Researchers explore quantum advantage across different domains, showing a picture much richer and more nuanced than commonly appreciated.

Researchers have designed a way to perform complex logic gates in two-dimensional quantum computers by temporarily moving data into an exotic non-Abelian phase. This method provides a path toward large-scale, fault-tolerant quantum computation.

ꜱᴄɪᴇxᴘʟᴏʀᴇʀ, a generalist artificial scientist agent based on a large-language model, automates the process of scientific research and discovery and uncovers underlying models of diverse physical systems without task-specific fine-tuning.

External electric fields can be used to control sliding resistance in layered materials, providing a way to control friction in some systems.

Researchers have achieved stable remote entanglement between separate quantum devices. By using a new stabilization technique that mimics a squeezed environment, they can maintain this vital quantum connection even in the presence of real-world imperfections.

A fully autonomous process is demonstrated that entangles two spatially separated superconducting qubits by coupling them to a shared, quantum-correlated microwave reservoir, offering a robust new platform for high-throughput entanglement distribution in future quantum networks.

The ability of a fabric to be knitted into a textile can be determined on the basis of the topology of its pattern.

Researchers have developed a mathematical framework to bridge the gap between Einstein’s classical gravity and quantum mechanics. Their theory allows matter to remain quantum while space-time stays classical, offering a way to test if space and time truly require a quantum explanation.

Angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy of bilayer nickelate thin films reveals that the out-of-plane nickel orbital band shifts with strain and doping but is not required at the Fermi level for superconductivity.

Pump-probe modulation spectroscopy of a MoTe${}_2$ bilayer superlattice reveals an out-of-plane antiferromagnetic response, providing experimental signatures of a putative fractional topological insulator state.

The analog Floquet solver incorporates Floquet amplitude modulations to help it escape local minima, significantly improving the accuracy of parametric oscillator-based Ising machines in solving optimization problems.

Special clock transitions in heavy polar molecules have been engineered to probe physics beyond the standard model, suppressing disruptive electromagnetic noise by orders of magnitude while preserving high sensitivity.

A theoretical data-analysis tool resolves the chaotic interpretation of nonlinear electronic transport data, providing a structured method to extract quantum geometric properties from realistic materials.

A first-principles approach helps explain energy transfer from 3D wave excitation to 2D structures in rotating turbulent flow.

Using statistical physics and random matrix theory, researchers derive the generalization error of a deep fully connected neural network and uncover the mechanisms governing its behavior as feature learning progressively propagates across layers.

A path-inference framework quantifies data resolution limits that render distinct stochastic models empirically indistinguishable and offers guidelines for designing experimental measurements that maximize information extraction.

Angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy of superconducting bilayer nickelate thin films reveals an intrinsic three-dimensional electronic structure and a strong-coupling pairing regime on the $d_{z^2}$ orbital band.

Theoretical and experimental mapping of monolayer TaIrTe${}_4$ reveals a rich landscape of interaction-driven topological phases on a single naturally layered crystal—no moiré engineering required.

Researchers integrate molecular spins with mechanical readout to detect nanotesla magnetic fields and resolve local nuclear spectra.

Researchers analytically calculate the spectral form factor up to second order in time for chaotic many-body systems across all Dyson symmetry classes.

Extension of the Bethe-Salpeter equation to open quantum systems predicts that engineered photonic environments induce exceptional points in the excitonic spectra of transition-metal dichalcogenides, providing a pathway for non-Hermitian quantum devices with controllable optical and valleytronic properties.

A powerful method allows hard to measure properties like viscosity and surface tension to be determined from a single, high-speed snapshot.

The electron cooling of highly charged ions (HCI) in a Penning trap, as well as the deceleration and trapping of accelerator-produced HCI, has been demonstrated at the HITRAP facility, paving the way for unprecedented precision experiments in QED, materials science, and astrophysics.

A general framework unravels path dependencies across a wide range of driven complex materials.

A physics-constrained design framework may aid the search for lightweight but resilient material.

The relationship between the dimensionality of a network’s structure and its dynamics is investigated, showing that networks with low-dimensional structures can produce either high- or low-dimensional responses.

A classification framework based on differential geometry introduces geodesic and torsional scalar spin chiralities, revealing a quantum geometric effect that modifies electron equations of motion in complex magnetic textures.

Researchers characterize out-of-time-order correlation functions in a quantum circuit model, mapping system-bath interactions to free probability structures.

Researchers prove that the quantum geometric tensor completely dictates pure-state asymptotic conversion rates under any compact Lie group symmetry.

A large stress generated by a small tip drives a reaction between two materials in an 2D encapsulated space to produce a new material with interesting electronic properties that can be written into patterns as small as 50 nm.

Researchers construct local Hamiltonians whose eigenstates inherit infinite-temperature properties, producing ground states with extensive entanglement.

Resonant inelastic x-ray scattering measurements reveal propagating plasmons in the low-valence nickelate Pr${}_4$Ni${}_3$O${}_8$ with dynamics distinct from those of cuprate superconductors.

An algorithm for simulating the rigidity percolation transition, based on novel theoretical results, overcomes previous size limitations and enables the highly precise characterization of its universality classes, shedding new light on rigidity transitions in amorphous systems.

Uniaxial strain applied to the hexagonal altermagnet $\alpha \text{-MnTe}$ isolates a single magnetic domain, revealing a sharp anomalous Hall effect and a sign reversal driven by modifications to the electronic Berry curvature.

Analysis of Hubbard model simulations reveals that a maximum in the isothermal compressibility marks the pseudogap boundary, driven by spin-density-wave precursor bands crossing the zero-frequency level.

Thermal degradation in MgAgSb thermoelectric material can be reversed with low-temperature annealing.

Direct observations of the birth and growth of polycrystalline colloidal crystals clarify the role of grain formation, a key aspect in understanding and tuning the properties of polycrystalline materials.

Researchers introduce a framework that infers quantum dynamics and error bounds from experimental data to validate large-scale quantum simulations.

A unified classification framework based on spin space group symmetry predicts a coplanar even-wave magnetic phase where electronic band spin polarization varies continuously and can vanish without band degeneracy.

A comprehensive symmetry-based classification identifies 12 fundamentally distinct types of crystal structures across five polar and five chiral categories, providing a complete taxonomy to predict and engineer next-generation multifunctional materials.

Metallic layers placed near magic-angle graphene suppress Coulomb interactions and reveal that its superconductivity is driven by electronic interactions rather than conventional atomic vibrations.

A previously unrecognized governing principle helps to explain the stable electrical properties in some ferroelectric materials like hafnium oxide.

Researchers demonstrate that thermal first-order phase transitions require a generalization of the eigenstate thermalization hypothesis, leading to the coexistence of distinct eigenstate classes and Schrödinger-cat-like states.

Topological analysis of real-space electronic textures in nonidealized moiré systems establishes a robust band index and maps wave functions onto a texturally derived fictitious magnetic field.

A low-scaling auxiliary-field quantum Monte Carlo method enables accurate simulations of real quantum materials, bridging the gap between benchmark many-body models and complex solid-state systems.

Precision spectroscopy of giant ytterbium Rydberg molecules provides a powerful new window into fundamental atomic properties, laying essential groundwork for future experiments with divalent atoms.

Observations of collective hopping in superionic agryodites improves the microscopic understanding of transport in these materials.

Researchers generate large-amplitude optical cat states in free space, establishing a vital building block for fault-tolerant quantum computing.

A combination of theoretical approaches bridges the gap between complex quantum wave functions and the classical picture of electron positions for molecules and solids.

Spontaneous degradation of an Mg${}_3$(Sb,Bi)${}_2$ thermoelectric demonstrates intrinsic defect relaxations rather than external stimuli can govern long-timescale property evolution.

Researchers provide a computational method for bounding the correlations arising in a multitude of quantum information problems.

Researchers demonstrate coherent quantum routers on a superconducting processor to realize resilient routing for quantum memories.

A model-free method that infers irreversibility directly from single-molecule position recordings offers a versatile and accessible tool to characterize the nonequilibrium behavior of small, time-dependent, continuous systems.

Researchers develop an algorithm that prepares many-body quantum thermal states accurately by combining bath resetting and modulated coupling.

Femtosecond time-resolved photoemission orbital tomography tracks photoelectron profiles to reconstruct the real-space distribution and internal quantum phase of excitons in an organic semiconductor.

Intense terahertz light triggers a flux-Floquet instability in high-temperature superconductors, generating a giant magnetic response that reveals bound electron pairs survive well above the superconducting transition temperature.

Researchers develop low-depth quantum symmetrization algorithms that enable efficient bosonic simulations, low-depth Dicke state preparation, and multiphoton interferometric imaging.

Researchers demonstrate a gauge-independent entanglement certification method based on noncontextuality inequalities that detects entangled states without requiring prior measurement device characterization.

Researchers observe the transverse polarization of the charmed baryon ${\mathrm{\Lambda }}_c^{+}$ in electron-positron annihilations using the BESIII detector.

A Monte Carlo postprocessing method called blurred sampling eliminates infinite variance and systematic bias in variational quantum many-body simulations.

An asymmetric platinum interface enables noncollinear spin-orbit filtering, breaking bulk symmetry constraints to generate out-of-plane spin currents for field-free magnetization switching.

Characterizing living systems far from the thermodynamic limit can yield insight into the physics of nonreciprocity and biological self-organization.

Researchers develop a quantum circuit framework for extended Wigner’s friend scenarios, resolving logical paradoxes by tracking Heisenberg cuts.

Researchers develop a theoretical framework showing that quantum systems permanently retain a memory of their initial state and early dynamics, in defiance of classical expectations.

Revealing concealed ionic local moments in kagome superconductors reflects strong local correlations.

A semiclassical framework models quantum quadrupoles as biaxial tensors, showing how angular-momentum-dependent geometries dictate generalized nematic phases and quadrupolar spin liquids in frustrated magnets.

A theoretical surface spin-group framework demonstrates that surface symmetry breaking in conventional antiferromagnets naturally induces two-dimensional altermagnetism across more than 150 candidate materials.

Combining experiments on actin filaments with numerical simulations, a previously unknown transition from reversible motion to intermittent, noise-driven chaos in single semiflexible filaments under periodic shear is unveiled.

Active dissipation control via a feedback loop overcomes intrinsic magnetic losses, achieving strong coupling among photons, magnons, and phonons in cavity magnomechanics.

Surface deformation of the kagome lattice in ${\text{Co}}_3{\text{Sn}}_2{\text{S}}_2$ flattens saddle points into a higher-order Van Hove singularity, triggering a $d$-wave Pomeranchuk instability and nematic states.

Analysis of a frustrated pyrochlore spin model demonstrates that thermal fluctuations and parameter-dependent symmetries suppress conventional order to stabilize a magnetic nematic phase.