Artificial intelligence for representing and characterizing quantum systems - Nature Reviews Physics

The application of artificial intelligence to quantum information science has emerged as a frontier of research. This Technical Review summarizes how AI techniques, including machine learning, deep le...

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Graphene FET microfluidic platform for electrochemical molecular fingerprinting - Nature Reviews Physics

Roanne Aves describes a platform to integrate graphene-FET based microfluidic modules into one experimental workflow.

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The work that holds physics together - Nature Reviews Physics

In 1834, Mary Somerville’s On the Connexion of the Physical Sciences argued that astronomy, physics and mathematics belonged together. Saad Bhamla asks why this kind of synthesis tends to disappear in...

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Universal bounds on entropy production from fluctuating coarse-grained trajectories - Nature Reviews Physics

Entropy production quantifies non-equilibrium behaviour but is hard to measure in fluctuating, partially observed systems. This Review discusses stochastic thermodynamics approaches that infer model-f...

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Non-idealities in artificial synapses - Nature Reviews Physics

Artificial synapses based on non-volatile memory exhibit non-ideal effects that can limit the performance of neuromorphic systems. This Review discusses their origins, mitigation strategies and opport...

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Emergence of Fermi-liquid and BCS physics in overdoped cuprates - Nature Reviews Physics

Various observed behaviours of overdoped cuprates are inconsistent with a weak-coupling, Fermi-liquid-based Bardeen–Cooper–Schrieffer description. This Perspective argues that these behaviours are con...

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Universities need transparent quantum hardware - Nature Reviews Physics

Students need to experience quantum hardware beyond cloud access to learn how an ideal circuit becomes a physical measurement. Universities should therefore procure teachable systems, not showroom mac...

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Universities need transparent quantum hardware - Nature Reviews Physics

Students need to experience quantum hardware beyond cloud access to learn how an ideal circuit becomes a physical measurement. Universities should therefore procure teachable systems, not showroom mac...

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Emergence of Fermi-liquid and BCS physics in overdoped cuprates - Nature Reviews Physics

Various observed behaviours of overdoped cuprates are inconsistent with a weak-coupling, Fermi-liquid-based Bardeen–Cooper–Schrieffer description. This Perspective argues that these behaviours are con...

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Non-idealities in artificial synapses - Nature Reviews Physics

Artificial synapses based on non-volatile memory exhibit non-ideal effects that can limit the performance of neuromorphic systems. This Review discusses their origins, mitigation strategies and opport...

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Ultrahigh spatiotemporal resolution terahertz scanning tunnelling microscopy - Nature Reviews Physics

Terahertz scanning tunnelling microscopy integrates picosecond pulses with atomic resolution, enabling detailed analysis of electron dynamics and molecular motions. This Technical Review outlines meth...

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The unreasonable usefulness of black holes - Nature Reviews Physics

Ubiquitous in popular culture, black holes were once highly debated and remain an intellectually active research area with applications in volcano monitoring and bone growth.

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Radioactive molecules as laboratories of fundamental physics - Nature Reviews Physics

Radioactive molecules containing octupole-deformed nuclei offer a promising platform for measuring fundamental symmetry violations and searching for new physics. This Perspective discusses how advance...

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Atomic force microscopy from nanoscale imaging to holistic exploration - Nature Reviews Physics

Forty years after its invention, atomic force microscopy has evolved from a simple surface imaging tool into one of the most versatile measurement platforms in nanoscience. This Comment traces the key...

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Do the benefits of fundamental physics research outweigh its wider societal costs? - Nature Reviews Physics

Deciding whether a big science project is sustainable is a complex multi-dimensional problem, but there are tools from economics that can help with decision making.

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Talking quantum with a 9-year-old - Nature Reviews Physics

Katia Moskvitch shares her experience of launching a quantum computing podcast with her child.

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Do the benefits of fundamental physics research outweigh its wider societal costs? - Nature Reviews Physics

Deciding whether a big science project is sustainable is a complex multi-dimensional problem, but there are tools from economics that can help with decision making.

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Talking quantum with a 9-year-old - Nature Reviews Physics

Katia Moskvitch shares her experience of launching a quantum computing podcast with her child.

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Transparent conducting electrodes for perovskite–silicon tandem solar cells - Nature Reviews Physics

Transparent conducting electrodes are a key performance and sustainability bottleneck in high-efficiency perovskite–silicon tandem solar cells. This Review examines how optical, electrical and interfa...

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Transitions of the Atlantic Ocean circulation - Nature Reviews Physics

The multistable dynamics of the Atlantic Ocean circulation pose a central problem in climate physics, because instabilities of the flows can have large climate impacts. This Review uses a dynamical sy...

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Chaotic photonics in microresonators - Nature Reviews Physics

Chaos in photonics is not always a nuisance but often a source of innovation. This Review surveys chaotic microcavity photonics across materials and architectures, highlighting opportunities to harnes...

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Cross-probing van der Waals multiferroics - Nature Reviews Physics

2D van der Waals multiferroics, with their coupled magnetic and electric orders and their reduced dimensionality, offer great opportunities for low-power magnetoelectric devices. This Review moves bey...

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Vortices and solitons in polariton superfluids and condensates - Nature Reviews Physics

Polaritons can be optically driven into nonlinear states such as vortices and solitons, with properties like quantized phase jumps and stable shapes, that enable applications in information processing...

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Black-hole thermodynamics - Nature Reviews Physics

The study of black-hole thermodynamics — now 50 years old — has led to deep insights into fundamental physics, but it has also created fresh paradoxes and puzzles. This Review assesses what has been l...

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Global science in a changing world - Nature Reviews Physics

A closer look at past and present shows how trust underpins the international scientific endeavour.

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