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- Short-range excitonic correlations and enhanced excitonic susceptibility in 1<i>T</i>-TiSe<sub>2</sub>Nature Physics, Published online: 08 October 2026; doi:10.1038/s41567-026-03423-z In bulk materials, excitonic condensation is hard to separate from charge-density-wave formation. Now short-range excitonic correlations are revealed above the transition temperature in 1T-TiSe2 via few-femtosecond extreme-ultraviolet spectroscopy.
- Picosecond current pulses probe intrinsic limit for dissipationless transport in superconductorsNature Physics, Published online: 08 October 2026; doi:10.1038/s41567-026-03477-z Picosecond current pulses can propagate with zero resistance far above the conventionally defined critical current values in type-II superconductors. Such pulses have now revealed the onset of resistive transport at a higher current threshold in the s-wave superconductor NbN, associated with Cooper-pair depairing. By contrast, a gradual suppression of superconductivity is observed in YBa2Cu3O7, reflecting the d-wave nature of its superconducting state.
- Non-reciprocity in quantum technologiesNature Physics, Published online: 07 October 2026; doi:10.1038/s41567-026-03464-4 Non-reciprocity in the quantum regime promises unidirectional transport and enhanced sensing, but traditional approaches hinder device integration. This Review highlights magnet-free routes for engineering non-reciprocity in quantum systems.
- Clarity on carbon under extreme compressionNature Physics, Published online: 07 October 2026; doi:10.1038/s41567-026-03460-8 Carbon’s high-pressure phase diagram has long been debated. Now shock experiments have tracked diamond through its melting curve, providing a resolution. The findings also serve as a benchmark for first-principles theory.
- A long-sought phase in CuGeO<sub>3</sub> traces the full evolution of spin fractionalizationNature Physics, Published online: 07 October 2026; doi:10.1038/s41567-026-03465-3 Neutron spectroscopy measurements combined with tensor network simulations have placed the long-studied quantum spin-chain compound CuGeO3 in a spontaneously dimerized phase predicted in 1982. In this system, fractionalized excitations evolve from nearly free spinons to tightly bound triplons across energy scales within a single spectrum.
- Topological transitions in orbital-symmetry-controlled chemical reactionsNature Physics, Published online: 06 October 2026; doi:10.1038/s41567-026-03455-5 The application of ideas from topological band theory to reaction pathways in molecular systems with strong electronic interactions is challenging. Now, a many-body framework based on Green’s functions is introduced to solve this problem.
- Reactions become topologicalNature Physics, Published online: 06 October 2026; doi:10.1038/s41567-026-03472-4 Chemical reactions are often guided by orbital symmetries, but the usual orbital picture can fail when electrons are strongly correlated. A Green’s function approach now reveals that symmetry-forbidden reactions retain a topological signature.
- Fully developed active turbulence defined through a non-equilibrium phase transitionNature Physics, Published online: 30 September 2026; doi:10.1038/s41567-026-03408-y The continuous energy injection in active fluids leads to active turbulence. Now, geometric and mechanical analyses reveal a phase transition that leads to fully developed active turbulence.
