Theoretical analysis of a confined turbulent quantum fluid reveals features of the clustering of quantized vortices and permits a new way to compute the Kolmogorov constant, which captures the nature of energy flow across different length scales.

Theoretical investigations of hybrid systems of fractional quantum Hall states and superconductors lead to the prediction of fractional Majorana fermions – a novel type of exotic, non-Abelian particles.

A powerful software-based tool transforms the so-far extremely laborious task of optimizing real quantum-computing hardware for topological error correction into a highly automated and efficient one for a broad range of hardware platforms.

Experiments exploring the collision of a high-intensity laser beam with an electron beam are within the reach of modern laser technology. New fundamental insights into the quantum electrodynamic process of photon emission from accelerating electrons and a new type of gamma-ray sources may emerge from these soon-to-be-realized experiments.

Large-scale, record-resolution numerical magnetohydrodynamic simulations significantly advance the debate on the nature of strong turbulence in astrophysical plasmas.

A quantum-information theoretical approach explores the potential and the limit of a newly emerging direction of precision quantum measurements that exploits nonlinear interactions between probe photons.

Can a single neuronal spike in 100 billion spikes affect information processing in the human brain? Monteforte and Wolf from Max-Planck Institute for Dynamics and Self-organization show that the answer is “yes” and also reveal how that comes about with a novel concept of nonlinear dynamics.

A series of experiments on a judicious selection of magnetic materials using ultrafast laser pulses demonstrate successful control of spin polarization and ultrafast spin dynamics in the materials through their electronic structures.

Does the electron have a nonzero electric dipole moment? Measurements based on an atomic-fountain apparatus are predicted to be able to answer this question more accurately by lowering the current experimental detection limits by two orders of magnitude.

A group at Toshiba Research succeed in sending quantum encryption keys over record distances on high-traffic optical fibers, taking a big step toward quantum communication on a practical scale.

With their spiraling wavefronts, orbital angular momentum, and capability of interacting with applied magnetic fields, electron vortex beams make it possible to directly observe fundamental properties of quantum states of electrons in fields under an electron microscope.

Combined state-of-the-art experimental and theoretical investigations of a strongly correlated electronic material point to spin fluctuations as the prime mechanism for “dressing” electrons.

Multi-approach theoretical investigation of a minimal model of spin and orbital degrees of freedom of electrons in metal oxides yields the strongest evidence to date for the existence of a spin-orbital liquid down to the lowest temperature possible.

Individual, neutral atoms trapped in optical tweezers have been cooled to their quantum ground state, raising hopes that they can be used to process quantum information.

When a bulk piece of material is heated at its surface, does its center become hotter or cooler? A Danish group predict theoretically, and confirm experimentally that, when heated at its surface, a supercooled viscoelastic glucose ball actually cools down at its center.

Recent single-neuron experiments have revealed that neurons are capable of fast, nonadditive summation of synchronously received inputs. Incorporating this nonadditive neuronal coupling into theoretical models of cortical networks opens up a new direction for exploring guided neuronal synchrony – a process thought to be essential for cognitive functions such as memory, thought, and language.

A photoemission study of the electronic structure of a single graphene layer on nickel shows that the electrons in the graphene layer with a broken lattice symmetry still move like massless particles, contrary to what is expected.

A nanophysics tale of “The Princess and the Pea” reenacted with graphene sheets, SiO${}_2$ nanoparticles, and an atomic force microscope provides a way to a deeper understanding of graphene’s mechanical properties and extends the realm of thin-sheet mechanics to the nanoscale limit.

Using a novel mechanical-bonding technique, a team of physicists at University of Toronto realize for the first time hybrid tunnel diodes composed of a high-temperature superconductor and a second material that is either a bulk semiconductor, a semiconductor quantum well, or a topological insulator.

Expanding the reach of the field of ultracold atoms, a comprehensive and practical proposal describes how a range of new experiments on ultracold fermions can explore impurity-induced quantum dynamics–a classical topic in condensed matter physics that has seen very limited experimental observations.

Fault-tolerant quantum-computation schemes employing multi-level quantum systems (qudits) instead of two-level systems (qubits) are shown to offer significant advantages over their existing qubit counterparts, including a potential one-millionfold resource saving in device memory.

The behavior of the electric-polarization vortices generated by the ferroelectricity transition in solid-state materials of hexagonal manganites provides the first unambiguous experimental demonstration of the Kibble-Zurek mechanism that unifies our understanding of topological-defect generation in many subfields of physics.