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38 curated papers across all published weeks — sorted by disruptiveness score.
Oxygen dopants play a critical role in tuning the properties of cuprate superconductors, yet it is challenging to visualize them at the atomic scale. Here, we…
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2026-W36
We report signatures of superconductivity above 40 K in infinite-layer nickelate heterostructures fabricated at ambient pressure, including zero resistance and…
2026-W30
Lithiation-induced swelling in lithium-ion batteries generates stresses not only within active particles, but also across the surrounding non-active matrix, el…
2026-W35
Solid-state refrigerators using Normal-metal/Insulator/Superconductor (NIS) junctions have previously demonstrated excellent electron cooling but limited abili…
2026-W34
Magnetic turbulence remains up to this day not fully understood, despite its important role in the behavior of plasmas. A recurring ingredient in plasma turbul…
2026-W44
Machine-learned drive shaping improves hot-spot symmetry in inertial confinement fusion experiments, yielding a statistically significant boost in neutron yiel…
A ceramic electrolyte architecture that autonomously repairs microcracks under cycling stress enables dendrite-resistant lithium-metal cells with >1000 cycles…
An autonomous laboratory combines literature-trained language models, Bayesian optimization, and robotic synthesis to discover three previously unreported soli…
We analyze the performance of a spin-torque microwave detector (STMD) driven by positive rectangular current pulses $I(t)$ of various amplitudes $I_0$, duratio…
Imaging the mechanical properties of biological tissues in vivo with high spatial and temporal resolution is essential for understanding physiological function…
Properly phased two-color laser pulses drive photoionization currents that emit broadband THz radiation. With a conventional two-color pulse, the ionization fr…
Na$_3$Bi is a topological Dirac semimetal (TDSM) that can support double surface Fermi arcs (DSFAs), which are important for its material classification and th…
Mid-infrared (MIR) light sources compatible with silicon photonics are highly desirable for environmental sensing and free-space optical communications. Conven…
Controlling nuclear fusion is so challenging that for decades, people have been asking: Are we closer to infinite clean energy? Upon the philosophy of beauty a…
2026-W31
In this study, we investigate the two-dimensional copper boride, Cu$_8$B$_{14}$, as a possible anode material for lithium-ion batteries using first-principles…
2026-W33
Nuclear batteries powered by alpha decay have been deployed successfully for over 60 years, on a worldwide $^{238}$Pu supply of kilograms per year. We show tha…
We demonstrate UWBG AlGaN polarization-graded field-effect transistors (PolFETs) incorporating room-temperature sputtered p-type oxide Cr2O3 as a P-N heterojun…
2026-W40
This paper presents a plasma-based approach for wideband impedance matching of electrically small antennas (ESAs). By exploiting the negative permittivity of a…
2026-W43
The ideal quantum geometry (IQG) condition of equal magnitude between quantum metric ($G(k)$) and Berry curvature ($Ω(k)$) as in $|Ω|$/Tr$G$=1 has been associa…
Recent reports of surface-localized topological superconductivity in trigonal PtBi$_2$ highlight the importance of understanding its surface electronic structu…
Divertor heat-flux analysis is essential for understanding plasma-wall interactions and protecting plasma-facing components in magnetic-confinement fusion devi…
2026-W32
We report simulations of the dissolution and diffusion of Nb's surface oxide layer in vacuum. While this chemical doping process is important for the surface p…
We propose a novel numerical method for transport-dominated problems using Physics-Informed Neural Networks (PINNs). In such problems, the solution can develop…
2026-W42
We report experimental evidence for the lower-hybrid drift instability in the current sheet normal direction of electron-only magnetic reconnection. In our las…
Accurate calibration of electromagnetic field strength in the terahertz (THz) frequency regime remains challenging due to the limited availability of SI-tracea…
2026-W38
A new method of analyzing grid, or aliasing, instabilities is described, in particle-in-cell (PIC) codes for plasma kinetic theory. It starts with a meshfree a…
2026-W41
This paper investigates the influence of friction dynamics on heave-induced disturbance propagation using a coupled hydraulic-structural drilling model formula…
Phenomenological models of non-Fourier heat conduction often lack a strict microstructural foundation, leading to ambiguities when modeling complex heterogeneo…
Spin ensembles are considered as potential candidates for quantum memory and quantum enhanced sensing applications. Here, we explore the controlled coupling of…
The Grad-Shafranov (GS) equation governs ideal magnetohydrodynamic equilibrium in tokamak plasmas. Free-boundary GS solvers are central to diverted-equilibrium…
Information on plasma density in laboratory plasmas is commonly acquired using either Langmuir probes or optical diagnostics. Here, we present an alternative a…
Thermally relevant cylindrical geometries are used in a plethora of applications with thermal property differences depending significantly on material complexi…
Programmable electron optics -- electronically controlled phase plates -- underpin proposals from dose-efficient phase imaging to shaped-electron X-ray sources…
The mechanisms stabilizing non-collinear magnetism in centrosymmetric crystals remain unclear, but likely involve spin-spin interactions mediated by itinerant…
Physics-informed neural networks for high-order partial differential equations require mixed input derivatives and their gradients with respect to the network…
2026-W37
Sustained ICRF operation in a fusion power plant may require low edge densities to mitigate plasma-wall interactions, a regime which was recently achieved in W…
Fluid models of discharges fail where electron runaway dominates. On the left branch of the Paschen curve and in high-voltage cathode sheaths, the electron pop…
We investigate turbulent dynamics from large to sub-proton scales, the kinetic wave activity and resulting proton heating in three-dimensional hybrid-kinetic s…
