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Charge transfer empties the flat band in 4Hb-TaS2, except at the surface Communications Physics - TaS2 can be synthesised in the 4Hb stacking, a natural heterostructure of “H" and “T"-type layers, which exhibits several unusual phenomena in its low...

Our featured article, February 2026: Charge transfer empties the flat band in 4Hb-TaS₂, except at the surface
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Quantifying biases in reconstructed brain networks Communications Physics - Network density significantly influences coefficient estimates in functional connectomes, posing challenges for consistent analysis. Here, the authors analyze multimodal...

Our featured article, February 2026: Quantifying biases in reconstructed brain networks by @comunelab.bsky.social, @manlius.bsky.social and @valedand.bsky.social
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Cavity-driven arbitrary in-plane focusing of phonon polaritons in hBN with deep-subwavelength confinement Communications Physics - In-plane confinement of phonon-polaritons (PhPs) in the mid-infrared is key for compact sensors and photonic devices, but such in-plane beam control in isotropic materials...

Our featured article, February 2026: Cavity-driven arbitrary in-plane focusing of phonon polaritons in hBN with deep-subwavelength confinement
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Anti-interference circularly polarized LiDAR for ocean detection Communications Physics - Solar background and multiple scattering degrade the profiling depth and ocean-color parameter retrieval of ocean LiDAR. Our anti-interference circularly polarized LiDAR...

Our featured article, February 2026: Anti-interference circularly polarized LiDAR for ocean detection

Reviewer of the Month, February 2026: Shinsuke Takasao is an Associate Professor at Musashino Art University, Japan. His research focuses on plasma astrophysics, particularly solar and stellar physics and star and planet formation, using numerical simulations on supercomputers.

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, ...

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Reviewer of the month, December 2025: Chengjie Xia is an Associate Professor in the School of Physics at East China Normal University. His research focuses on investigating granular assemblies using magnetic resonance imaging and employing statistical physics.

Properties of pair plasmas emerging from electromagnetic showers in matter Communications Physics - High-energy electron beams interacting with targets produce electromagnetic showers, a pathway for producing electronpositron pair plasma in the laboratory. Here, the...

Our featured article, 2026: Properties of pair plasmas emerging from electromagnetic showers in matter.
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Distribution of antiferromagnetic rare-earth domains in multiferroic Dy0.7Tb0.3FeO3 Communications Physics - Rare-earth ions are often crucial for the emergence of multiferroicity, yet their 4f-driven magnetic domain patterns remain elusive. Using optical second harmonic...

Our featured article, January 2026: Distribution of antiferromagnetic rare-earth domains in multiferroic Dy₀.₇Tb₀.₃FeO₃.
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Observational causality by states and interaction type for scientific discovery Communications Physics - Causality plays a central role in understanding interactions between variables in complex systems. Here, the authors introduce a state-aware causal inference method that...

Our featured article, January 2026: Observational causality by states and interaction type for scientific discovery.
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Coulomb-mediated single-electron heat transfer statistics across capacitively coupled silicon nanodots Communications Physics - Coulomb-mediated energy transfer enables the separation of heat and charge currents and the realization of unconventional heat-engine operations, including information heat...

Our featured article, January 2026: Coulomb-mediated single-electron heat transfer statistics across capacitively coupled silicon nanodots.
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Anderson transition symmetries at the band-edge of a correlated Sn/Si monolayer Communications Physics - Multifractality occurs in the local density of states (LDOS) in disordered electronic systems near a metal-insulator transition, and despite an abundance of theoretical...

Our featured article, November 2025: Anderson transition symmetries at the band-edge of a correlated Sn/Si monolayer
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High-dimensional quantum key distribution with Qubit-like states Communications Physics - High dimensional quantum key distribution (QKD) systems will allow for higher key generation rate, but with added complexity for creating and detecting high dimensional...

Our featured article, November 2025: High-dimensional quantum key distribution with Qubit-like states
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Reconfigurable and active time-reversal metasurface turns walls into sound routers Communications Physics - Controlling how sound travels in noisy or echo-filled spaces is a long-standing challenge. The authors show that walls covered with programmable acoustic elements can...

Our featured article, November 2025: Reconfigurable and active time-reversal metasurface turns walls into sound routers
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Women in Quantum In the International Year of Quantum Science and Technology (QST) 2025, this collection intends to promote awareness of these challenges and showcase ...

In the International Year of Quantum Science and Technology (QST) 2025, this collection highlights the voices of leading women shaping the field — from academia to industry — as they share their passion, challenges, and vision for the future of QST.
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Women in Quantum: an interview with Ilana Wisby Communications Physics - Dr. Ilana Wisby is a deep tech entrepreneur and advisor, known for her pioneering leadership in quantum computing and emotionally intelligent organisations. As founding CEO...

Women in Quantum: an interview with Ilana Wisby
As founding CEO of Oxford Quantum Circuits (OQC), she helped shape Europe’s quantum landscape, championed love-based leadership, and is now building a new venture in stealth.
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Data show that the presence of women in quantum science is affected by a number of detriments and their percentage decreases even further for higher positions. It is time for a real change that calls for a different kind of force and for the participation of everyone.
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Reviewer of the month: Breanna Binder is an Associate Professor at the California State Polytechnic University, Pomona. She is interested in characterizing high-mass X-ray binary populations in nearby galaxies, using them as tracers of star formation and endpoints of massive stellar evolution.

Welcoming Sophie Roman and Brato Chakrabarti to our Editorial Board. They bring expertise in flow microdynamics, geochemistry, biophysics, and soft and active matter.

Predicting fracture in disordered network materials using the local intelligent stress threshold indicator Communications Physics - Network glass fracture is a sudden, complex process lacking clear precursors. Here, the authors develop the local intelligent stress threshold indicator (LISTI), a neural...

Our featured article, September 2025: Predicting fracture in disordered network materials using the local intelligent stress threshold indicator.
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Emergent Wigner phases in moiré superlattice from deep learning Communications Physics - In this work the authors employ neural network wavefunctions to discover correlated electron phases in moiré superlattices. Their approach identifies multiple emergent...

Our featured article, September 2025: Emergent Wigner phases in moiré superlattice from deep learning.
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Highly efficient broadband THz mixing and upconversion with Dirac materials Communications Physics - Technologies operating in the terahertz (THz) range are essential for advancing high-speed communication, sensing and imaging. Here, the authors demonstrate that a...

Our featured article, September 2025: Highly efficient broadband THz mixing and upconversion with Dirac materials.
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Hybridization of lattice and charge order excitations in a superconducting cuprate Communications Physics - This work reports on high-resolution inelastic X-ray scattering experiments revealing a striking renormalization of the phonon spectra of high-Tc cuprates associated with...

Our featured article, September 2025: Hybridization of lattice and charge order excitations in a superconducting cuprate.
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Dominik Juraschek is our Outstanding Reviewer for October 2025. He is an Assistant Professor of Applied Physics at the Eindhoven University of Technology. His research lies at the interface of theoretical condensed matter physics and computational materials science.

Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2025 The 2025 Nobel Prize in Chemistry has been awarded to Susumu Kitagawa, Richard Robson and Omar M. Yaghi “for the development of metal–organic frameworks.”

The 2025 Nobel Prize in Chemistry has been awarded to Susumu Kitagawa, Richard Robson and Omar M. Yaghi “for the development of metal–organic frameworks.” Nature Portfolio recognises the achievements of the Laureates in this collection.
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Nobel Prize in Physics 2025 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 ...

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 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 YouTube video by Nobel Prize

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

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, ...

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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Bacterial physiology and self-organization through the lens of physics This Collection aims to bring together research from diverse aspects of physical biology, focusing on the interplay of physical laws and bacterial behaviour ...

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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