In a study published in PRX Life, rare chromatin mobility transitions reveal asymmetric, lineage-dependent nuclear dynamics that may expose disrupted genome regulation in acute lymphoblastic leukemia. Read the paper: https://go.aps.org/4zbZN1o

Does a quantum liquid ever crystallize? A new paper in PRX Intelligence builds a neural network wavefunction that finds both fractional quantum Hall liquids and electron crystals, no prior physics knowledge required. Read more: https://go.aps.org/4z65Jch

Researchers study nuclear collisions below the fusion threshold via a state-of-the-art microscopic computational method, showing that the pairing of nucleons in the nucleus is correlated to how it deforms during the collision. More in Physical Review C: https://go.aps.org/3TQ2yFB

A study in Physical Review Research integrates physical modeling, data-driven parameter identification, and control of small, active particles called bristlebots — laying the groundwork for developing adaptive and intelligent active matter. Read more: https://go.aps.org/4z9V7ZW

A study in PRX Life finds that bursts of synchronized activity in ant colonies can be characterized as a phase transition that emerges as a balance of the colony’s responsiveness to one ant’s activation and its ability to fully deactivate. Check it out: https://go.aps.org/3TZJwMZ

An ARPES-inspired crystal property predictor based on reciprocal space matches or beats widely used convolutional neural networks at predicting crystal properties while requiring only a fraction of the computational cost. Read more in PRX Intelligence: https://go.aps.org/3Tu9WXb

A new paper in Physical Review C interrogates microscopic fusion in 16O + 40,48Ca and identifies an isotopic discrepancy between calculations and measurements, pointing to limitations in understanding of this neutron-rich system. Read more: https://go.aps.org/3RVW7Qz

New experiments in Physical Review Applied implement digital holography to image the free surface of superfluid helium in diverse cryogenic contexts, establishing the method as a robust and versatile probe for experimentally demanding environments. 🔗 https://go.aps.org/4xpVfmz

A new paper presents a Bayesian-inspired framework that averages across nuclear mass tables to predict rare-isotope production cross sections, offering a practical tool for beam development and searches for new isotopes. Learn more in Physical Review C: https://go.aps.org/3THcyAW

Using data of canaries’ respiration and a model, a PRX Life study shows that nonlinear respiratory biomechanics broaden this songbird’s frequency amplification — mechanically supporting the rapid breathing rates essential for singing. Read more: https://go.aps.org/3ROvMnK

A new framework called Quantum Flow Matching uses a single quantum circuit to track evolving quantum states, making quantum simulations more efficient and reducing circuit-adjustment overhead by about 60%. More in PRX Intelligence: https://go.aps.org/4bBFqAO

A study in PRX Quantum shows that noise can destroy measurement-induced entanglement in 2D circuits, with implications for the classical hardness of simulating noisy quantum computers. Read the study: https://go.aps.org/4wGFpE1

A study in PRX Life details how a nuclear packing metric that combines static cellular properties, like internuclear spacing and nuclear shape can serve as an accurate indicator of cell jamming and fluidity in cancer. Read the study: https://go.aps.org/45FXHJD

A new study in Physical Review Research details an approach that compares the relative magnitudes of populations and coherences of the density operator to analyze the quantum entanglement of mixed states. Read the paper: https://go.aps.org/4g4oLs6

Combining experimental and analytical studies, researchers show how gallium-substituted YIG waveguides that support spin waves with higher group velocities could inform new directions in nanoscale magnonic devices. Read more in Physical Review Applied: https://go.aps.org/4yU8jlt

A new series of neural decoders for universal quantum algorithms achieves fast inference and logical error rates while mitigating qubit loss under noise — offering a practical and versatile tool for quantum computing. Learn more in PRX Intelligence: https://go.aps.org/457wY8D

New work published in Physical Review A develops the first experimental platform for preparing a quasi-2D Bose mixture of ultracold sodium and rubidium atoms, enabling the study of ultracold, low-dimensional phenomena. Read the paper: https://go.aps.org/3TDSkYM

A study in Physical Review Research compared eight different ways to encode piano pieces using combinations of features like pitch and note duration and found that how music is represented may affect how easy it is to learn. Read the study: https://go.aps.org/4pLOQiO

In Physical Review Applied, researchers used a Boltzmann transport approach to derive the spontaneous Nernst coefficient for ferromagnetic metals by treating the transverse current density from Berry curvature as a Fermi-surface property. Read the study: https://go.aps.org/4w3Dqsr

By integrating electric bias into foundation-model simulations across chemical space, a field-aware equivariant interatomic potential learns a differentiable electric enthalpy for how materials respond to electric fields. Read the PRX Intelligence paper: https://go.aps.org/4ft9alC

A study in Physical Review Accelerators and Beams shows how coupled-bunch instabilities can be suppressed over the full 1-3.5 GeV energy range for the Super Tau-Charm Facility using the baseline low-level RF proportional-integral loop. Read the study: https://go.aps.org/4xdTF7g

In PRX Energy: A multiscale model explores complex ion and fluid dynamics in alkaline water electrolyzers, highlighting the impact of elevated temperature on their physical and electrochemical properties. Read more: https://go.aps.org/4yPu7ic

Similarity-based representation learning combined with density-based aggregation could be a promising strategy for point cloud segmentation in highly granular particle detectors, according to a new study in PRX Intelligence: https://go.aps.org/4wlRI8C

Can one waveform capture the dynamics of an accelerator subsystem? In Physical Review Accelerators and Beams, researchers demonstrate a kernel-based framework that learns from a single reference waveform, accurately reconstructing system behavior. 🔗 https://go.aps.org/44VGxHP

A new electron ring collimator design for the Electron-Ion Collider employs superconducting final-focus magnets and detectors to mitigate beam loss without impacting machine acceptance or beam lifetime. Read more in Physical Review Accelerators and Beams: https://go.aps.org/4hnmp91

In PRX Intelligence, researchers present a message-passing neural network method that enables accurate many-body dispersion calculations and offers a streamlined tool for incorporating van der Waals interactions into molecular simulations. Read the study: https://go.aps.org/4fE8HMl

Researchers have identified a temperature threshold where thermal fluctuations disrupt cooperative function in mechanical networks modeling protein allostery. They also demonstrated how tuning for thermal stability can improve robustness. More in PRX Life: https://go.aps.org/4xaKdBg

A team presents the first quantitative breakdown of reversed-sign phototaxis in algal mutants missing eyespots — marking an important experimental step in the biophysical study of phototaxis and active matter. Read the paper in Physical Review E: https://go.aps.org/3RBncIT

Using a data-driven linear foundation model, researchers identify a compact variational subspace for quantum embedding — reducing the time needed to solve embedding Hamiltonians without sacrificing computational accuracy. More in PRX Intelligence: https://go.aps.org/4yJQd5R

Semimagnetic tin isotopes can exist in different spatial configurations, called shape coexistence. New research models this structure to better understand shape coexistence and how it changes with particle-hole interactions. More in Physical Review C: https://go.aps.org/4xam7qr