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A geometric incompatibility by any other name
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- A geometric incompatibility by any other name
- Scooping for ground statesNature Physics, Published online: 13 June 2025; doi:10.1038/s41567-025-02897-7 More than a hundred quasicrystals have been found so far, but their thermodynamic stability has remained an open question. Extrapolating density functional theory calculations of ever larger clusters now show that two alloys are indeed ground states.
- Triple jump forwardNature Physics, Published online: 13 June 2025; doi:10.1038/s41567-025-02958-x This month, we publish three articles reporting breakthroughs in different areas of quasicrystal research.
- Science diplomacy is in troubleNature Physics, Published online: 12 June 2025; doi:10.1038/s41567-025-02911-y Geopolitical tensions pose a threat to international collaborations and the democratization of science.
- Ultrasensitive single-ion electrometry in a magnetic field gradientNature Physics, Published online: 11 June 2025; doi:10.1038/s41567-025-02887-9 Trapped ions are promising for electrometry but limited by their weak intrinsic spin coupling to electric fields. Now it is shown that using a magnetic field gradient enhances sensitivity and enables precise measurements across subhertz to kilohertz frequencies.
- Spin-selective magneto-conductivity in WSe<sub>2</sub>Nature Physics, Published online: 09 June 2025; doi:10.1038/s41567-025-02918-5 Mechanisms for generating spin-polarized currents may be helpful for applications. Now one such mechanism that uses the unusual Landau-level spectrum of WSe2 under a strong magnetic field is demonstrated.
- The positron arm of a plasma-based linear colliderNature Physics, Published online: 06 June 2025; doi:10.1038/s41567-025-02910-z The status of plasma-based acceleration of electrons and positrons is discussed, with a focus on developing the positron arm of a plasma-based electron–positron linear collider.
- Experimentally probing Landauer’s principle in the quantum many-body regimeNature Physics, Published online: 05 June 2025; doi:10.1038/s41567-025-02930-9 Landauer’s principle connects entropy and energy dissipation in non-equilibrium processes. An experiment now uses this principle to measure entropy production in a Bose gas to resolve contributions from correlations and dissipation.
