Nature Physics, Published online: 13 October 2025; doi:10.1038/s41567-025-03076-4
Two decades ago this month, Nature Physics published its first issue. We reflect on the past and look into the future.
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- Still going strong
- The first eightNature Physics, Published online: 13 October 2025; doi:10.1038/s41567-025-03059-5 In our very first issue we published eight research papers, on topics ranging from condensed matter physics to atom interferometry. Two decades on, we look back at those works and hear from their authors.
- Strings and topological defects govern ordering kinetics in endothelial cell layersNature Physics, Published online: 09 October 2025; doi:10.1038/s41567-025-03014-4 Imposing shear flow on a cell layer induces an ordering transition. Now it is shown that an intermediate phase of ordering occurs driven by an interplay between cellular activity and the aligning field.
- Unified theory of phonon in solids with phase diagram of non-Debye anomaliesNature Physics, Published online: 07 October 2025; doi:10.1038/s41567-025-03057-7 Van Hove singularities in crystals and the boson peak in glasses are both deviations from the Debye theory of phonons. A unified model for the vibrational density of states now shows when these two phenomena have distinct phononic origins.
- Mathematical discovery in the age of artificial intelligenceNature Physics, Published online: 06 October 2025; doi:10.1038/s41567-025-03042-0 In this comment, we consider how artificial intelligence tools are reshaping the way mathematical research is conducted and discuss how future developments of this technology will transform mathematical practice.
- How to build a long-lived qubitNature Physics, Published online: 06 October 2025; doi:10.1038/s41567-025-03044-y Improvements in qubit performance are essential for the development of large-scale quantum computing devices. Sustained progress requires a broad approach combining physics, materials science, and engineering mindsets.
- Terahertz excitation of collective dynamics of polar skyrmions over a broad temperature rangeNature Physics, Published online: 03 October 2025; doi:10.1038/s41567-025-03056-8 Terahertz control of polar skyrmions—topological textures of electric dipoles—is key for fast optoelectronics. Now, ultrafast excitation of polar skyrmions is achieved across two orders of magnitude of temperature in an oxide heterostructure.
- Imaging isospin order in rhombohedral graphene reveals anisotropy in correlated statesNature Physics, Published online: 03 October 2025; doi:10.1038/s41567-025-03036-y The microscopic magnetic textures of isospin symmetry-broken phases in rhombohedral tetralayer graphene have been directly imaged. By probing spin orientation and magnetic anisotropy at ultra-low fields, key energy scales — the spin–orbit coupling and intervalley Hund’s exchange — have been extracted, shedding new light on the phase hierarchy in strongly correlated electron systems.
