APS journals

A study in Physical Review Applied uncovers the relationship between phase-length oscillations and pump power in Josephson transmission lines, which offer an intrinsic nonlinearity key for designing certain superconducting devices. Read the study: go.aps.org/4ysS92A

A study in PRX Life introduces a new confocal imaging method called confocal fast relaxation imaging and finds that protein folding stability inside stress granules in living cells defies expectations from test-tube studies. Read the study: go.aps.org/4vzf2i8

A new paper in Physical Review E reports that combining fast ignition with magnetized liner inertial fusion, or MagLIF, could reduce the power needed to spark fusion, allowing for longer, lower-energy pulses and keeping more heat trapped inside fuel. 🔗 go.aps.org/3Rb5o7e

A study in Physical Review A reveals the existence of Mpemba-like effects in nonlocal, non-equilibrium operators in a double-quantum-dot setup, providing new insights into the relaxation dynamics of observables. Learn more: go.aps.org/4gB1ZJ6

New in Physical Review Research: researchers track quantum resources in a subsystem of a 1D qubit chain evolved by random brickwall circuits and reveal a unified picture of spatiotemporal resource dynamics in local circuits. Learn more: go.aps.org/4vximdC

A theoretical framework for belief propagation in tensor networks introduces an innovation called a cluster expansion based on statistical mechanics, allowing it to overcome longstanding limitations on accurate approximation. Read more in PRX Quantum: go.aps.org/4gvmeI6

New research combines data from all original RHIC experiments with state-of-the-art simulations to probe quark-gluon plasma, which filled the early universe. The results support the hydrodynamic picture of heavy-ion collisions. 🔗 journals.aps.org/prc/abstract/1… 📷 @BrookhavenLab

A new Physical Review E study shows that the conditions required to start an earthquake are different from those needed to sustain a growing rupture — explaining why some earthquakes stop on their own while others expand into larger events. Read more: go.aps.org/4aLLWED

A study in Physical Review E identified fundamental limitations of cluster algorithms in frustrated systems, potentially settling a decades-long debate. Physically relevant clusters can be defined, but only through negative probabilities. Learn more: go.aps.org/4wB0yPD

A PRX Energy study introduces a way to identify the main source of recombination losses in perovskite solar cells: illuminating them with different colors of light. The results provide a practical method to inform future solar cell development. Read more: go.aps.org/44wanCt

Using a minimal theory, researchers show how energy-consuming enzymes determine how active membrane domains form, persist, and coarsen — a framework for identifying key factors that control phase separation on membrane scaffolds. Read more in PRX Life: go.aps.org/456Yova

Scientists perform low-frequency electric field sensing using ionization detection on a collimated beam of Rydberg atoms, reducing electric field screening challenges in warm vapor cells with alkali metals. Read more in Physical Review A: go.aps.org/4fcQ5CR

A theoretical paper in Physical Review Research shows that an excitable systems framework can reproduce the wide diversity of pigmentation patterns in mollusk shells and casts light on the behavior of dynamically-evolving, excitable systems. 📄 go.aps.org/4fiBQwr

A Perspective in Physical Review E explores the evolving research principles, conceptual shifts, and emerging challenges in the journey from active to odd to smart matter, and argues for the importance of learning alongside explicit control. 📄 go.aps.org/4ydCh3M

Temperature-dependent photoluminescence spectroscopy of triple-cation perovskite reveals that lowering temperature changes the trap-energy landscape — offering new insights into shallow defects and recombination losses. Read the PRX Energy study: go.aps.org/3SPgLlO

A theoretical demonstration of quantum emitters’ subradiant states for quantum metrology enables precise frequency shift detection with accuracy comparable to the best atomic clocks. Read more in Physical Review A: go.aps.org/44ZT10N @harvardphysics @MIT_Physics

A mirror-based neutral atom networking node employs a novel parabolic geometry in a compact and fiber-integrated architecture, and achieves robust photon collection and detection efficiency without the use of a cavity. Learn more in PRX Quantum: go.aps.org/4p91YhB

A new paper in PRX Energy details a scale-bridging computational framework for modeling insertion-type electrode performance from atomistic to device scales — offering a blueprint for the design of next-generation battery electrodes. Read the study: go.aps.org/3SFJSYG

By revisiting the particle number projection formalism on a spatial domain for mean field wave functions with pairing, a new study in Physical Review C shows that restricting calculations to a finite-dimensional space makes the operators non-unitary. 🔗 go.aps.org/44mFXm0

A new study published in Physical Review A outlines how the quantum Mpemba effect can be engineered, enabling quantum systems to approach equilibrium more quickly when they start farther away. Read the paper: go.aps.org/44RNSYH