Physical networks, composed of nodes and links that occupy a spatial volume, are hard to study with conventional techniques. A meta-graph approach that elucidates the impact of physicality on network structure has now been introduced.
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Toroczkai, Z. Graph theory captures hard-core exclusion. Nat. Phys. 20, 20–21 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41567-023-02342-7
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