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- The extraction of work from hidden degrees of freedomNature Physics, Published online: 16 October 2026; doi:10.1038/s41567-026-03442-w According to the laws of thermodynamics, information can be converted into energy. An information engine that harnesses environmental memory and exhibits non-Markovian dynamics has now been realized in experiments.
- Cavity-less Brillouin strong coupling in a solid-state continuous systemNature Physics, Published online: 16 October 2026; doi:10.1038/s41567-026-03458-2 Strong coupling between light and matter is typically realized in resonators. Now it is shown that this can happen in a cavity-less waveguide scenario in which the light passes through only once.
- Chaos control with broken symmetriesNature Physics, Published online: 16 October 2026; doi:10.1038/s41567-026-03480-4 By breaking both material and cavity symmetries, waves can be funnelled into robust closed-loop patterns. This dual-symmetry-breaking approach enables the development of a new class of devices for wave-based signal processing and sensing.
- Monolayer van der Waals kagome lattice for high-temperature flat-band physicsNature Physics, Published online: 15 October 2026; doi:10.1038/s41567-026-03492-0 The experimental realization of intrinsic 2D kagome materials with controllable flat bands has remained challenging. Now a van der Waals kagome material family is shown to host an isolated, gate-tunable flat band down to the monolayer limit.
- Simultaneous high-fidelity single-qubit gates in a spin qubit arrayNature Physics, Published online: 15 October 2026; doi:10.1038/s41567-026-03466-2 Quantum computers require simultaneous control of multiple qubits, which is challenging to achieve in nanoscale semiconductor devices. Now high-fidelity parallel operations have been demonstrated for five silicon spin qubits.
- Reaction–diffusion competition drives anomalous relaxation of vitrimersNature Physics, Published online: 15 October 2026; doi:10.1038/s41567-026-03468-0 Vitrimers—polymers that form covalent networks—show glassy behaviour with viscosity decoupled from structural relaxation. This decoupling is now found to originate from a competition between chemical exchange reactions and diffusion processes.
- Fusion digital twins from imperfect modelsNature Physics, Published online: 14 October 2026; doi:10.1038/s41567-026-03485-z Digital twins could transform how fusion plasmas are predicted, designed and controlled. We argue that realizing this promise requires multi-fidelity frameworks that systematically combine imperfect models and data while quantifying uncertainty.
- A dynamic ruler for positional memory in regenerationNature Physics, Published online: 14 October 2026; doi:10.1038/s41567-026-03488-w Zebrafish can determine the amount of tissue to regrow after appendage amputation. Now, a study shows that a signal gradient that scales with the amount of tissue left to regenerate ensures that an amputated tailfin regrows to the correct length.
