Nature 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.
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- Braids of light
- 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.
- Publisher Correction: Reply to: Conductance measurements cannot distinguish crossed Andreev reflection from elastic co-tunnelling in normal–superconductor–normal junctionsNature Physics, Published online: 03 August 2026; doi:10.1038/s41567-026-03430-0 Publisher Correction: Reply to: Conductance measurements cannot distinguish crossed Andreev reflection from elastic co-tunnelling in normal–superconductor–normal junctions
- Altermagnetic photonic crystalsNature Physics, Published online: 03 August 2026; doi:10.1038/s41567-026-03405-1 Altermagnetism has been experimentally demonstrated in fermionic systems, but not yet in photonic systems. Now it is observed in a magnetophotonic crystal.
- Quantification of elastic barriers to rearrangement in molecular glassesNature Physics, Published online: 31 July 2026; doi:10.1038/s41567-026-03394-1 Elastic stresses are believed to play a role in the vitrification process in glasses, but measuring them is challenging. Imposing elastic boundary conditions is now shown to provide a way to probe elastic effects within glassy samples.
- What physics papers don’t tell youNature Physics, Published online: 31 July 2026; doi:10.1038/s41567-026-03380-7 Conventional physics publications systematically omit the failed experiments and informal collaborations that contribute to physicists’ knowledge. We propose an inverse seminar format to narrow the gap between published and actual physics.
- Long-lived phonons from resonators with reduced surface interactionsNature Physics, Published online: 30 July 2026; doi:10.1038/s41567-026-03321-4 Using Brillouin-based phonon spectroscopy, surface interactions have been identified as the dominant source of phonon decoherence in crystalline media. When these interactions are reduced through chemical mechanical polishing, high-frequency bulk acoustic wave oscillators can be realized with record Q-factors and coherence times, suitable for use as long-lived solid-state quantum memories.
- Rotation through soundNature Physics, Published online: 30 July 2026; doi:10.1038/s41567-026-03384-3 Detecting quantized circulation in strongly correlated matter is challenging. Now it has been shown that phononic interferometry can reveal the quantized angular momentum of a strongly interacting rotating superfluid.
