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Researchers used programmable Rydberg atom arrays to watch particle-like excitations form and bind together near a quantum critical point. This shows how quantum simulators can reveal elusive physics predicted by quantum field theory. More in PRX Quantum: https://go.aps.org/4BvreVd

Researchers found that protein condensates pull microtubules into bundles through capillary forces, like how water makes wet hair clump. Learning how cells organize their insides could reveal what happens when these systems malfunction. More in PRX Life: https://go.aps.org/4eklgwD

A new way to measure quantum chaos tracks how quantum information spreads and loses structure over time. It could reveal scrambling that standard tools miss and help make sense of more complex experimental measurements. More in PRX Quantum: https://go.aps.org/47ILoNT

Cross- or self-fertilization aside, plants also reproduce using a mix of the two modes. A new PRX Life study charts phase transitions between these types of fertilization, providing new insight into the evolutionary dynamics of plant reproduction. 🔗 https://go.aps.org/48cda5w

A new study in PRX Energy calculates a small energy contribution from interactions between electrons and atomic motion. Tested in diamond and gallium nitride, the method could help predict which atomic arrangement is most stable. ⚛️ 🔗 https://go.aps.org/4jBUVNY

Two popular #AI models for molecular energy underwent a spate of tests and gave nearly identical predictions. The results suggest these models can reliably link molecular simulations to real-world experiments. Read the paper in PRX Intelligence: https://go.aps.org/4BkKEvV

A framework for identifying boundary gauge operators and anyons-generating microscopic boundary Hamiltonians can translate periodic-lattice qLDPC codes to low-overhead planar codes for fault-tolerant logical operations. More in PRX Quantum: https://go.aps.org/4z8wDju

Some bacteria swim using tiny rotary motors. Researchers found a new way to measure the motors’ force, friction, and energy barriers just by watching their motion, offering a simpler way to study how molecular machines work. Read more in PRX Life: https://go.aps.org/4ijsRww

A highly precise calculation shows how gravitational waves scatter off black holes. Their fourth-order calculation agrees with black-hole perturbation theory and could help us better understand the universe’s densest objects. More in Physical Review D: https://go.aps.org/4yFW1vY

For nearly 30 years, APS has supported #OpenAccess publishing. Nine fully OA journals, plus nine hybrid journals with optional OA let researchers share their work with everyone. APS Open Science expands the movement to Open. #OAWeek

A photon counting technique based on a trapped electron can operate at frequencies above 30 GhZ and resolve electron axial frequency while overcoming detector noise, according to a new study in Physical Review Research. 🔗 https://go.aps.org/4BcKYwC

A transformer-based neural quantum state models electrons and spins in a unified framework, accurately capturing three phases in 1D. It also extends to 2D systems, opening new routes to studying complex quantum materials. Read more in PRX Intelligence: https://go.aps.org/4ierNtS

A Physical Review Applied study investigates how applied magnetic fields influence the spin-wave dynamics in exchange-coupled artificial spin ice (ASI) systems. The results indicate such ASI lattices are a promising platform for reconfigurable magnonic devices. 🔗 https://go.aps.org/484MuDG

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New results on magnetic nanocolloids show a direct link between structure and dynamic functionality. The results, published in Physical Review E, could help design tailored multicore magnetic nanoparticles with applications in nanomedicine. Learn more: https://go.aps.org/4sk28EL

A new study in PRX Energy used impedance spectroscopy and pulsed-field-gradient NMR on high-quality single Li6.5La3Zr1.5Ta0.5O12 crystals. It suggests long-range diffusion is suppressed at low temperatures due to short-range ordering of Li+ ions. More: https://go.aps.org/4zK5kf6

A study in Physical Review E evaluated the impact of ion wakes on the charges and dynamics of dust particles as they travel through a complex plasma, revealing changes in their charge and the attraction force exerted by the ion wake. 🔗 https://go.aps.org/4yZb3xH

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An analysis of quantum emitter lattices identifies a surprising bistable regime controlled by effective driving renormalization, a finding that could inform new photonic architectures for quantum technologies. Learn more in Physical Review Applied: https://go.aps.org/3VVmS9C

Strontium titanate has properties useful for quantum devices, but its superconductivity is sometimes suppressed. A study in Physical Review Materials highlights the competition between superconductivity and high electron mobility. Read the paper: https://go.aps.org/486lgfS

A denoising network produces denoised signals with uncertainty, shifting deep learning from a visualization aid to a quantitative scientific tool. The framework was validated on photoemission and X-ray diffraction data. Learn more in PRX Intelligence: https://go.aps.org/4hZHG72

APS Open Science publishes every research step including null and negative results, experimental data sets, and coding. It also publishes replication studies, like the latest from Curato, et al. which tested simulated quantum annealing benchmarks. #OAWeek

To begin #OAWeek, we take a look back. APS began publishing OA in 1998 with Physical Review Special Topics: Accelerators and Beams, and has since developed 9 more OA journals, including its latest publication: APS Open Science.

An AI foundation model trained on collider data outperforms leading cosmology models using fewer simulated examples. The results show how knowledge learned from particle physics can improve predictions of cosmological parameters. Paper in PRX Intelligence: https://go.aps.org/4dDS1o1

🧬 How does a cell's actin cortex stay rigid while constantly swapping out its own parts? A new paper in PRX Life shows mechanosensitive forces can explain it — and even give the network a form of elastic memory. Read more: https://go.aps.org/4eblvd4

⚛️ Researchers induced a long-lived, metastable electric dipole in a dysprosium atom. The metastable state could serve as a new simpler and more stable platform for studying dipolar physics. Learn more in Physical Review A: https://go.aps.org/4yQmmYW

Magic can be quantified from a small set of Pauli measurements, without full quantum tomography, according to a new study published in PRX Quantum. The approach allows for more practical ways to characterize large quantum systems. Learn more: https://go.aps.org/4dHuHG2

Scientists performed a comprehensive analysis to confirm the electrical and thermal magnetotransport properties of single-crystal CrSb. The results were reported in a Physical Review Materials: https://go.aps.org/4hVg7Mi

Researchers have refined the eigenstate thermalization hypothesis approach by showing thermalization emerges from local rotational invariance. Using free probability, they derived its core correlation structure and corrections. More in PRX Quantum: https://go.aps.org/4hHSwQp

Ball-milled iron catalysts can turn methane into hydrogen and graphitic carbon without directly producing CO2, suggesting a simpler way to improve catalytic methane decomposition and enable lower-emission hydrogen production. Get the details in PRX Energy: https://go.aps.org/4B5H60s

A new roadmap in PRX Intelligence maps out how hardware-based #MachineLearning can help particle #physics detectors make real-time decisions as data rates explode. Get more: https://go.aps.org/4B6f0C2

Ce₂Te₅ has a hidden magnetic complexity: only one of its two inequivalent cerium sites carries a substantial ordered moment. The finding, published in Physical Review Materials: helps reveal new insights into magnetism in layered quantum materials. 🔗 https://go.aps.org/4dDlWwJ

⚛️ Where does quantum probability come from? A new paper in Physical Review A shows that five major derivations of the Born rule all rely on additivity, a property with probabilistic character. Read more: https://go.aps.org/4B4qRAE

Researchers highlight an emerging framework that depicts biological and physical systems as tunable materials, with discussions of key algorithms, examples from both system types, and open questions for the field. Read the Physical Review E perspective: https://go.aps.org/47Qame9

Results from a spin-glass model suggest there may not be equilibrium thermodynamic glass transitions in structural glasses. The findings, reported in Physical Review E, also suggest the Kauzmann temperature may be zero in three dimensions. Learn more: https://go.aps.org/4zkoyrB

A study in Physical Review D finds that a class of 5D special unitary quiver gauge theories admits a UV completion in terms of 5D conformal matter SCFTs which can be explicitly engineered via M-theory on a singular Calabi-Yau threefold. Learn more: https://go.aps.org/4zoKyBt

A study in Physical Review E uses quantum history state formalism to analyze time series data and, by applying the formalism to financial data, identifies entanglement-based volatility indicators that align with standard indices. Get the findings: https://go.aps.org/4jLUAYX

As part of a study on ocean contamination, scientists simulated particles settling in turbulent flows, focusing on particles with densities 10 times that of water, showing that they settle less at these moderate densities. More in Physical Review Fluids: https://go.aps.org/4jMkfRc

Averaging and orienting the fields around astrophysical sources allows scientists to study signals otherwise too faint. Researchers developed a faster method for reconstructing these so-called directional stacking signals. Read more in Physical Review D: https://go.aps.org/4hB2G5j

Smaller LSTM networks can approach criticality as they learn, with scale-free avalanches emerging near optimal training. The findings, published in Physical Review E, help explain how neural networks balance information propagation and stability. 🔗 https://go.aps.org/4hEVGmw

A nuclear model combines quark-meson coupling with dual quarkyonic theory to characterize dense matter as it evolves into quark matter. Presented in Physical Review C, the model predicted a sound speed consistent with real neutron-star data. 🔗 https://go.aps.org/3WdVzHw

In asymptotic safety, a candidate theory of quantum gravity, gravity fades at the shortest distances. How does such a black hole ring? In Physical Review D (@apsphysics.aps.org), Davide Batic, Fabio Scardigli and I computed it. Part 2 of our trilogy. 🧵 #BlackHoles #QuantumGravity

New models can more efficiently find the lowest-energy structures of charged defects in materials, enabling more comprehensive studies of defects in semiconductors. Read more in PRX Energy: https://go.aps.org/3UjZ5j7

A new model clarifies enzymatic-driven growth kinetics and internal structure in biomolecular condensates.The results are applicable to synthetic biology, soft matter physics and origin-of-life studies. Learn more in PRX Life: https://go.aps.org/4iaRj48

A study in Physical Review Materials finds that — contrary to earlier theoretical studies — there are broad families of chiral topological semimetals that are stable in the presence of strong structural disorder. 🔗 https://go.aps.org/4yCUVSw

When the universe transitions suddenly from a matter-dominated era to one with pressure, a process called the poltergeist mechanism amplifies gravitational waves. A paper in Reviews of Modern Physics explains how this helps us study the early universe. 🔗 https://go.aps.org/4y6qbrI

Researchers found a way to design the materials around silicon quantum bits so they behave more consistently. Their approach boosts an energy separation in qubits, potentially increasing reliability and scalability. More in Physical Review Applied: https://go.aps.org/4B7YrGf

Two neural quantum state architectures can reduce computational scaling while retaining high variational accuracy, enabling larger and more reliable computations of competing electron phases in quantum materials. Read the PRX Intelligence study: https://go.aps.org/4yL4Hli

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A Physical Review Applied paper demonstrates a way to study individual point defects in semiconductor crystals at the nanometer and nanosecond scale. Understanding these defects could unlock the full potential of optoelectronic devices. 🔗 https://go.aps.org/4y6YG1k