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Experiments reveal that human skin is most reliably cut by specific thicknesses of paper, including the kind used to print certain high-profile journals. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The confidential 124-page report from the University of Rochester, disclosed in a lawsuit, details the extent of Ranga Dias’s scientific misconduct. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Letter to the Editor [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Astronomer Fred Hoyle supposedly coined the catchy term to ridicule the theory of the Universe’s origins — 75 years on, it’s time to set the record straight. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Nobel prizewinner Alain Aspect's 'crackpot' studies of quantum entanglement have explored the tricks reality plays on us — and built on ideas from a physics great. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

An ultra-precise laser synchronized to one of the world’s most precise clocks has been used to excite rapid nuclear oscillations — promising a timekeeper that could help to tackle fundamental questions about the Universe.Frequency comb custom built for the thorium-229 nuclear transition. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Theoretical physicist saw his eponymous particle discovered after 48 years. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Materials called ferroelectrics are being used to build energy-efficient electronics, but their benefits diminish when their size is scaled down. A proposed solution using mechanical strain could transform computer microelectronics.Framework for inducing ferroelectricity in a thin film. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

By smashing protons together at blinding speeds, scientists have shown that pairs of quarks display the phenomenon of quantum entanglement. The result could lead to fresh insight about one of the forces holding nuclei together.Proton–proton collisions confirm quantum principle in top-quark pairs. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Compounds containing copper have long been targeted in the search for high-temperature superconductivity, but experiments performed at extreme pressures suggest that nickel-based materials might also be candidates.Evidence of superconductivity in a nickelate under high pressure. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Molecular Bose–Einstein condensates could help to provide the answers to fundamental questions, or form the basis of new quantum computers. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Nuclear clocks might soon rival the best atomic ones as supremely accurate timekeepers — a testament to the value of both competition and cooperation in research. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Microscopic magnetic fields form in non-magnetic materials when light makes the atoms rotate. A similar macroscopic effect has long been known, but proof of its atomic equivalent could give rise to ultrafast data processing. Microscopic magnetic fields induced by rotating atoms. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Clever manipulation of electrons has enabled scientists to change a key property of light emitted by a device using electrically controlled magnetization. The method could lead to stable and energy-efficient information transfer.Light controlled by electrically induced change in magnetization. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Complex magnetic structures called skyrmions have been generated on a nanometre scale and controlled electrically — a promising step for fast, energy-efficient computer hardware systems that can store large amounts of data.Single skyrmions generated in a magnetic tunnel junction. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Phone users around the world are enabling the creation of a space-weather monitor that will deepen our understanding of the physics governing Earth's ionized upper atmosphere and improve the accuracy of satellite positioning. A global sensor network for monitoring Earth's ionosphere. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The iconic physicist’s theories of relativity and atomic motions were not so revolutionary, a penetrating history argues. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

When Rosemary Brown identified a strange particle decay 75 years ago, it set events in motion that would rewrite the laws of physics. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

By suppressing questions they considered too 'philosophical', post-war physicists created an unquestioning orthodoxy that influences science to this day. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

As components on a computer chip shrink, their structure becomes ever-more complicated to image. A method that uses bursts of X-rays offers high-resolution, rapid-fire visualization down to single-transistor level.X-ray imaging of integrated circuits. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Robert Oppenheimer’s isn’t the only film-worthy story from the nuclear age. Kurt Gödel’s cameo as a secret agent was surprising — and itself a bomb. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Smashing uranium-238 ions together proves to be a reliable way of imaging their nuclei. High-energy collision experiments reveal nuclear shapes that are strongly elongated and have no symmetry around their longest axis.Heavy-ion collisions enable detailed nuclear imaging. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

John Hopfield has had a varied career and delights in working in the cracks between disciplines. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

CERN’s calculation of the W boson’s mass agrees with theory, contradicting a previous anomaly that had raised the possibility of new physics. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Particle measurements at the Large Hadron Collider open the door to future high-energy tests of entanglement. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Swirling magnetic structures move through a material in ways that depend on their interactions with mobile electrons. Fresh insight into how to control this electrodynamic effect could lead to ultracompact magnetic devices.Dynamic behaviours in a skyrmion-hosting material. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Physicists are one step closer to developing a clock based on energy shifts in atomic nuclei. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Small groups of mobile neutral atoms have been manipulated with extraordinary control to form 'logical' quantum bits. These qubits can perform quantum computations more reliably than can individual atoms. Parallel computation on logical qubits using neutral atoms. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

A chromium-based superconductor is the newest member of a group of metals that show many intriguing properties simultaneously. The pronounced effects of its electron–electron interactions add to these rich phenomena.Pronounced electronic effects in a kagome metal. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

A cocktail of experiments and theory provides a way of revealing complex patterns in magnetic materials, including some textures that can identify the systems as members of an elusive class known as axion insulators. Symmetries reveal an unpinned broken magnetic helix. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Lasers are essential in scientific laboratories and medical clinics across the globe, but integrating them into other technologies is not easy. A material platform that puts a standard laser on a microchip offers a solution.An electronics-enabled platform for titanium–sapphire photonic devices. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

A sheet of graphene sandwiched between electrolytes can host independently tunable proton and electron currents — setting the stage for a device that serves both computer-memory and logic functions.A device that can host tunable proton and electron currents. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

A clock based on energy shifts in atomic nuclei could transform fundamental-physics research. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

An array of robots has been set up so that pushes between them produce movements that do not conform to the usual laws of motion. Fascinating behaviour emerges from these interactions: wave phenomena known as solitons.Wave phenomena in an array of robots. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

By adapting a device designed to create extremely high pressures into one that can sense magnetic fields, researchers have obtained evidence that a hydrogen-rich material is a superconductor, eliminating long-standing doubts.Meissner effect confirms superconductivity in cerium superhydride. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Networks filled with self-propelled fluids display meandering patterns that have been shown to follow rules similar to those of sudoku puzzles — offering design principles for microfluidic devices, and the possibility of ‘active fluid’ logic.Rules for patterns made by self-propelled fluids. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In 2023, Jenny Hoffman ran across the United States in 47 days, smashing the women's world record. But she still found time to lead a research team. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Visionary researcher helped to overturn the idea that all particles behave in the same way as their mirror images. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

A method for configuring light-trapping devices promises better optical nanodevices by amplifying light and enhancing the emission efficiency of luminescent nanomaterials — without the need for complex technology upgrades.Light's intensity amplified by smart nanoresonator. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

By combining materials-synthesis techniques, researchers have come up with a way of building layered structures that display intriguing wave-like patterns of electric polarization, and could be useful for next-generation electronics.Complex ferroelectric patterns in a moiré system. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Innovator who pioneered scanning electrochemical microscopy, bioassays and solar fuels. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Astrophysicist whose radio-wave observations confirmed the Big Bang origin of the Universe. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Rigorous historian who shed light on how researchers’ personalities and institutions are central to the development of scientific knowledge. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]