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- Fully nonlinear neuromorphic computing with linear wave scatteringNature Physics, Published online: 09 July 2024; doi:10.1038/s41567-024-02534-9 As the energy consumption of neural networks continues to grow, different approaches to deep learning are needed. A neuromorphic method offering nonlinear computation based on linear wave scattering can be implemented using integrated photonics.
- The biophysical basis of bacterial colony growthNature Physics, Published online: 09 July 2024; doi:10.1038/s41567-024-02572-3 The growth of a biofilm—a bacterial colony attached to a surface—is governed by a trade-off between horizontal and vertical expansion. Now, it is shown that this process significantly depends on the contact angle at the biofilm’s edge.
- Active hydraulics and odd elasticity of muscle fibresNature Physics, Published online: 08 July 2024; doi:10.1038/s41567-024-02540-x A multiscale model of muscle as a fluid-filled sponge suggests that hydraulics limits rapid contractions and that the mechanical response of muscle is non-reciprocal.
- Constants in disguiseNature Physics, Published online: 08 July 2024; doi:10.1038/s41567-024-02583-0 It has many names and yet no name. The designation of the universal gas constant as R has remained a mystery, as Karen Mudryk recounts.
- Revealing the complex phases of rhombohedral trilayer grapheneNature Physics, Published online: 08 July 2024; doi:10.1038/s41567-024-02561-6 Rhombohedral graphene is an emerging material with a rich correlated-electron phenomenology, including superconductivity. The magnetism of symmetry-broken trilayer graphene has now been explored, revealing important details of the physics and providing a roadmap for broader explorations of rhombohedral graphene.
- Dissipative time crystal in a strongly interacting Rydberg gasNature Physics, Published online: 02 July 2024; doi:10.1038/s41567-024-02542-9 The observation of continuous time crystals has been hindered by atom loss in the ultracold regime. Long-range time-crystalline order has now been demonstrated in a dissipative Rydberg gas at room temperature.
- Unravelling quantum dynamics using flow equationsNature Physics, Published online: 02 July 2024; doi:10.1038/s41567-024-02549-2 The complexity of a many-body quantum state grows exponentially with system size, hindering numerical studies. A unitary flow-based method now enables accurate estimates of long-term properties of one- and two-dimensional quantum systems.
- Sequence-specific interactions determine viscoelasticity and ageing dynamics of protein condensatesNature Physics, Published online: 02 July 2024; doi:10.1038/s41567-024-02558-1 The time-dependent viscoelastic moduli of biomolecular condensates are connected to the functions that the condensates influence in cells. Now sticker and spacer residues in proteins are shown to regulate condensate viscoelasticity and ageing dynamics.
