Nature PhysicsPub Date : 2025-10-13DOI: 10.1038/s41567-025-03061-x
Mark Buchanan
{"title":"Twenty years of physics in motion","authors":"Mark Buchanan","doi":"10.1038/s41567-025-03061-x","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s41567-025-03061-x","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":19100,"journal":{"name":"Nature Physics","volume":"21 10","pages":"1507-1507"},"PeriodicalIF":18.4,"publicationDate":"2025-10-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145284993","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Nature PhysicsPub Date : 2025-10-13DOI: 10.1038/s41567-025-03058-6
Richard J. C. Brown, Juris Meija
{"title":"A vowel for the volt","authors":"Richard J. C. Brown, Juris Meija","doi":"10.1038/s41567-025-03058-6","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s41567-025-03058-6","url":null,"abstract":"Names of measurement units often honour notable scientists and are seemingly immune to change. Richard Brown and Juris Meija explore the legacy of this tradition.","PeriodicalId":19100,"journal":{"name":"Nature Physics","volume":"21 10","pages":"1679-1679"},"PeriodicalIF":18.4,"publicationDate":"2025-10-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145284983","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The first eight","authors":"Bart Verberck, Elizaveta Dubrovina, Debarchan Das, Lishu Wu, Leonardo Benini, Richard Brierley, Stefanie Reichert, Sonal Mistry","doi":"10.1038/s41567-025-03059-5","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s41567-025-03059-5","url":null,"abstract":"In our very first issue we published eight research papers, on topics ranging from condensed matter physics to atom interferometry. Two decades on, we look back at those works and hear from their authors.","PeriodicalId":19100,"journal":{"name":"Nature Physics","volume":"21 10","pages":"1508-1511"},"PeriodicalIF":18.4,"publicationDate":"2025-10-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145284994","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Nature PhysicsPub Date : 2025-10-13DOI: 10.1038/s41567-025-03076-4
{"title":"Still going strong","authors":"","doi":"10.1038/s41567-025-03076-4","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s41567-025-03076-4","url":null,"abstract":"Two decades ago this month, Nature Physics published its first issue. We reflect on the past and look into the future.","PeriodicalId":19100,"journal":{"name":"Nature Physics","volume":"21 10","pages":"1499-1499"},"PeriodicalIF":18.4,"publicationDate":"2025-10-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.nature.comhttps://www.nature.com/articles/s41567-025-03076-4.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145284999","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Nature PhysicsPub Date : 2025-10-09DOI: 10.1038/s41567-025-03014-4
Iris Ruider, Kristian Thijssen, Daphné Raphaëlle Vannier, Valentina Paloschi, Alfredo Sciortino, Amin Doostmohammadi, Andreas R. Bausch
{"title":"Strings and topological defects govern ordering kinetics in endothelial cell layers","authors":"Iris Ruider, Kristian Thijssen, Daphné Raphaëlle Vannier, Valentina Paloschi, Alfredo Sciortino, Amin Doostmohammadi, Andreas R. Bausch","doi":"10.1038/s41567-025-03014-4","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s41567-025-03014-4","url":null,"abstract":"Many physiological processes, such as the shear flow alignment of endothelial cells in the vasculature, depend on the transition of cell layers between disordered and ordered phases. Here we demonstrate that such a transition is driven by the non-monotonic evolution of nematic topological defects in a layer of endothelial cells and the emergence of string excitations that bind the defects together. This suggests the existence of an intermediate phase of ordering kinetics in biological matter. We use time-resolved large-scale imaging and physical modelling to analyse the non-monotonic decrease in the number of defect pairs. The interaction of the intrinsic cell layer activity and the alignment field determines the occurrence of defect domains, which defines the nature of the transition. Defect pair annihilation is mediated by string excitations spanning multicellular scales within the cell layer. Our results, therefore, suggest a mechanism by which intermediate ordering and string excitation might contribute to regulating morphogenetic movements and tissue remodelling in vivo. Imposing shear flow on a cell layer induces an ordering transition. Now it is shown that an intermediate phase of ordering occurs driven by an interplay between cellular activity and the aligning field.","PeriodicalId":19100,"journal":{"name":"Nature Physics","volume":"21 10","pages":"1629-1637"},"PeriodicalIF":18.4,"publicationDate":"2025-10-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.nature.comhttps://www.nature.com/articles/s41567-025-03014-4.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145285000","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Nature PhysicsPub Date : 2025-10-06DOI: 10.1038/s41567-025-03042-0
Bartosz Naskręcki, Ken Ono
{"title":"Mathematical discovery in the age of artificial intelligence","authors":"Bartosz Naskręcki, Ken Ono","doi":"10.1038/s41567-025-03042-0","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s41567-025-03042-0","url":null,"abstract":"In this comment, we consider how artificial intelligence tools are reshaping the way mathematical research is conducted and discuss how future developments of this technology will transform mathematical practice.","PeriodicalId":19100,"journal":{"name":"Nature Physics","volume":"21 10","pages":"1504-1506"},"PeriodicalIF":18.4,"publicationDate":"2025-10-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145284987","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Nature PhysicsPub Date : 2025-10-06DOI: 10.1038/s41567-025-03044-y
Nathalie de Leon
{"title":"How to build a long-lived qubit","authors":"Nathalie de Leon","doi":"10.1038/s41567-025-03044-y","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s41567-025-03044-y","url":null,"abstract":"Improvements in qubit performance are essential for the development of large-scale quantum computing devices. Sustained progress requires a broad approach combining physics, materials science, and engineering mindsets.","PeriodicalId":19100,"journal":{"name":"Nature Physics","volume":"21 10","pages":"1500-1503"},"PeriodicalIF":18.4,"publicationDate":"2025-10-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145285001","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Nature PhysicsPub Date : 2025-10-02DOI: 10.1038/s41567-025-03038-w
Michael K. Fix
{"title":"Radioactive ion beams for radiotherapy","authors":"Michael K. Fix","doi":"10.1038/s41567-025-03038-w","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s41567-025-03038-w","url":null,"abstract":"Radiotherapy with charged particles is highly sensitive to uncertainties in their range. Now, radioactive ion beams offer increased precision and real-time imaging for tumour control while maintaining low toxicity to organs at risk.","PeriodicalId":19100,"journal":{"name":"Nature Physics","volume":"21 10","pages":"1526-1527"},"PeriodicalIF":18.4,"publicationDate":"2025-10-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145284996","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Nature PhysicsPub Date : 2025-10-02DOI: 10.1038/s41567-025-03043-z
Ilya Starshynov
{"title":"Scattered waves reveal hidden objects","authors":"Ilya Starshynov","doi":"10.1038/s41567-025-03043-z","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s41567-025-03043-z","url":null,"abstract":"Imaging through opaque media is challenging. But through the chaos it is possible to discern unique fingerprints of the objects hidden within.","PeriodicalId":19100,"journal":{"name":"Nature Physics","volume":"21 10","pages":"1522-1523"},"PeriodicalIF":18.4,"publicationDate":"2025-10-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145284985","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Nature PhysicsPub Date : 2025-10-02DOI: 10.1038/s41567-025-03016-2
Arthur Le Ber, Antton Goïcoechea, Lukas M. Rachbauer, William Lambert, Xiaoping Jia, Mathias Fink, Arnaud Tourin, Stefan Rotter, Alexandre Aubry
{"title":"Detection and characterization of targets in complex media using fingerprint matrices","authors":"Arthur Le Ber, Antton Goïcoechea, Lukas M. Rachbauer, William Lambert, Xiaoping Jia, Mathias Fink, Arnaud Tourin, Stefan Rotter, Alexandre Aubry","doi":"10.1038/s41567-025-03016-2","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s41567-025-03016-2","url":null,"abstract":"When waves propagate through a complex medium, they undergo several scattering events. This phenomenon is detrimental to imaging, as it causes full blurring of the image. Here we describe a method for detecting, localizing and characterizing any scattering target embedded in a complex medium. We introduce a fingerprint operator that contains the specific signature of the target with respect to its environment. When applied to the recorded reflection matrix, it provides a likelihood index of the target state. This state can be the position of the target for localization purposes, its shape for characterization or any other parameter that influences its response. We demonstrate the versatility of our method by performing proof-of-concept ultrasound experiments on elastic spheres buried inside a strongly scattering granular suspension and on lesion markers, which are commonly used to monitor breast tumours, embedded in a foam mimicking soft tissue. Furthermore, we show how the fingerprint operator can be leveraged to characterize the complex medium itself by mapping the fibre architecture within muscle tissue. Our method is broadly applicable to different types of waves beyond ultrasound for which multi-element technology allows a reflection matrix to be measured. Imaging through complex media is challenging because scattering results in image blurring. By introducing a fingerprint operator and applying it to the measured reflection matrix, information on a target within a complex medium becomes accessible.","PeriodicalId":19100,"journal":{"name":"Nature Physics","volume":"21 10","pages":"1609-1615"},"PeriodicalIF":18.4,"publicationDate":"2025-10-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145284990","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}