Nature Physics
Nature Physics offers news and reviews alongside top-quality research papers in a monthly publication, covering the entire spectrum of physics. Physics addresses the properties and interactions of matter and energy, and plays a key role in the development of a broad range of technologies. To reflect this, Nature Physics covers all areas of pure and applied physics research. The journal focuses on core physics disciplines, but is also open to a broad range of topics whose central theme falls within the bounds of physics.
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A push for planetary defence
Nature Physics, Published online: 29 October 2024; doi:10.1038/s41567-024-02685-9
Nuclear explosives are the most promising method for steering a large asteroid away from Earth and mitigating an impact. Laboratory experiments with X-ray pulses have now mimicked such an event, demonstrating how efficient this technique is. -
Absence of heat flow in ν = 0 quantum Hall ferromagnet in bilayer graphene
Nature Physics, Published online: 29 October 2024; doi:10.1038/s41567-024-02673-z
The ground state of charge-neutral bilayer graphene in a strong magnetic field is not fully determined. Now thermal transport measurements show an absence of heat flow through that state, suggesting that its collective excitations could be gapped. -
Vanishing bulk heat flow in the ν = 0 quantum Hall ferromagnet in monolayer graphene
Nature Physics, Published online: 29 October 2024; doi:10.1038/s41567-024-02672-0
Charge-neutral graphene in the quantum Hall regime is known to be an insulator. Now thermal transport measurements show that it also does not conduct heat. This sheds light on the nature of the ground state in this regime. -
Imprinted atomic displacements drive spin–orbital order in a vanadate perovskite
Nature Physics, Published online: 29 October 2024; doi:10.1038/s41567-024-02686-8
Different facets of an orthorhombic substrate can stabilize different ordering patterns in a perovskite oxide, even in the absence of differences in strain and polarity mismatches. -
Fast quantum gas formation via electromagnetically induced transparency cooling
Nature Physics, Published online: 28 October 2024; doi:10.1038/s41567-024-02677-9
Current methods for directly cooling atomic gases to quantum degeneracy involve time-consuming steps. A method based on electromagnetically induced transparency now achieves quantum degeneracy with a notable reduction in preparation time. -
The cost of cellular patterns
Nature Physics, Published online: 28 October 2024; doi:10.1038/s41567-024-02687-7
The cell cortex consists of a chemical and a mechanical subsystem, but how energy is allocated between them is unknown. Now, measurements of the entropy production rate have revealed what determines the cell cortex’s energy budget. -
Observation of magnetic islands in tokamak plasmas during the suppression of edge-localized modes
Nature Physics, Published online: 28 October 2024; doi:10.1038/s41567-024-02666-y
The suppression of edge-localized modes in tokamak plasmas is crucial to prevent them from damaging the walls of the chamber. Now experiments confirm the role that magnetic islands play in suppressing these detrimental modes. -
Quantum tunnelling with tunable spin geometric phases in van der Waals antiferromagnets
Nature Physics, Published online: 22 October 2024; doi:10.1038/s41567-024-02675-x
It is difficult to control the geometric phase of particles as they undergo quantum tunnelling. Now tuning of the geometric phase of electron spin is demonstrated in tunnelling in a multilayer van der Waals antiferromagnet.