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Advantages of Rydberg many-body systems in metrology

By probing the microwave electric field, we have exhibited the advantages of the Rydberg many-body system at the critical point. We find that the Fisher information close to the criticality is enhanced by a factor more than 10^3 by comparing a non-interacting ensemble.

Dong-Sheng Ding

Oct 19, 2022

Interaction-driven breakdown of dynamical localization in a kicked quantum gas

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Interaction-driven breakdown of dynamical localization in a kicked quantum gas

Sep 26, 2022

Writing on water: topology-controlled patterns on liquid droplets

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Writing on water: topology-controlled patterns on liquid droplets

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Eli Sloutskin and 1 other

Aug 11, 2022

Behind the Paper

Cells shift shapes to crawl faster in gooey fluids than in watery ones

By staring at movies of cell migration for hours, we realized cells have a mechanosensor, membrane ruffles, to test viscosity and trigger adaptation

Jul 31, 2022

Gallery | A human breast cancer cell immediately shifts its shape at high viscosity

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Gallery | A human breast cancer cell immediately shifts its shape at high viscosity

Jul 31, 2022

Supershear snow avalanches

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Supershear snow avalanches

Jul 26, 2022

Demystifying the editorial process

Nature Communications

Nature Astronomy

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Demystifying the editorial process

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Marios Karouzos and 7 others

Jul 08, 2021

Demystifying the editorial, peer-review and publishing process at Nature journals

Nature Communications

Nature Astronomy

From the Editors

Demystifying the editorial, peer-review and publishing process at Nature journals

Marios Karouzos

Jun 08, 2021

Light and matter in sync

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Light and matter in sync

Mar 03, 2021

Long Lived Light-Induced Superconductivity at High Temperatures

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Long Lived Light-Induced Superconductivity at High Temperatures

Matthias Budden

Feb 19, 2021

A number of pictures

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A number of pictures

Oct 28, 2020

The Quest for Evolutionary Control

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The Quest for Evolutionary Control

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Jacob Scott and 3 others

Sep 02, 2020

Electrical charging overcomes the bouncing barrier in planet formation

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Electrical charging overcomes the bouncing barrier in planet formation

Dec 16, 2019

Springer Nature Staff

From the Editors

Interactions: Nina Meinzer

Nina recently joined Nature Physics as a Senior Editor, having worked at Nature Communications for the last three years. Her research background is in plasmonics and metamaterials, particularly their interaction with optical emitters.

Physics Community

Apr 30, 2019

From the Editors

Interactions: Federico Levi

Federico Levi is a Senior Editor at Nature Physics.

Feb 26, 2019

From the Editors

Interactions: David Abergel

David Abergel is an Associate Editor at Nature Physics. Before joining Nature Physics in 2017, David carried out theoretical research on graphene and other two-dimensional crystals, and quantum topological materials.

Feb 25, 2019

From the Editors

Interactions: Andrea Taroni

Andrea Taroni is the Chief Editor of Nature Physics.

Iulia Georgescu

Dec 04, 2018

Mechanical principles shape Vibrio cholerae biofilm architecture

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Mechanical principles shape Vibrio cholerae biofilm architecture

Nov 28, 2018

From the Editors

Interactions: Abigail Klopper

Abigail Klopper is a Senior Editor at Nature Physics. She previously worked at the Max Planck Institute for the Physics of Complex Systems in Dresden, Germany, where she pursued theoretical research in aspects of soft-matter and biological physics.

Oct 15, 2018

From the Editors

Interactions: Stefanie Reichert

Stefanie worked as an experimental particle physicist at CERN before moving to Berlin, where she just started as Associated Editor at Nature Physics.

Giulia Pacchioni

Sep 14, 2018