Physics-informed diffusion enables high-fidelity multimode fiber imaging under dynamic perturbations - Communications Physics

Multimode fibers enable compact high-capacity imaging, but their extreme sensitivity to external perturbations limits practical applications. Here, the authors develop a physics-informed diffusion fra...

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Quantum superposition of black hole states as a communication resource - Communications Physics

When treated classically, black holes degrade the quantum entanglement shared between nearby observers. The authors find that placing the black hole’s mass - and hence its spacetime - in a quantum sup...

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Influence of neutron-capture reactions on the nucleosynthesis of strontium - Communications Physics

Astrophysical models underproduce the element Sr in intermediate neutron density environments (the so called i-process). The authors investigate the nuclear reactions that produce Sr and find that the...

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Coherent phonon transport and Anderson localization in WS2/MoS2 superlattices - Communications Physics

Efficient heat management in nanoscale electronics depends on the precise control of vibrational waves known as phonons. This research reveals that while periodic layered materials allow these waves t...

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Five-stage ordering to a topological-defect-mediated ground state in a buckyball artificial spin ice - Communications Physics

Artificial spin ices offer a way to explore emergent magnetic phenomena but are typically confined to flat geometries. Using Monte Carlo simulations, the authors determine the temperature-dependent be...

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Adapting vision-language models for neutrino event classification in high-energy physics - Communications Physics

Recent advances in large language models have expanded their capabilities beyond natural language processing, prompting exploration into their applications in high-energy physics. Here, the authors de...

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Roughening and dynamics of an electric flux string in a (2+1)D lattice gauge theory - Communications Physics

The roughening transition in Z2 lattice gauge theory remains a complex phenomenon, particularly in understanding the behavior of electric flux strings. Here, the authors use numerical simulations with...

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Revealing wave-wave resonant interactions in ocean wind waves - Communications Physics

Nonlinear resonant interactions have long been theorized as the mechanism that moves energy across scales in ocean wind waves, but direct evidence of these processes in the open ocean has remained elu...

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A flexible Bayesian framework for atomic masses by locally inferring configuration mixing - Communications Physics

Predicting nuclear masses with reliable uncertainty remains a key challenge in nuclear physics. The authors introduce a probabilistic mass model that uses local Bayesian averaging to emulate configura...

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Topology made visible through standing waves in a spinning fluid - Communications Physics

Wave-topology interactions lie at the heart of numerous physical phenomena, from condensed matter systems to cosmological models, exemplified by the Aharonov-Bohm effect. Drawing on its classical anal...

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Orbital Hall effect in spin-3/2 hole-doped semiconductors and its implications for orbitronics - Communications Physics

The recent discovery of orbital torques, which employ the orbital angular momentum of Bloch electrons to switch the magnetisation of an adjacent ferromagnet, has motivated the search for orbitronic ma...

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The evolution and impact of group collaboration in crisis response

Communications Physics - Effective cross-group collaboration is crucial during crises, yet its evolving dynamics and impact on network effectiveness remain poorly understood. Here, the authors...

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Active, Entangled or Confined: Polymer Physics Across Synthetic and Living Matter

This Collection aims to unite research from diverse disciplines, encompassing theoretical, computational, and experimental studies that elucidate links ...

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Sequential buckling in fluid-filled cylindrical shells - Communications Physics

Under compression, fluid-filled cylindrical shells, such as soda cans, exhibit localized axisymmetric corrugations which appear sequentially but are evenly spaced once the surface is fully decorated. ...

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Relativistic 56Ni decay lines in GRB 221009A - Communications Physics

Long Gamma Ray Bursts (GRBs) are linked to the core collapse of massive stars, and in many cases Type Ic supernovae. Here, the authors identify that the time-evolving emission line in GRB 221009A is c...

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Progress and prospects in the underground laboratories' search for dark matter - Communications Physics

The authors review advancements in underground dark matter experiments, highlighting the need for enhanced detector sensitivity to unravel dark matter’s fundamental properties, with implications for a...

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Spatially-resolved atmospheric turbulence sensing with two-dimensional orbital angular momentum spectroscopy - Communications Physics

Accurately sensing atmospheric turbulence is vital for optical communications, yet standard methods often obscure the spatial nature of these distortions. Via numerical simulations, the authors show t...

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The superconducting diode effect in Josephson junctions fabricated from a structurally chiral superconductor

Communications Physics - The superconducting diode effect describes the non-reciprocal transport behavior of the superconducting current and certain symmetry requirements must be met to realize...

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The detection of marine microseismic activity with the CUORE tonne-scale cryogenic experiment

Communications Physics - Low-temperature calorimeters used in rare-event searches are often limited in sensitivity by noise, especially at low energies. Here, the authors show that CUORE can detect...

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Highly efficient three-dimensional optical condensation of nano- and micro-particles using a gold-coated optical fibre module - Communications Physics

Detecting trace amounts of harmful bacteria and nanoscale biomarkers is crucial for early diagnosis and disease prevention, yet conventional methods are often slow and lack sensitivity. The authors in...

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Long-range transport versus local generation in orbitronics - Communications Physics

In orbitronics, a fundamental debate exists on whether orbital angular momentum can travel long distances. This perspective reviews the experimental evidence and theoretical models on whether orbital ...

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Charge transfer empties the flat band in 4Hb-TaS2, except at the surface

Communications Physics - TaS2 can be synthesised in the 4Hb stacking, a natural heterostructure of “H" and “T"-type layers, which exhibits several unusual phenomena in its low...

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Quantifying biases in reconstructed brain networks

Communications Physics - Network density significantly influences coefficient estimates in functional connectomes, posing challenges for consistent analysis. Here, the authors analyze multimodal...

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Cavity-driven arbitrary in-plane focusing of phonon polaritons in hBN with deep-subwavelength confinement

Communications Physics - In-plane confinement of phonon-polaritons (PhPs) in the mid-infrared is key for compact sensors and photonic devices, but such in-plane beam control in isotropic materials...

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Anti-interference circularly polarized LiDAR for ocean detection

Communications Physics - Solar background and multiple scattering degrade the profiling depth and ocean-color parameter retrieval of ocean LiDAR. Our anti-interference circularly polarized LiDAR...

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