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  1. Synthetic cells get into shape
    Nature Physics, Published online: 05 May 2025; doi:10.1038/s41567-025-02906-9 Shape changes in biological cells are driven by an active network of biopolymers. Now, similar deformations are observed in synthetic cell membranes.
  2. Strongly interacting Meissner phases in large bosonic flux ladders
    Nature Physics, Published online: 02 May 2025; doi:10.1038/s41567-025-02890-0 The quantum simulation of driven, strongly correlated phases at large scales is challenging, primarily due to detrimental heating effects. Now, a large-scale interacting Mott–Meissner phase has been realized in a neutral atom quantum simulator.
  3. Altermagnet with a metallic touch
    Nature Physics, Published online: 02 May 2025; doi:10.1038/s41567-025-02894-w Metallic altermagnets — distinct from conventional ferromagnets and antiferromagnets — hold potential for advanced spintronic applications. Now, experiments reveal room-temperature altermagnetism with antisymmetric spin polarization in a metallic oxide.
  4. Observation of the diffusive Nambu–Goldstone mode of a non-equilibrium phase transition
    Nature Physics, Published online: 02 May 2025; doi:10.1038/s41567-025-02902-z Gapless modes emerging from non-equilibrium phase transitions are predicted to diffuse rather than propagate as sound waves. Now, the diffusion of these modes and their suppression under symmetry breaking are confirmed in a polariton condensate.
  5. Experimental signature of layer skyrmions and implications for band topology in twisted WSe<sub>2</sub> bilayers
    Nature Physics, Published online: 01 May 2025; doi:10.1038/s41567-025-02876-y Evidence is shown for a skyrmion-like texture in the layer polarization of the electronic wavefunctions of a twisted two-dimensional material. This provides support for theories that link this spatial texture to the topological properties.
  6. Observation of Floquet–Bloch states in monolayer graphene
    Nature Physics, Published online: 01 May 2025; doi:10.1038/s41567-025-02888-8 Monolayer graphene has been long proposed as a candidate system for Floquet engineering. Time- and angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy measurements now show the formation of Floquet–Bloch states in this material.
  7. Droplets beamed up
    Nature Physics, Published online: 01 May 2025; doi:10.1038/s41567-025-02901-0 Droplets on hydrophilic surfaces spread out, forming films that are almost impossible to manipulate. It has now been shown that acoustic waves can trigger fluid motion within such droplets, making it possible to reshape and move them around in a controlled way.
  8. Thermopower reveals localized electrons
    Nature Physics, Published online: 01 May 2025; doi:10.1038/s41567-025-02896-8 Thermopower measurements on magic-angle twisted bilayer graphene reveal strong electronic correlations and their contribution to entropy.