Nature Physics, Published online: 02 April 2026; doi:10.1038/s41567-026-03220-8
Combining quantum error correction with gauge theory concepts from many-body physics enables the design of codes with improved resource requirements for fault-tolerant quantum computation.
RSS Nature Physics
Nature Physics offers news and reviews alongside top-quality research papers in a monthly publication, covering the entire spectrum of physics. Physics addresses the properties and interactions of matter and energy, and plays a key role in the development of a broad range of technologies. To reflect this, Nature Physics covers all areas of pure and applied physics research. The journal focuses on core physics disciplines, but is also open to a broad range of topics whose central theme falls within the bounds of physics.
Feed URL: https://www.nature.com/nphys.rss
Updated: daily
Feed URL: https://www.nature.com/nphys.rss
Updated: daily
- Low-overhead fault-tolerant quantum computation by gauging logical operators
- A molecular probe for quantum metrologyNature Physics, Published online: 02 April 2026; doi:10.1038/s41567-026-03239-x Cavity-enhanced spectroscopy has now reached temperatures as low as 4 K — colder than most of space. This removes long-standing barriers in measuring hydrogen, which is a benchmark system for testing quantum theory and relevant for metrology.
- Active assembly and non-reciprocal dynamics of elastic membranesNature Physics, Published online: 02 April 2026; doi:10.1038/s41567-026-03215-5 The microtubule–kinesin system is a well-known active matter system. Now it is shown that a microtubule-based active fluid can assemble adhesive non-thermal fibres into a membrane-like structure.
- Frieze charge stripes in a correlated kagome superconductorNature Physics, Published online: 02 April 2026; doi:10.1038/s41567-026-03232-4 In a kagome superconductor, sublattice degrees of freedom are shown to govern a distinct density wave phase featuring chiral textures and symmetry properties that align with one of the fundamental frieze symmetry groups.
- Boundary-guided cell alignment drives mouse epiblast maturationNature Physics, Published online: 01 April 2026; doi:10.1038/s41567-026-03176-9 Tissue patterning is essential to development. Now it is shown that boundary cues can drive the patterning of embryonic tissue.
- Full space-time ultrafast self-focusing of spherical Airy wavepacketsNature Physics, Published online: 01 April 2026; doi:10.1038/s41567-026-03237-z Airy beams are promising for applications requiring sharp focusing but have so far been realized in only two dimensions. Now their extension to three dimensions exhibits superior spatiotemporal focusing dynamics than Gaussian beams.
- Real-space imaging of the band topology of transition metal dichalcogenidesNature Physics, Published online: 31 March 2026; doi:10.1038/s41567-026-03197-4 Two distinct types of atomic insulator can be distinguished by the distribution of charges within the unit cell. Now, real-space imaging of WSe2 shows that it is a so-called obstructed insulator.
- Observation of giant nonlinear valley Hall effectNature Physics, Published online: 31 March 2026; doi:10.1038/s41567-026-03221-7 Previous observations of the valley Hall effect have been limited to the linear regime. Now a nonlinear version is demonstrated with a larger magnitude than in the linear case.
