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- Decaying and expanding Erk gradients process memory of skeletal size during zebrafish fin regenerationNature Physics, Published online: 24 August 2026; doi:10.1038/s41567-026-03426-w Zebrafish can regenerate amputated fins back to their original size. It is now shown that gradients in extracellular signal-regulated kinase activity act as rulers during fin bone regeneration.
- Real-space imaging of moiré-confined excitons in twisted bilayer MoS<sub>2</sub>Nature Physics, Published online: 24 August 2026; doi:10.1038/s41567-026-03425-x Moiré excitons have been widely observed in twisted two-dimensional semiconductors but have not been directly imaged at room temperature. Now, this is achieved using photocurrent atomic force microscopy.
- Sound protection for electron spinsNature Physics, Published online: 24 August 2026; doi:10.1038/s41567-026-03365-6 Solid state electron spins have important practical advantages for quantum technologies, but fluctuations in their host material cause decoherence. Now, it has been shown that sound waves can extend the coherence of diamond silicon vacancy spins.
- 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.
