Nature Physics, Published online: 12 May 2025; doi:10.1038/s41567-025-02900-1
Assemblies of cells show rearrangements that are reminiscent of those found in amorphous solids. The tools of materials science can thus help to understand the role of mechanical stresses in ageing and other biological processes.
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- The amorphous materials behind biophysics
- Control of spin currents with coherent magnonsNature Physics, Published online: 09 May 2025; doi:10.1038/s41567-025-02898-6 The chiral properties of coherent antiferromagnetic magnons — quanta of spin waves — can be exploited to control spin currents. Interference of magnon modes has been utilized to control the polarization of pure spin currents, eliminating the need for strong magnetic fields.
- Observation of Floquet states in grapheneNature Physics, Published online: 06 May 2025; doi:10.1038/s41567-025-02889-7 The feasibility of Floquet engineering in graphene has been called into question due to its fast decoherence processes. Measurements of graphene’s photoemission spectrum now support the generation of Floquet states in this material.
- Electron–phonon coupling resolved by phonon mode and electron energyNature Physics, Published online: 06 May 2025; doi:10.1038/s41567-025-02863-3 A two-dimensional spectroscopic technique to probe the strength of electron–phonon coupling has the capability to simultaneously resolve the phonon mode and the electron transition energy — and is bringing fresh insight into the complex interactions of phonons and electrons in a range of materials.
- Fractional charges under the microscopeNature Physics, Published online: 06 May 2025; doi:10.1038/s41567-025-02909-6 Fractionalized excitations typically require ultra-clean materials at low temperature and high magnetic field to emerge. Experiments on a simple graphene platform now reveal ideal conditions for the visualization of these fragile collective states.
- Proof-of-principle demonstration of muon production with an ultrashort high-intensity laserNature Physics, Published online: 06 May 2025; doi:10.1038/s41567-025-02872-2 Muons are conventionally produced from cosmic rays or with a proton accelerator. Now a proof-of-principle experiment demonstrates the feasibility of muon production with a laser-driven electron beam with gigaelectronvolt energy in a lead converter target.
- Robust and resource-optimal dynamic pattern formation of Min proteins in vivoNature Physics, Published online: 05 May 2025; doi:10.1038/s41567-025-02878-w Oscillatory Min protein patterns prevent abnormal bacterial cell division. Now it is shown that Min pattern formation is resource efficient and involves wavelength-invariant oscillations that are robust to physiological changes.
- Synthetic cells get into shapeNature Physics, Published online: 05 May 2025; doi:10.1038/s41567-025-02906-9 Shape changes in biological cells are driven by an active network of biopolymers. Now, similar deformations are observed in synthetic cell membranes.
