Nature Physics, Published online: 05 March 2025; doi:10.1038/s41567-025-02788-x
Understanding the behaviour of viscous liquids close to the glass transition is a century-old problem. The microscopic underpinnings of their mechanical response have now been made clearer by a unified percolation description, in both two and three dimensions.
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- Glass is a matter of time
- Bias in physics peer recognition does not explain gaps in perceived peer recognitionNature Physics, Published online: 05 March 2025; doi:10.1038/s41567-025-02789-w The degree to which students perceive recognition as a physics person from their peers is known to be important. Now, women report lower perceived peer recognition than men, even after controlling for the amount of peer recognition received.
- Unconventional gapping behaviour in a kagome superconductorNature Physics, Published online: 28 February 2025; doi:10.1038/s41567-024-02770-z The pairing mechanism in kagome superconductors is still not fully understood. Now, CsV3Sb5, which belongs to this family, is shown to have orbital-selective pairing with two distinct superconducting domes that are not separated by any phase boundary.
- Mechanochemical bistability of intestinal organoids enables robust morphogenesisNature Physics, Published online: 28 February 2025; doi:10.1038/s41567-025-02792-1 How forces are temporally coordinated during embryo development is unclear. Now two types of morphology are possible in a developing organoid and the final morphology depends on the system history.
- Topological interactions drive the first fate decision in the <i>Drosophila</i> embryoNature Physics, Published online: 25 February 2025; doi:10.1038/s41567-025-02796-x Early positioning of the embryo nuclei is not well understood. Now, experiments show that the orientation of the mitotic spindle is controlled by topological interactions, which determine whether the nucleus remains inside the Drosophila embryo.
- Twist–torsion coupling in beating axonemesNature Physics, Published online: 24 February 2025; doi:10.1038/s41567-025-02783-2 Many single cells rely on beating cilia and flagella to move. Now it is shown that the core of these appendages twists to generate the torsion waves responsible for three-dimensional motion.
- Higher-order Laplacian renormalizationNature Physics, Published online: 24 February 2025; doi:10.1038/s41567-025-02784-1 The renormalization group is a powerful tool to study the universal properties of physical systems. A diffusion-based renormalization scheme now enables the study of scale invariance and universality in higher-order complex networks.
- Cyclic jetting enables microbubble-mediated drug deliveryNature Physics, Published online: 21 February 2025; doi:10.1038/s41567-025-02785-0 Ultrasound-driven microbubbles are promising candidates for drug delivery, but the mechanism of action is unclear. Now, single microbubbles induce drug uptake through cyclic microjets formed at mild ultrasound pressures via interfacial instability.
