Nature Physics, Published online: 31 October 2025; doi:10.1038/s41567-025-03069-3
The hunt for a quantum spin liquid has involved many different material families and models. Now, Zn-barlowite has been found to have similar behaviour to another candidate material, herbertsmithite, hinting there may be universal physical behaviour.
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- Identifying universal spin excitations in candidate spin-1/2 kagome quantum spin liquid materials
- Universal behaviourNature Physics, Published online: 31 October 2025; doi:10.1038/s41567-025-03089-z Researchers have long sought a realization of a spin liquid in which quantum dynamics destroys classical magnetic order. Neutron-scattering experiments on zinc-barlowite have revealed universal behaviour that strengthens the case for a spin liquid.
- An initiative towards better representation in high-pressure researchNature Physics, Published online: 29 October 2025; doi:10.1038/s41567-025-03077-3 Women in High Pressure, a community tackling gender imbalance in high-pressure research, is driving inclusion, visibility and systemic change — so every scientist can thrive, even under pressure.
- Hybrid Frenkel–Wannier excitons facilitate ultrafast energy transfer at a 2D–organic interfaceNature Physics, Published online: 29 October 2025; doi:10.1038/s41567-025-03075-5 A hybrid exciton is observed at the interface between an organic semiconductor and a transition metal dichalcogenide. This suggests engineering the exciton wavefunction can lead to efficient charge and energy transfer processes in such structures.
- Obstacles regulate membrane tension propagation to enable localized mechanotransductionNature Physics, Published online: 29 October 2025; doi:10.1038/s41567-025-03037-x Propagation of membrane tension mediates communication on the membrane surface. It is now shown that membrane-bound obstacles can obstruct tension propagation, which helps to localize signalling.
- The generalized quantum Stein’s lemma and the second law of quantum resource theoriesNature Physics, Published online: 29 October 2025; doi:10.1038/s41567-025-03047-9 Earlier work establishing an analogue of the second law of thermodynamics for quantum resources relied on a flawed proof of the generalized quantum Stein’s lemma. Now the lemma has been re-proven, restoring the analogy.
- Synchronization in rotating supersolidsNature Physics, Published online: 23 October 2025; doi:10.1038/s41567-025-03065-7 Supersolids combine superfluid and crystal order and their response to external driving remains unclear. Now it is shown that, in a dipolar supersolid, rotation induces synchronization of the crystal motion via vortex nucleation.
- Vortices revealed by synchronizationNature Physics, Published online: 23 October 2025; doi:10.1038/s41567-025-03066-6 A study shows that the nucleation of vortices in dipolar supersolids can be revealed by the onset of rotational synchronization.
