Nature PhysicsPub Date : 2025-09-05DOI: 10.1038/s41567-025-03054-w
Hilel Hagai Diamandi, Yizhi Luo, David Mason, Tevfik Bulent Kanmaz, Sayan Ghosh, Margaret Pavlovich, Taekwan Yoon, Ryan Behunin, Shruti Puri, Jack G. E. Harris, Peter T. Rakich
{"title":"Publisher Correction: Optomechanical control of long-lived bulk acoustic phonons in the quantum regime","authors":"Hilel Hagai Diamandi, Yizhi Luo, David Mason, Tevfik Bulent Kanmaz, Sayan Ghosh, Margaret Pavlovich, Taekwan Yoon, Ryan Behunin, Shruti Puri, Jack G. E. Harris, Peter T. Rakich","doi":"10.1038/s41567-025-03054-w","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s41567-025-03054-w","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":19100,"journal":{"name":"Nature Physics","volume":"21 9","pages":"1497-1497"},"PeriodicalIF":18.4,"publicationDate":"2025-09-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.nature.comhttps://www.nature.com/articles/s41567-025-03054-w.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145002901","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 : 2025-09-05DOI: 10.1038/s41567-025-03023-3
Mengzhu Shi, Di Peng, Kaibao Fan, Zhenfang Xing, Shaohua Yang, Yuzhu Wang, Houpu Li, Rongqi Wu, Mei Du, Binghui Ge, Zhidan Zeng, Qiaoshi Zeng, Jianjun Ying, Tao Wu, Xianhui Chen
{"title":"Pressure induced superconductivity in hybrid Ruddlesden‒Popper La5Ni3O11 single crystals","authors":"Mengzhu Shi, Di Peng, Kaibao Fan, Zhenfang Xing, Shaohua Yang, Yuzhu Wang, Houpu Li, Rongqi Wu, Mei Du, Binghui Ge, Zhidan Zeng, Qiaoshi Zeng, Jianjun Ying, Tao Wu, Xianhui Chen","doi":"10.1038/s41567-025-03023-3","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1038/s41567-025-03023-3","url":null,"abstract":"<p>The discovery of high-temperature superconductivity under high pressure in Ruddlesden–Popper phase nickelates has captured notable attention in the condensed matter physics community. Here we report superconductivity in a distinct hybrid nickelate, La<sub>5</sub>Ni<sub>3</sub>O<sub>11</sub>, formed by alternating stacks of La<sub>3</sub>Ni<sub>2</sub>O<sub>7</sub> and La<sub>2</sub>NiO<sub>4</sub> layers. This nickelate also exhibits a density-wave transition at approximately 170 K near ambient pressure. With increasing pressure, this density-wave transition shifts to higher temperatures and abruptly disappears around 12 GPa, followed by the emergence of superconductivity, indicating a first-order phase transition. But the optimal superconductivity with large superconducting volume fraction is observed at approximately 21 GPa with <span>({T}_{{rm{c}}}^{{;rm{zero}}})</span> = 54 K. High-pressure X-ray diffraction experiments reveal a structural phase transition from an orthorhombic structure to a tetragonal structure at lower pressure. Notably, this structural change has minimal impact on the density-wave or superconducting phases, suggesting a limited role of lattice degrees of freedom in this material. These findings establish La<sub>5</sub>Ni<sub>3</sub>O<sub>11</sub> as a new superconducting member of the Ruddlesden–Popper nickelate family and offer valuable insights into the interplay between structure, electronic order and superconductivity in hybrid nickelates.</p>","PeriodicalId":19100,"journal":{"name":"Nature Physics","volume":"128 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":19.6,"publicationDate":"2025-09-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144995522","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 : 2025-09-04DOI: 10.1038/s41567-025-03003-7
Subham Biswas, Rahul Grover, Cordula Reuther, Chetan S. Poojari, Reza Shaebani, Shweta Nandakumar, Mona Grünewald, Amir Zablotsky, Jochen S. Hub, Stefan Diez, Karin John, Laura Schaedel
{"title":"Tau accelerates tubulin exchange in the microtubule lattice","authors":"Subham Biswas, Rahul Grover, Cordula Reuther, Chetan S. Poojari, Reza Shaebani, Shweta Nandakumar, Mona Grünewald, Amir Zablotsky, Jochen S. Hub, Stefan Diez, Karin John, Laura Schaedel","doi":"10.1038/s41567-025-03003-7","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1038/s41567-025-03003-7","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Microtubules are cytoskeletal filaments characterized by dynamic instability at their tips and a dynamic lattice that undergoes continuous tubulin loss and incorporation. Tau, a neuronal microtubule-associated protein, is well known for its role in stabilizing microtubule tips and promoting microtubule bundling. Here we demonstrate that tau also modulates microtubule lattice dynamics. Although tau lacks enzymatic activity, it significantly accelerates tubulin exchange within the lattice, particularly at topological defect sites. Our findings indicate that tau enhances lattice anisotropy by stabilizing longitudinal tubulin–tubulin interactions while destabilizing lateral ones, thereby enhancing the mobility and annihilation of lattice defects. These results challenge the traditional view of tau as merely a passive stabilizer, revealing its active role in dynamically remodelling the microtubule lattice structure.</p>","PeriodicalId":19100,"journal":{"name":"Nature Physics","volume":"61 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":19.6,"publicationDate":"2025-09-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144983375","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 : 2025-09-04DOI: 10.1038/s41567-025-03029-x
{"title":"The origin of the axial Higgs is a hidden ferroaxial electronic density wave","authors":"","doi":"10.1038/s41567-025-03029-x","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1038/s41567-025-03029-x","url":null,"abstract":"Experiments that probe the spontaneously broken symmetries in rare-earth tritellurides have revealed a previously hidden ferroaxial density wave arising from intertwined charge and orbital order, which is observed to produce the axial Higgs mode.","PeriodicalId":19100,"journal":{"name":"Nature Physics","volume":"304 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":19.6,"publicationDate":"2025-09-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144995523","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 : 2025-09-03DOI: 10.1038/s41567-025-02994-7
Vivek Maradia, Benjamin Clasie, Emma Snively, Katia Parodi, Marco Schwarz, Marco Durante
{"title":"Accelerator technologies for proton and ion beam therapy","authors":"Vivek Maradia, Benjamin Clasie, Emma Snively, Katia Parodi, Marco Schwarz, Marco Durante","doi":"10.1038/s41567-025-02994-7","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s41567-025-02994-7","url":null,"abstract":"Over the past 75 years, proton beam therapy has emerged as a promising modality for cancer treatment, boasting precise targeting and reduced collateral damage to healthy tissue. Here we discuss the evolution of accelerator technology in proton therapy, examining advancements in cyclotron, synchrotron and linear accelerator technology, and their implications for modern treatment delivery. Additionally, we explore advances in delivering accelerated carbon or helium ions for therapeutic treatments. We also discuss the integration of advanced imaging modalities, such as multienergy X-ray, magnetic resonance imaging and ion-based imaging, for real-time monitoring and adaptive radiotherapy. These advancements position particle therapy to offer personalized and effective cancer treatment strategies, heralding improved patient outcomes. Proton and heavy-ion beam therapies are promising approaches for cancer treatment. This Review discusses the accelerator technologies that enable these therapies.","PeriodicalId":19100,"journal":{"name":"Nature Physics","volume":"21 9","pages":"1363-1373"},"PeriodicalIF":18.4,"publicationDate":"2025-09-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144930479","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 : 2025-09-01DOI: 10.1038/s41567-025-03020-6
Sang Hyun Lee, Marcel Moura, Shreya Srivastava, Cara Santelli, Peter K. Kang
{"title":"Filamentous fungi control multiphase flow and fluid distribution in porous media","authors":"Sang Hyun Lee, Marcel Moura, Shreya Srivastava, Cara Santelli, Peter K. Kang","doi":"10.1038/s41567-025-03020-6","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1038/s41567-025-03020-6","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Filamentous fungi play crucial roles in global carbon and nutrient cycling, soil carbon sequestration, agricultural soil management, contaminant fate and transport, biofouling of engineered materials and human health. Although these processes typically involve multiple fluid phases in porous media, the mechanisms by which fungi regulate fluid flow remain poorly understood, limiting our ability to predict and harness fungus-mediated processes. The complexity and opacity of porous media further obscure our understanding of how fungi influence fluid flow and distribution. Here we explore the impact of filamentous fungi on multiphase flow and fluid redistribution using a dual-porosity microfluidic chip, featuring a flow channel embedded within tight porous media. Our pore-scale visualizations show that filamentous fungi can actively induce multiphase flow and mobilize trapped fluid phases in porous media through localized clogging and hyphal-induced pore invasion, enhancing the oil–water interfacial area and redistribution of fluid phases. This study reveals the mechanisms by which filamentous fungi modulate fluid flow and distribution, offering insights into harnessing fungal processes to enhance applications such as bioremediation and carbon sequestration.</p>","PeriodicalId":19100,"journal":{"name":"Nature Physics","volume":"18 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":19.6,"publicationDate":"2025-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144924092","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 : 2025-09-01DOI: 10.1038/s41567-025-03008-2
Birender Singh, Grant McNamara, Kyung-Mo Kim, Saif Siddique, Stephen D. Funni, Weizhe Zhang, Xiangpeng Luo, Piyush Sakrikar, Eric M. Kenney, Ratnadwip Singha, Sergey Alekseev, Sayed Ali Akbar Ghorashi, Thomas J. Hicken, Christopher Baines, Hubertus Luetkens, Yiping Wang, Vincent M. Plisson, Michael Geiwitz, Connor A. Occhialini, Riccardo Comin, Michael J. Graf, Liuyan Zhao, Jennifer Cano, Rafael M. Fernandes, Judy J. Cha, Leslie M. Schoop, Kenneth S. Burch
{"title":"Ferroaxial density wave from intertwined charge and orbital order in rare-earth tritellurides","authors":"Birender Singh, Grant McNamara, Kyung-Mo Kim, Saif Siddique, Stephen D. Funni, Weizhe Zhang, Xiangpeng Luo, Piyush Sakrikar, Eric M. Kenney, Ratnadwip Singha, Sergey Alekseev, Sayed Ali Akbar Ghorashi, Thomas J. Hicken, Christopher Baines, Hubertus Luetkens, Yiping Wang, Vincent M. Plisson, Michael Geiwitz, Connor A. Occhialini, Riccardo Comin, Michael J. Graf, Liuyan Zhao, Jennifer Cano, Rafael M. Fernandes, Judy J. Cha, Leslie M. Schoop, Kenneth S. Burch","doi":"10.1038/s41567-025-03008-2","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1038/s41567-025-03008-2","url":null,"abstract":"<p>The discovery of the axial amplitude mode—commonly referred to as the Higgs mode—in charge density wave systems, such as rare-earth tritellurides, indicates the presence of a hidden order. A theoretical study proposed that this axial Higgs mode arises from a hidden orbital texture of the charge density wave, which produces a ferroaxial charge order. However, experimental evidence for the specific hidden order has been lacking. Here, we demonstrate a ferroaxial order of electronic origin throughout the rare-earth tritellurides. In ErTe<sub>3</sub> and HoTe<sub>3</sub>, which exhibit two distinct charge density waves with different ordering temperatures, a detailed investigation shows that the high-temperature charge order phase breaks translational, rotational and all vertical as well as diagonal mirror symmetries. Furthermore, this phase produces an axial Higgs mode and an axial electronic gap. By contrast, the low-temperature phase breaks only translational symmetry and gives rise to a scalar Higgs mode. Notably, both phases preserve the space inversion and time-reversal symmetries. These findings are consistent with a ferroaxial phase driven by coupled orbital and charge orders, highlighting the role of Higgs modes in revealing hidden orders in systems with intertwined charge density waves.</p>","PeriodicalId":19100,"journal":{"name":"Nature Physics","volume":"13 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":19.6,"publicationDate":"2025-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144924091","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 : 2025-08-28DOI: 10.1038/s41567-025-02984-9
{"title":"How squeezed cells remember their shape to migrate efficiently","authors":"","doi":"10.1038/s41567-025-02984-9","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s41567-025-02984-9","url":null,"abstract":"Cells migrating through narrow spaces in their environment undergo repeated shape changes to pass through tight constrictions. Epithelial cells retain a memory of past confinement, allowing them to maintain a polarized, compact morphology that enhances future migration through narrow gaps. This memory is mechanically encoded in the actin cortex.","PeriodicalId":19100,"journal":{"name":"Nature Physics","volume":"21 9","pages":"1359-1360"},"PeriodicalIF":18.4,"publicationDate":"2025-08-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144910869","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 : 2025-08-27DOI: 10.1038/s41567-025-02995-6
X. Wen, Q. Ma, A. Mannino, M. Fernandez-Serra, S. Shen, G. Catalan
{"title":"Flexoelectricity and surface ferroelectricity of water ice","authors":"X. Wen, Q. Ma, A. Mannino, M. Fernandez-Serra, S. Shen, G. Catalan","doi":"10.1038/s41567-025-02995-6","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1038/s41567-025-02995-6","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Frozen water at ambient pressure—common ice, also known as hexagonal Ih ice—is a non-polar material, even though individual water molecules are polar. Consequently, ice is not piezoelectric and cannot generate electricity under pressure. However, it may in principle generate electricity under bending, because the coupling between polarization and strain gradient (flexoelectricity) is always allowed by symmetry. Here we measure the flexoelectricity of ice and find it to be comparable to that of benchmark electroceramics such as TiO<sub>2</sub> and SrTiO<sub>3</sub>. Moreover, the sensitivity of flexoelectric measurements to surface boundary conditions has revealed a ferroelectric phase transition around 160 K confined within the near-surface region of the ice slabs. Beyond potential applications in low-cost transducers made in situ in cold locations, these findings have profound consequences for our understanding of natural phenomena involving ice: our calculations of the flexoelectric charge density generated in ice–graupel collisions inside thunderstorm clouds compare favourably to the experimental charge transferred in such events, suggesting a possible participation of ice flexoelectricity in the generation of lightning.</p>","PeriodicalId":19100,"journal":{"name":"Nature Physics","volume":"13 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":19.6,"publicationDate":"2025-08-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144905906","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":"Realization of an untrusted intermediate relay architecture using a quantum dot single-photon source","authors":"Mi Zou, Yu-Ming He, Yizhi Huang, Jun-Yi Zhao, Bin-Chen Li, Yong-Peng Guo, Xing Ding, Mo-Chi Xu, Run-Ze Liu, Geng-Yan Zou, Zhen Ning, Xiang You, Hui Wang, Wen-Xin Pan, Hao-Tao Zhu, Ming-Yang Zheng, Xiu-Ping Xie, Dandan Qin, Xiao Jiang, Yong-Heng Huo, Qiang Zhang, Chao-Yang Lu, Xiongfeng Ma, Teng-Yun Chen, Jian-Wei Pan","doi":"10.1038/s41567-025-03005-5","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1038/s41567-025-03005-5","url":null,"abstract":"<p>To fully exploit the potential of quantum technologies, quantum networks are needed to link different systems, enhancing applications in computing, cryptography and metrology. Central to these networks are quantum relays that can facilitate long-distance entanglement distribution and quantum communication. In this work, we present a modular and scalable quantum relay architecture using a high-quality single-photon source. The proposed network incorporates three untrusted intermediate nodes and is capable of a repetition rate of 304.52 MHz. We use a measurement-device-independent protocol to demonstrate secure key establishment over fibres covering up to 300 km. This study highlights the potential of single-photon sources in quantum relays to enhance information transmission, expand network coverage and improve deployment flexibility, with promising applications in future quantum networks.</p>","PeriodicalId":19100,"journal":{"name":"Nature Physics","volume":"16 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":19.6,"publicationDate":"2025-08-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144900158","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}