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- Unconditional advantage of quantum teleportation over direct transmission of single photons through a lossy channelNature Physics, Published online: 23 June 2026; doi:10.1038/s41567-026-03348-7 Shared quantum entanglement can be used to transfer quantum states from one location to another. An experiment has now demonstrated this transfer with higher efficiency than directly sending single photons through a lossy channel.
- The relative effectiveness of active learning methodsNature Physics, Published online: 23 June 2026; doi:10.1038/s41567-026-03330-3 In recent years, many active learning methods have entered introductory physics classrooms, but their comparative effectiveness is unclear. Now a multi-institutional study examines the relative impact of four well-established active learning methods.
- The physical consequences of sperm gigantismNature Physics, Published online: 22 June 2026; doi:10.1038/s41567-026-03305-4 Fruit fly sperm is substantially longer than the sac in which it is stored. It is now shown that reciprocal pushing between thousands of sperm maintains them in a motile and unentangled state in the sac.
- Emergent partons in fractional quantum Hall systemsNature Physics, Published online: 22 June 2026; doi:10.1038/s41567-026-03338-9 In a geometrical theory for the fractional quantum Hall effect, chiral spin-2 neutral excitations arise. Now, multiple such excitations are observed and provide evidence for the parton description of the quantum Hall effect.
- Creases as information bottlenecks in active elastic sheetsNature Physics, Published online: 22 June 2026; doi:10.1038/s41567-026-03332-1 The aneural animal Trichoplax adhaerens undergoes folding and unfolding. Now it is shown that there is a feedback loop between crease geometry and the collective motion of the animal’s cilia.
- Structural origin of line-tension reversal in nanoscale wetting of waterNature Physics, Published online: 19 June 2026; doi:10.1038/s41567-026-03299-z The microscopic origin of line tension—the excess free energy per unit length at a solid–liquid–gas boundary—is not well understood. Simulations of water nanodroplets now show that structural transitions affect line tension and therefore wetting.
- Microscopic signatures of an imaginary charge density wave in a kagome metalNature Physics, Published online: 17 June 2026; doi:10.1038/s41567-026-03339-8 Whether imaginary charge density waves and their associated loop currents exist has remained an open question. Now signatures of this state have been observed in kagome metal CsV3Sb5, revealing spontaneous time-reversal symmetry breaking.
- Nanoscale strain wave generation by a piezoelectric grating from polar vorticesNature Physics, Published online: 17 June 2026; doi:10.1038/s41567-026-03336-x Topological structures can be designed to display desired properties or functions. As now shown, a periodic structure of polar vortices can, upon piezoelectric modulation, act as a diffraction grating for nanoscale strain waves.
