · Apr 14

Today is an important day for us as a journal. We publish a Comment that analysis the gender of last authors of Nature Physics papers over the last decade ($):

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Many thanks to Alannah Hallas for taking the time to collect the data and write the piece.

Underrepresentation of women last authors in Nature Physics - Nature Physics

Last-author papers are vital to the career advancement of researchers in many physics subfields. We present data on the underrepresentation of women as last authors in Nature Physics and discuss the i...

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Nature Physics @natphys.nature.com · Apr 10

Reupping this from our March issue. Sarah Bakewell writes about the @ioppublishing.bsky.social's Physics Inclusion Award.

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Physics should be for everyone - Nature Physics

Physics is amazing and transformational. But for far too long the people most likely to benefit from its opportunity and wonder have been too narrowly defined.

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Nature Physics @natphys.nature.com · Apr 9

A Comment published in our March issue discusses the phenomenon of altermagnetism. ($)

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Different facets of unconventional magnetism - Nature Physics

Recent advances in classifying magnets according to spin-group symmetry have expanded the possibilities of unconventional magnetism. Unconventional magnets — such as collinear spin-split antiferromagn...

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Nature Physics @natphys.nature.com · Mar 18

Our March issue is live!

We learn how thermal excitations can control polar structures, feature a Perspective on higher-order networks, and consider the progress towards parity for women in physics.

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Cover image of Nature Physics, March 2025. Blue and purple gas-like swirls represent skyrmions in a polar texture of electrons. The cover line is "Hot polar control"

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Nature Physics @natphys.nature.com · Mar 18

Published online today ($)

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This one pretty much does what it says on the tin: KV2Se2O is a d-wave altermagnet.

A metallic room-temperature d-wave altermagnet - Nature Physics

Metallic altermagnets are promising for applications due to the spin-polarized electric current that originates from their spin-split band structure. Now d-wave altermagnetism with antisymmetric spin ...

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Nature Physics @natphys.nature.com · Mar 16

In our editorial this month, we consider the persisting gender gap in physics. ⚛️

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Progress to parity - Nature Physics

Following International Women’s Day, we draw inspiration from trailblazing women physicists from history and ask how the physics community can accelerate the closing of the gender gap.

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Nature Physics @natphys.nature.com · Mar 6

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