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Fibres and glasses are competing material states in protein condensation

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Nature Physics, Published online: 20 October 2026; doi:10.1038/s41567-026-03415-z

Fibres are thought to emerge from a dense protein condensate ageing into a glassy state. It is now shown that protein fibres and glassy condensates may result from two competing ageing pathways.