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Nature Physics offers news and reviews alongside top-quality research papers in a monthly publication, covering the entire spectrum of physics. Physics addresses the properties and interactions of matter and energy, and plays a key role in the development of a broad range of technologies. To reflect this, Nature Physics covers all areas of pure and applied physics research. The journal focuses on core physics disciplines, but is also open to a broad range of topics whose central theme falls within the bounds of physics.
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Spin-selective magneto-conductivity in WSe<sub>2</sub>
Nature Physics, Published online: 09 June 2025; doi:10.1038/s41567-025-02918-5
Mechanisms for generating spin-polarized currents may be helpful for applications. Now one such mechanism that uses the unusual Landau-level spectrum of WSe2 under a strong magnetic field is demonstrated.
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The positron arm of a plasma-based linear collider
Nature Physics, Published online: 06 June 2025; doi:10.1038/s41567-025-02910-z
The status of plasma-based acceleration of electrons and positrons is discussed, with a focus on developing the positron arm of a plasma-based electron–positron linear collider.
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Experimentally probing Landauer’s principle in the quantum many-body regime
Nature Physics, Published online: 05 June 2025; doi:10.1038/s41567-025-02930-9
Landauer’s principle connects entropy and energy dissipation in non-equilibrium processes. An experiment now uses this principle to measure entropy production in a Bose gas to resolve contributions from correlations and dissipation.
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High-efficiency optical training of itinerant two-dimensional magnets
Nature Physics, Published online: 04 June 2025; doi:10.1038/s41567-025-02928-3
Light at low power densities can be used to manipulate ferromagnetic domains in the two-dimensional van der Waals ferromagnet Fe3GeTe2. This capability could be used to engineer the behaviour of Fe3GeTe2-based devices.
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Precision is not limited by the second law of thermodynamics
Nature Physics, Published online: 02 June 2025; doi:10.1038/s41567-025-02929-2
Clock precision is thought to be fundamentally limited by entropy production in out-of-equilibrium systems. A theoretical work now introduces a quantum clock design where precision grows exponentially with dissipation.