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- 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.
- Deterministic and programmable fusion for the scalable generation of photonic graph statesNature Physics, Published online: 30 September 2026; doi:10.1038/s41567-026-03471-5 Graph states entangle many photons in a special structure that is useful for several quantum protocols. Making graph states is often probabilistic and inefficient, but now a deterministic approach using superconducting qubits has been demonstrated.
- Multiscale transitional flow in anisotropic nanoparticle suspensions revealed by time-resolved X-ray scatter microscopyNature Physics, Published online: 29 September 2026; doi:10.1038/s41567-026-03467-1 The trajectories of embedded particles provide a route for probing fluid flow dynamics. An X-ray scatter microscopy approach that enables precise monitoring of non-sphericalnanoparticles now reveals multiscale dynamics in complex fluids.
- Microscopy of microstructuresNature Physics, Published online: 29 September 2026; doi:10.1038/s41567-026-03475-1 Complex fluids display unusual flow behaviour that originates from their microstructure, but observing this structure has been challenging. Now, X-ray scattering microscopy is fast enough to follow the tumbling of nanoparticles.
- Hyperbolic wave attractorsNature Physics, Published online: 28 September 2026; doi:10.1038/s41567-026-03453-7 Wave propagation in irregular cavities made from conventional isotropic media is typically chaotic. Now odd-shaped cavities made from hyperbolic metamaterials are shown to suppress chaotic wave dynamics and produce stable geometric wave patterns.
- Topology from disorderNature Physics, Published online: 28 September 2026; doi:10.1038/s41567-026-03459-1 Topological phases of matter have long been studied in idealized pure states at absolute zero. Two experiments now show how controlled disorder can give mixed states measurable topological features in quantum simulators.
