Computer simulations of many models of glass-forming liquids fully characterize how they relax into energy minima in a rugged energy landscape.

Forcing electrons to group together in ensembles of four—a pair of Cooper pairs—protects their collective quantum state from external perturbations, which provides a way to robustly encode quantum information.

A change in magnetic moment configurations as a function of iron ratio in Fe${}_{1/3+\delta }$NbS${}_2$ underlies its current-induced resistance switching, a key insight for using this and similar materials in future spintronic devices.

A novel framework for modeling complex systems using stochastic methods solves the problem of generating unphysical, infinitely large fluctuations, which plagues conventional methods.

The scattering of electrons onto neutral atoms in xenon gas gives rise to a new type of light emission that will impact the sensitivity of dark matter searches and neutrino detectors.

An electrical circuit tailored to exhibit a strong charge-light coupling demonstrates a greater efficiency of emitting several photons at once, thus providing a versatile testbed for many aspects of quantum physics.

To date, only coherent waves have been used to study branched flow in experiments, where waves follow branching paths in a disordered medium. The first experimental study with incoherent waves shows qualitative differences.

At very high energies, an exotic state of matter known as a fractional quantum Hall liquid may produce a new type of quasiparticle called a parton, which behaves like a fraction of an electron.

The spectral form factor is powerful tool for characterizing spectral statistics that relate to big picture properties of a system. A new analysis provides new tools for calculating this quantity.

The resistivity of the graphite compound EuC${}_6$ has an unusual highly nonmonotonic dependence on magnetic field. A theoretical study explains this behavior as arising from electrons scattering on magnons.

Quantum error correcting codes are key to guarding against errors in quantum computation. A new analysis provides the first performance estimates for one type of these codes.

An analysis of the thermodynamics of quantum systems establishes a generalized notion of thermal equilibrium, applicable to ensembles that obey certain symmetries.

Strongly tilting a Bose-Einstein condensate in a triangular lattice of ultracold atoms induces the formation of pronounced density waves, which provide a prime example of spontaneous symmetry breaking.

By measuring how Ce${}^{3+}$ spins interact in Ce${}_2$Zr${}_2$O${}_7$, new experimental work lays out a detailed case for a novel quantum spin liquid phase at low temperature in this material.

A theoretical analysis of nonrelativistic magnetic materials applies a symmetry description beyond magnetic groups to explore material properties and reveal new topological phases.

A disk of plastic particles levitated by sound waves could provide a model for other examples of particle clumps in the physical world.

A numerical and analytical study of the phase diagram of mirror-symmetric twisted trilayer graphene provides a guide for interpreting experiments on the complex correlated physics observed in this system.

The quantum phase transition from superfluid to supersolid resembles ordinary crystallization transitions but with important distinctions that reflect peculiarities of supersolids.

The thermal conductivity of CoNb${}_2$O${}_6$ is suppressed around its quantum critical point whereas the specific heat is enhanced, highlighting the role of frustration in determining quantum critical magnetic excitations.

Programming a quantum computer with a random sequence of gates was thought to achieve the largest speedups over classical computers. A new analysis shows that this is not true.

New theorems provide a test of what types of long-range quantum entanglement can survive at nonzero temperatures, revealing a fundamental aspect of macroscopic quantum phenomena.

By extending Kirchhoff’s law of thermal radiation to nonreciprocal objects, a new framework describes the relationships between absorptivity and emissivity for an arbitrary thermal emitter.

Numerical simulations explore how material properties of polymers are altered as clusters of strongly interacting groups along the chain break apart and reform under flow, an insight that can help control complex fluids.

Thermal Hall conductivity measurements attribute heat conduction in one spin liquid candidate to phonons scattering off spins and find no evidence for predicted Majorana fermions.

Coupling between remote spins on a chip via virtual photons exchanged through a superconducting resonator could lead to gate operations between distant spin qubits.

By trapping 171Yb atoms in optical tweezers for the first time, experiments demonstrate the attributes of these atoms that make them a powerful platform for quantum information applications.

Experiments demonstrate universal quantum gate operations on the ground state spin of an alkaline earth-like atom, a promising platform for scalable, robust quantum computing.

Neutron scattering experiments provide the first observation of a chiral spin liquid, wherein chirality twists the spins to short-range structures that constitute a novel classical ground state.

In high harmonic generation from certain solids, a vector that measures the shift of the photoexcited electron and hole plays a prominent role in the excitation and recollision mechanism for electrons in strong laser fields.

In charge transfer insulators, the lowest energy excitations involve moving a charge from one atom to another. Tuning the energy to do so through zero introduces a quantum anomalous Hall state.

Megavoltage Ultrafast Electron Diffraction reveals how atoms in vanadium oxide respond to ultrafast laser pulses, a step on the road to materials that can emulate neurons for brain-inspired computing.

Recent work has proposed a boson that mediates a force between neutrons and electrons, a particle that is beyond the standard model. New measurements provide stringent bounds on its coupling strength.

New schemes based on Rydberg superatoms placed in optical cavities can be used to manipulate single photons with high efficiency.

New schemes based on Rydberg superatoms placed in optical cavities can be used to manipulate single photons with high efficiency.

Polygon-shaped mechanical resonators support mechanical modes around their perimeters with very low loss, a promising approach to nanomechanical resonator design for precision force sensing and quantum technologies.

Quantum nonlocality and contextuality are the source of improvements to machine learning algorithms enhanced by ideas from quantum physics.

A new theoretical study quantifies what it means for an ecosystem to be “coarse-grainable” and suggests that the complexity of real-world ecosystems might improve, rather than hinder, their coarse-grainability.

A mathematical proof of an emergent information speed limit among interacting bosons reveals fundamental limits on how fast quantum information can be processed in realizable systems.

A mathematical analysis classifies variants of the Sachdev-Ye-Kitaev (SYK) model for many-body fermion interactions that do not conserve probability, essential for analyzing the SYK model coupled to an environment.

X-ray scattering experiments reveal clear evidence of fractionalization of spin waves in a high-temperature superconductor, a signature of a long-predicted instability in the underlying lattice.

A new experiment on the emission spectrum of quantum dots in photonic- crystal microcavities supports a recently proposed theory of cavity quantum electrodynamics.

Experiments reveal the fundamental magnetic interactions in the magnetic topological metal TbMn6Sn6, laying a foundation for the establishment of novel physical properties in next-generation electronic devices.

A rigorous theoretical framework for describing dissipative phenomena in strong gravitational fields provides a foundation for simulations of how ultradense matter evolves in neutron star mergers.

Time-resolved measurements of electron-gas heating following excitation by a short infrared pulse reveal the underlying physical mechanisms and their universal dependence on photon energy.

By focusing on a material where charge order can be studied in isolation, experiments reveal previously unseen transitions induced by strain in quasi-2D rare-earth tritellurides.

Experiments and simulations identify the key mechanisms behind a widely observed relation between the glass transition and molecular weight, thus enabling opportunities for predictive polymer design.

Graph theory provides universal algorithms that can be used to control stochastic biological systems at any scale, from single proteins to the evolution of whole populations of organisms.

A quantum error correction protocol tailored to a specific platform—neutral Rydberg atoms—far outperforms existing general-purpose approaches to fault tolerance.

The electronic behavior of the Kondo insulator YbB${}_{12}$ under strong magnetic fields reveals a possible origin of quantum oscillations in magnetization and resistivity that suggest the development of exotic electronic states.

A metric for neural networks’ similarity, based on synaptic differences, provides accurate predictions of how novel networks function, thus identifying a key relation between structure and function.

When the heart starts to beat irregularly, mechanical contraction of the heart muscle does not simply follow electrical excitation waves but exhibits more complex disorganization.

Experiments with human colon carcinoma cells reveal how active cell traction and interfacial forces at contact boundaries push cells into a surrounding extracellular matrix.

Methods from dynamical systems and manifold learning offer a simpler, physically sound framework for evaluating and improving upon climate models.

Many optoelectronic devices rely on a material’s response to polarized light. A new analysis provides polarization-dependent selection rules for twisted bilayer graphene quantum dots.

A new approach to applying a power-law model to describe extreme events avoids traditional pitfalls and offers a more robust approach to predicting and mitigating risk.

A new type of graphene-superconductor nanodevice shows the coexistence of superconductivity and the fractional quantum Hall effect, providing a route to fault-tolerant quantum computing.

A new kind of quantum percolation phenomenon—of particles hopping on a lattice with missing sites—has implications for the effect of nonmagnetic impurities in quantum antiferromagnets and could aid the search for Majorana excitations in solid-state devices.

Experiments modeling the frictional interplay between translation and rotation at nanoscale suggest a superlow-static rotational friction state, which may benefit microscopic gears and clutches.

Observations of magnon transmission in graphene reveal a long-predicted phase transition from an antiferromagnetic state to a charge density wave state.

Quantum sensors can now detect signals of arbitrary frequencies thanks to a quantum version of frequency mixing—a widely used technique in electronics.

A demonstration of a microwave-to-optical transducer laser cooled to its quantum ground state paves the way for remotely networked superconducting quantum computers and secure communication.

Using neural networks, a theory for how biological systems encode memories in the face of static and evolving stimuli could explain why the olfactory complex and immune system use such different encoding strategies.

A computational investigation of the Mott transition in moiré materials shows strong agreement with recent experiments, opening new avenues for studies into this metal-to-insulator transition in correlated materials.

A visualization of the moiré bands in the superlattice of a twisted 2D material identifies bands useful for simulating quantum models and a curious lack of bands thought to be crucial to zero-resistance states.

Using tools from topological band theory, a new analysis reveals where the first photonic band gap in photonic crystals can be opened for every type of crystalline symmetry.

A new theory of an exotic transition from metal to insulator in a transition metal dichalcogenide moiré heterostructure brings theoretical understanding more in line with recent experiments.

Observations of electron-exciton coupling in a high-temperature superconductor offers new insight into the formation of Cooper pairs and a novel way to actively manipulate superconductivity.

Observation of a unidirectional magnetoresistance in an antiferromagnet offers a way to monitor the direction of microscopic magnetic moments in such devices, a crucial ability for future spintronics technologies.