Nature Physics, Published online: 26 October 2026; doi:10.1038/s41567-026-03482-2
Cells adhering to micro-curved surfaces can exhibit either complete adhesion or partial interior detachment. This is now found to be determined by the balance between the cell contractile stress and the cell–substrate adhesion stress.
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- Three-dimensional cell morphology is mediated by curvature sensing and interfacial stress
- Curvature and cell mechanics control tissue organizationNature Physics, Published online: 26 October 2026; doi:10.1038/s41567-026-03496-w Tissue geometry mechanically regulates cell behaviour across scales. Now, it can be predicted when cells switch from full adhesion to rapid partial detachment on curved surfaces.
- A simple twist to altermagnetismNature Physics, Published online: 26 October 2026; doi:10.1038/s41567-026-03495-x Two-dimensional altermagnets hold promise for next-generation spintronics but remain difficult to synthesize. Now, altermagnetism has been observed in an orthogonally twisted van der Waals homostructure, opening possibilities for ultrathin devices.
- Beating the break-even point with autonomous quantum error correctionNature Physics, Published online: 23 October 2026; doi:10.1038/s41567-026-03486-y Conventional quantum error correction requires repeated measurements and real-time feedback, which are technically complex. An autonomous implementation that eliminates these while beating the break-even point is demonstrated in a trapped-ion system.
- Particle collisions on a quantum computerNature Physics, Published online: 23 October 2026; doi:10.1038/s41567-026-03490-2 Elementary particle physics rests on the discovery of particles produced in high-energy collider experiments. Now, a model collision above the threshold for particle production has been simulated on a quantum computer.
- Maxwell’s demon with memoryNature Physics, Published online: 23 October 2026; doi:10.1038/s41567-026-03509-8 Maxwell’s demon may produce work using the information it obtains by measuring the system as fuel. Now, it is shown that the amount of produced work increases if the demon takes information about the dynamical correlations of the system into account.
- Teleportation transition of surface codes on a superconducting quantum processorNature Physics, Published online: 22 October 2026; doi:10.1038/s41567-026-03484-0 Quantum teleportation is often discussed for individual quantum systems, but fault-tolerant quantum computers will encode information in multiqubit states. Now teleportation of surface code logical states has been demonstrated.
- Wigner crystals get dressedNature Physics, Published online: 22 October 2026; doi:10.1038/s41567-026-03516-9 When repulsion overcomes their tendency to move freely, electrons can arrange into a crystal. Two experiments have now identified Wigner polarons, quasiparticles whose optical signatures reveal the collective response of the electron lattice.
