This Issue - pv

doi:10.1038/nphys592

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Reach for the stars - p211

doi:10.1038/nphys594

The demonstration of the "world's first commercial quantum computer" is as ambitious as it is exciting. But where are the data?

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The messy truth about drag - p213

Mark Buchanan

doi:10.1038/nphys578

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Expansion, and contraction - p213

David Goodstein

doi:10.1038/nphys579

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Quantum condensates - p215

Dieter Vollhardt reviews Quantum liquids: Bose condensation and cooper pairing in condensed-matter systems by A. J. Leggett

doi:10.1038/nphys590

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Pinch, switch, focus and jump - p217

doi:10.1038/nphys593

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Cavity QED: Photons in single file - pp219 - 220

Alex Kuzmich & T. A. Brian Kennedy

doi:10.1038/nphys573

A 'single-photon server', producing a steady stream of single-photon pulses for up to half a minute, has been created by confining, cooling and controlling a neutral atom inside a tiny optical cavity.

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Quantum computing: In the 'death zone'? - pp220 - 221

Wim van Dam

doi:10.1038/nphys585

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Biophysics: The silence of the chromosomes - p221

Alison Wright

doi:10.1038/nphys591

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Jamming: A new kind of phase transition? - pp222 - 223

Giulio Biroli

doi:10.1038/nphys580

Motion in assemblies of grains jams at high density and low drive. On approaching the jamming transition, the dynamics becomes increasingly spatially heterogeneous, and strongly reminiscent of the behaviour of glass-forming liquids.

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Chemical physics: How many kisses? - p223

Andreas Trabesinger

doi:10.1038/nphys587

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Complex networks: From data to models - pp224 - 225

Marta C González & Albert-László Barabási

doi:10.1038/nphys581

Data on the movement of people becomes ever more detailed, but robust models explaining the observed patterns are still needed. Mapping the problem onto a 'network of networks' could be a promising approach.

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Optical magnetometry - pp227 - 234

Dmitry Budker & Michael Romalis

doi:10.1038/nphys566

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In situ evidence of magnetic reconnection in turbulent plasma - pp235 - 238

A. Retinò, D. Sundkvist, A. Vaivads, F. Mozer, M. André & C. J. Owen

doi:10.1038/nphys574

First Paragraph - In situ: evidence of magnetic reconnection in turbulent plasma | Full Text - In situ evidence of magnetic reconnection in turbulent plasma | PDF (502 KB) - In situ evidence of magnetic reconnection in turbulent plasma

Subject Categories: Astrophysics | Plasma physics

Two-dimensional vortices in superconductors - pp239 - 242

Bo Chen, W. P. Halperin, Prasenjit Guptasarma, D. G. Hinks,
V. F. Mitrovi, A. P. Reyes & P. L. Kuhns

doi:10.1038/nphys540

First Paragraph - Two-dimensional vortices in superconductors | Full Text - Two-dimensional vortices in superconductors | PDF (219 KB) - Two-dimensional vortices in superconductors

Subject Categories: Condensed-matter physics | Statistical physics, thermodynamics and nonlinear dynamics | Materials physics

Conditional statistics of electron transport in interacting nanoscale conductors - pp243 - 247

Eugene V. Sukhorukov, Andrew N. Jordan, Simon Gustavsson, Renaud Leturcq, Thomas Ihn & Klaus Ensslin

doi:10.1038/nphys564

First Paragraph - Conditional statistics of electron transport in interacting nanoscale conductors | Full Text - Conditional statistics of electron transport in interacting nanoscale conductors | PDF (334 KB) - Conditional statistics of electron transport in interacting nanoscale conductors | Supplementary information

Subject Categories: Statistical physics, thermodynamics and nonlinear dynamics | Electronics, photonics and device physics | Nanotechnology

A local metallic state in globally insulating La_1.24Sr_1.76Mn₂O₇ well above the metal–insulator transition - pp248 - 252

Z. Sun, J. F. Douglas, A. V. Fedorov, Y.-D. Chuang, H. Zheng, J. F. Mitchell & D. S. Dessau

doi:10.1038/nphys517

First Paragraph - A local metallic state in globally insulating La: 1.24: Sr: 1.76: Mn: 2: O: 7: well above the metal-insulator transition | Full Text - A local metallic state in globally insulating La1.24Sr1.76Mn2O7 well above the metal–insulator transition | PDF (330 KB) - A local metallic state in globally insulating La1.24Sr1.76Mn2O7 well above the metal–insulator transition | Supplementary information

Subject Categories: Condensed-matter physics | Materials physics

A single-photon server with just one atom - pp253 - 255

Markus Hijlkema, Bernhard Weber, Holger P. Specht, Simon C. Webster, Axel Kuhn & Gerhard Rempe

doi:10.1038/nphys569

First Paragraph - A single-photon server with just one atom | Full Text - A single-photon server with just one atom | PDF (1,735 KB) - A single-photon server with just one atom

Subject Categories: Atomic and molecular physics | Quantum physics | Optical physics | Information theory and computation

Entanglement percolation in quantum networks - pp256 - 259

Antonio Acín, J. Ignacio Cirac & Maciej Lewenstein

doi:10.1038/nphys549

First Paragraph - Entanglement percolation in quantum networks | Full Text - Entanglement percolation in quantum networks | PDF (288 KB) - Entanglement percolation in quantum networks

Subject Categories: Quantum physics | Information theory and computation | Condensed-matter physics

Measurement of growing dynamical length scales and prediction of the jamming transition in a granular material - pp260 - 264

Aaron S. Keys, Adam R. Abate, Sharon C. Glotzer & Douglas J. Durian

doi:10.1038/nphys572

First Paragraph - Measurement of growing dynamical length scales and prediction of the jamming transition in a granular material | Full Text - Measurement of growing dynamical length scales and prediction of the jamming transition in a granular material | PDF (412 KB) - Measurement of growing dynamical length scales and prediction of the jamming transition in a granular material

Effects of disorder on electron spin dynamics in a semiconductor quantum well - pp265 - 269

Zhigang Chen, Sam G. Carter, Rudolf Bratschitsch, Philip Dawson & Steven T. Cundiff

doi:10.1038/nphys537

Abstract - Effects of disorder on electron spin dynamics in a semiconductor quantum well | Full Text - Effects of disorder on electron spin dynamics in a semiconductor quantum well | PDF (238 KB) - Effects of disorder on electron spin dynamics in a semiconductor quantum well | Supplementary information

Subject Categories: Condensed-matter physics | Electronics, photonics and device physics

Quasi-phase-matching and quantum-path control of high-harmonic generation using counterpropagating light - pp270 - 275

Xiaoshi Zhang, Amy L. Lytle, Tenio Popmintchev, Xibin Zhou, Henry C. Kapteyn, Margaret M. Murnane & Oren Cohen

doi:10.1038/nphys541

Abstract - Quasi-phase-matching and quantum-path control of high-harmonic generation using counterpropagating light | Full Text - Quasi-phase-matching and quantum-path control of high-harmonic generation using counterpropagating light | PDF (542 KB) - Quasi-phase-matching and quantum-path control of high-harmonic generation using counterpropagating light

Subject Categories: Optical physics | Atomic and molecular physics

Reaction–diffusion processes and metapopulation models in heterogeneous networks - pp276 - 282

Vittoria Colizza, Romualdo Pastor-Satorras & Alessandro Vespignani

doi:10.1038/nphys560

Abstract - Reaction-diffusion processes and metapopulation models in heterogeneous networks | Full Text - Reaction–diffusion processes and metapopulation models in heterogeneous networks | PDF (617 KB) - Reaction–diffusion processes and metapopulation models in heterogeneous networks | Supplementary information

Subject Category: Statistical physics, thermodynamics and nonlinear dynamics

Quantum entanglements - p284

Jeff Hecht

doi:10.1038/nphys589

A very tangled web.

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