Nature Physics, Published online: 10 August 2026; doi:10.1038/s41567-026-03421-1
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- Silent whales leave a trace
- A cell stethoscopeNature Physics, Published online: 10 August 2026; doi:10.1038/s41567-026-03420-2 A cell stethoscope
- Time-resolved imaging of antiferromagnetic skyrmion interactionsNature Physics, Published online: 10 August 2026; doi:10.1038/s41567-026-03383-4 Understanding the time-resolved dynamics of antiferromagnetic skyrmion interactions remains a challenge, limiting control over their collective behaviour. Now their ultrafast dynamics is visualized in real time in thin-film multilayers.
- Large intra-chromosome heterogeneity leads to emergent nonlinear mechanicsNature Physics, Published online: 07 August 2026; doi:10.1038/s41567-026-03407-z Analysis of the mechanical properties of mitotic chromosomes is key for understanding the robustness of chromosomes during cell division. It is now shown that chromosomes are highly mechanically heterogeneous.
- Perfect particle transmission through duality defectsNature Physics, Published online: 07 August 2026; doi:10.1038/s41567-026-03390-5 Dualities between different models are an important tool in theoretical many-body physics. Here a constructive recipe is given for topological interfaces between dual models that are transparent to wavepackets but alter their properties.
- Time-domain identification of distinct mechanisms for competing charge density waves in a rare-earth tritellurideNature Physics, Published online: 07 August 2026; doi:10.1038/s41567-026-03382-5 ErTe3 hosts two charge-density-wave orders and the origin of the weaker one remains unclear. Tracking its recovery after light excitation now points to nucleation and growth as the underlying mechanism.
- Braids of lightNature Physics, Published online: 07 August 2026; doi:10.1038/s41567-026-03399-w Non-Hermitian systems trace braid-like eigenvalue paths that are difficult to observe directly. Coupled chip-scale lasers now reveal braided spectra, enabling real-time visualization of non-Hermitian topology.
- Orbitronics becomes disorder-resilientNature Physics, Published online: 05 August 2026; doi:10.1038/s41567-026-03388-z It is unclear whether crystalline disorder can suppress angular momentum transport. Now, a study reveals the disorder resilience of such transport and uncovers distinct orbital relaxation processes across a wide range of disordered thin films.
