Nature Physics

Nature Physics, Published online: 25 May 2026; doi:10.1038/s41567-026-03293-5 Tuning of the Stark effect in black phosphorus is used to build adjustable digital and analogue circuits including a high-performance transistor array for neural networks. It offers a promising opportunity for next-generation electronics.

Nature Physics, Published online: 21 May 2026; doi:10.1038/s41567-026-03286-4 The potential similarities in the superconductivity in nickelates and cuprates is a topic of debate. Now a distinct likeness is observed in the electronic properties of these materials, which hints that the microscopic mechanisms may be related.

Nature Physics, Published online: 19 May 2026; doi:10.1038/s41567-026-03265-9 Classical approaches to imaging through complex media do not account for the quantum nature of the incident field. Now, images encoded on an entangled two-photon state are shown to transmit through a scattering medium whereas scattered by classical light.

Nature Physics, Published online: 18 May 2026; doi:10.1038/s41567-026-03267-7 More spin current can be produced with less energy lost at the source, thanks to inter-magnet pumping that rebalances angular momentum dissipation between sublattices in a ferrimagnetic multilayer.

Nature Physics, Published online: 18 May 2026; doi:10.1038/s41567-026-03306-3 In neurons, the mapping from inputs to output involves complex biophysical processes. Despite this complexity, it is now shown that simple artificial models explain a large fraction of the variability in neuronal activity.

Nature Physics, Published online: 15 May 2026; doi:10.1038/s41567-026-03312-5 Tissue shape design

Nature Physics, Published online: 15 May 2026; doi:10.1038/s41567-026-03297-1 The combination of viscous heat flow and thermoelastic effects leads to a non-diffusive heat transport regime in MoSe2 and MoS2. Moreover, it can be controlled through the variation in sample thickness and by choosing between continuous and pulsed heating.

Nature Physics, Published online: 15 May 2026; doi:10.1038/s41567-026-03283-7 Max Planck introduced units of length, time and mass defined solely in terms of fundamental constants. As Saurya Das explains, these units define a system in which quantum mechanics, relativity, gravity and thermodynamics meet on equal footing.

Nature Physics, Published online: 15 May 2026; doi:10.1038/s41567-026-03323-2 Most researchers would agree that science communication is important. Still, academia would benefit from a more proactive approach — one that embeds communication in research culture.

Nature Physics, Published online: 15 May 2026; doi:10.1038/s41567-026-03292-6 How magnetic impurities influence superconductivity and electronic order in kagome metals remains unclear. Now anisotropic Kondo resonances intertwined with the superconducting gap are observed in a magnetically doped kagome superconductor.

Nature Physics, Published online: 15 May 2026; doi:10.1038/s41567-026-03307-2 It is known that active learning is more effective than lecturing at improving learning of physics. Now it is shown that some widely used active learning approaches are more effective than others.

Nature Physics, Published online: 15 May 2026; doi:10.1038/s41567-026-03313-4 Precision meets portability

Nature Physics, Published online: 14 May 2026; doi:10.1038/s41567-026-03295-3 An ultrafast imaging technique captured the propagation of charge-decoupled excitations in twisted bilayer WSe2. Two spin–valley modes with distinct propagation behaviours were revealed, consistent with the phase and amplitude modes of a spin–valley superfluid.

Nature Physics, Published online: 12 May 2026; doi:10.1038/s41567-026-03288-2 Non-Hermitian systems support non-trivial topological effects, yet eigenvalue braiding remains difficult to control and observe. Now, active tuning of laser modes enables programmable and directly observable braiding on an integrated photonic chip.

Nature Physics, Published online: 11 May 2026; doi:10.1038/s41567-026-03281-9 Massive spatial superpositions are a resource for quantum interferometry, but it has been hard to generate them beyond single atoms. Now spatially entangled massive states are realized through the tunnelling of atomic clusters in optical lattices.

Nature Physics, Published online: 11 May 2026; doi:10.1038/s41567-026-03291-7 A tunable artificial crystal in a shallow GaAs quantum well is shown to enable interaction-driven insulating behaviour. Electrostatic control tunes the band structure from graphene-like to kagome-like bands.

Nature Physics, Published online: 08 May 2026; doi:10.1038/s41567-026-03324-1 Publisher Correction: Lifetime of the singly charged 229 Th nuclear isomer

Nature Physics, Published online: 07 May 2026; doi:10.1038/s41567-026-03280-w Transport of charges has been widely studied in two-dimensional moiré materials. However, charge-neutral collective excitations are difficult to access, especially when they are decoupled from charged quasiparticles. Now they are observed in a moiré homobilayer.

Nature Physics, Published online: 06 May 2026; doi:10.1038/s41567-026-03253-z Helicity-resolved Raman spectroscopy reveals dynamical coupling between charge-density-wave amplitude fluctuations and symmetry-distinct phonons in a ferroaxial van der Waals crystal. This resonant dressing amplifies the material’s planar chiral lattice response through the underlying electronic order.

Nature Physics, Published online: 05 May 2026; doi:10.1038/s41567-026-03273-9 Specialized quantum memories will be required to achieve quantum speedups for data-intensive problems. Now, a proof-of-principle demonstration of such a quantum memory has been performed with a superconducting processor.