Physics articles from across Nature Portfolio

When driven by nonclassical light, photoemission from a needle tip reveals signatures of strong-field physics, opening up opportunities to control matter and to engineer the building blocks of quantum technologies.

In a heavy-fermion material, hybridization of conduction electrons and electrons in partially filled core-levels enhances the mass of charge carriers. Now, experiments using a two-dimensional heavy-fermion material show that the hybridization can be extremely anisotropic, with the result that the effective mass of charge carriers is direction-dependent.

A careful investigation of superconductivity in twisted trilayer graphene reveals a two-dome structure, which may be connected to intricate patterns of symmetry breaking in the underlying metallic state.

Our understanding of how heavy elements form within stars is incomplete. This Review highlights the emerging role of the intermediate neutron-capture process (i process) — between the slow and rapid processes — backed by stellar observations in tandem with advances in nuclear physics experiments and modelling.

Ionizing radiation can cause simultaneous charge noise in multi-qubit superconducting devices. Here, the authors measure space- and time-correlated charge jumps in a four-qubit system in a low-radiation underground facility, achieving operation with minimal correlated events over 22 h at qubit separations beyond 3 mm.

Spatiotemporal structuring of optical fields offers opportunities to probe and control electron motions in light–matter interactions. This Review discusses the recent advances in both fundamental physics and practical applications in ultrafast physics that involve structured light.

Traditional approaches in complexity science struggle to capture emergent phenomena, but abductive reasoning — now computationally feasible through artificial intelligence — offers a new pathway for discovery.

An article in Physical Review X reports a reinforcement learning approach for designing fault-tolerant quantum circuits for scalable, noise-resilient quantum computing.

Youngro Lee explains how a 2001 paper reframed his perspective on resistivity and inspired a new way of approaching his research.

Large language models (LLMs) are a new and powerful tool for solving specific physics problems. Here, the authors explore their capabilities in solving three problems of increasing complexity in quantum optics, finding that with appropriate prompts and careful feedback, a well-trained LLM can be used as an effective scientific collaborator.

When driven by nonclassical light, photoemission from a needle tip reveals signatures of strong-field physics, opening up opportunities to control matter and to engineer the building blocks of quantum technologies.

In a heavy-fermion material, hybridization of conduction electrons and electrons in partially filled core-levels enhances the mass of charge carriers. Now, experiments using a two-dimensional heavy-fermion material show that the hybridization can be extremely anisotropic, with the result that the effective mass of charge carriers is direction-dependent.