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- Antidots measure anyonic charge in grapheneNature Physics, Published online: 21 August 2026; doi:10.1038/s41567-026-03428-8 Anyons are fractionally charged quasiparticles of the quantum Hall effect, and could one day power topological quantum computers. Trapping and measuring anyons remains difficult, but quasiparticle charges have now been measured using a gate-defined antidot in bilayer graphene. For hole-conjugate states, the parity of downstream integer edge modes sets the observed charge.
- Electrons surf farther on plasma wavesNature Physics, Published online: 21 August 2026; doi:10.1038/s41567-026-03410-4 The energy gain of laser wakefield accelerators is tied to the distance over which electrons are accelerated. Now this limitation can be overcome with flying-focus laser pulses, allowing electrons to surf the plasma wave over longer distances.
- Irreversibility and symmetry breaking in the creation and annihilation of defects in active living matterNature Physics, Published online: 18 August 2026; doi:10.1038/s41567-026-03378-1 Creation and annihilation of topological defects are prevalent in active materials. It is now shown that in living systems with nematic order, polar propulsion breaks mirror symmetry during these processes.
- Quantum Hall antidot as a fractional coulombmeterNature Physics, Published online: 14 August 2026; doi:10.1038/s41567-026-03412-2 A transport technique that allows the measurement of the effective charge of fractional quantum Hall states as they tunnel through a controlled impurity is demonstrated.
- Diamond melting in shock compression experiments at 1 TPa pressuresNature Physics, Published online: 13 August 2026; doi:10.1038/s41567-026-03413-1 The location of the melting curve of diamond is unclear. Now, this is illuminated with shock compression experiments that provide strong evidence for shock-induced melting.
- Simple and efficient end-to-end quantum thermal and ground state preparationNature Physics, Published online: 12 August 2026; doi:10.1038/s41567-026-03389-y Preparation of thermal and ground states is needed for a number of quantum algorithms but is generally computationally difficult. Now state preparation algorithms with efficiency guarantees have been developed for an important class of model.
- Wigner polarons probe the dynamics of a Wigner crystal in a monolayer semiconductorNature Physics, Published online: 11 August 2026; doi:10.1038/s41567-026-03398-x Wigner crystals have been observed in 2D semiconductors, but their internal dynamics have been largely inaccessible. Now this is demonstrated in a monolayer semiconductor.
- Spectroscopy of Wigner crystal polarons in an atomically thin semiconductorNature Physics, Published online: 11 August 2026; doi:10.1038/s41567-026-03395-0 Electron Wigner crystals have been observed in atomically thin transition metal dichalcogenides, but their collective excitations have not been shown. Now the signatures of these excitations are revealed in the optical spectra of a charge-tunable monolayer semiconductor.
