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Nature Physics offers news and reviews alongside top-quality research papers in a monthly publication, covering the entire spectrum of physics. Physics addresses the properties and interactions of matter and energy, and plays a key role in the development of a broad range of technologies. To reflect this, Nature Physics covers all areas of pure and applied physics research. The journal focuses on core physics disciplines, but is also open to a broad range of topics whose central theme falls within the bounds of physics.
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  1. Non-contact friction in ultracoherent nanomechanical resonators near dielectric materials
    Nature Physics, Published online: 07 July 2026; doi:10.1038/s41567-026-03350-z Understanding loss mechanisms in nanomechanical resonators has enabled ultracoherent devices with improved sensitivity. Now these resonators are found to be sensitive to non-contact friction from nearby materials, thus limiting mechanical coherence.
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  2. Visualization of the Zhang–Rice singlet, electronic molecules and Cooper pair formation in a cuprate superconductor
    Nature Physics, Published online: 07 July 2026; doi:10.1038/s41567-026-03375-4 How individual doped holes turn into superconducting Cooper pairs as doping increases in unconventional superconductors is still not well understood. Now, this process is observed in a paradigmatic cuprate compound.
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  3. Topological textures in polar materials
    Nature Physics, Published online: 07 July 2026; doi:10.1038/s41567-026-03344-x Ferroelectric materials can host robust and diverse polarization textures. This Review examines their formation mechanisms, responses to external stimuli and potential applications in next-generation electronic devices.
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  4. When nearby materials steal energy
    Nature Physics, Published online: 07 July 2026; doi:10.1038/s41567-026-03279-3 Integrating high-quality-factor mechanical resonators into devices brings them close to materials, which leads to losses. Systematic studies in dielectric environments reveal that dielectrics ‘steal’ energy through charge fluctuations.
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  5. Altermagnetic spintronics
    Nature Physics, Published online: 06 July 2026; doi:10.1038/s41567-026-03337-w Altermagnetism, a recently identified unconventional magnetic order, might enable fast and efficient spin-based devices. This Review explores its interplay with ferroelectric and superconducting systems and its promise for scalable spintronics.
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  6. When atoms tunnel as one
    Nature Physics, Published online: 06 July 2026; doi:10.1038/s41567-026-03366-5 By making atoms tunnel together as a bound cluster, researchers have generated massive Schrödinger cat states, opening new routes toward tests of gravity in the quantum regime.
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  7. Fast thermalization with quantum algorithms
    Nature Physics, Published online: 03 July 2026; doi:10.1038/s41567-026-03357-6 Quantum algorithms excel at simulating Hamiltonian dynamics, but they struggle with preparing the thermal equilibrium states needed for quantum simulation. Now it has been shown that a recent algorithm can efficiently prepare an important class of thermal states.
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  8. Author Correction: Observation of optical de Broglie–Mackinnon wave packets
    Nature Physics, Published online: 02 July 2026; doi:10.1038/s41567-026-03368-3 Author Correction: Observation of optical de Broglie–Mackinnon wave packets
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