Top 10

The top ten charts the articles that have been downloaded most often, in PDF format, from the Nature Physics website in recent weeks. The chart does not rank the quality, scientific significance or citation impact of the content. However, it may bring articles to your attention that you might not have otherwise noticed. We hope you enjoy them.

1. Futures

   Everything we know is wrong

   Jeff Crook

   doi:10.1038/nphys960

   Full Text - Everything we know is wrong | PDF (181 KB) - Everything we know is wrong

2. Thesis

   Laws, power laws and statistics

   Mark Buchanan

   doi:10.1038/nphys946

   Full Text - Laws, power laws and statistics | PDF (123 KB) - Laws, power laws and statistics

3. Review

   The physics and applications of random lasers

   Diederik S. Wiersma

   doi:10.1038/nphys971

   Abstract - The physics and applications of random lasers | Full Text - The physics and applications of random lasers | PDF (1,128 KB) - The physics and applications of random lasers

4. News and Views

   History of quantum mechanics: The path to agreement

   Andreas Trabesinger

   doi:10.1038/nphys950

   Full Text - History of quantum mechanicsThe path to agreement | PDF (230 KB) - History of quantum mechanicsThe path to agreement

5. Letter

   Charged-impurity scattering in graphene

   J.-H. Chen, C. Jang, S. Adam, M. S. Fuhrer, E. D. Williams & M. Ishigami

   doi:10.1038/nphys935

   Abstract - Charged-impurity scattering in graphene | Full Text - Charged-impurity scattering in graphene | PDF (359 KB) - Charged-impurity scattering in graphene | Supplementary information - Charged-impurity scattering in graphene

6. Letter

   Electric-field-controlled spin reversal in a quantum dot with ferromagnetic contacts

   J. R. Hauptmann, J. Paaske & P. E. Lindelof

   doi:10.1038/nphys931

   Abstract - Electric-field-controlled spin reversal in a quantum dot with ferromagnetic contacts | Full Text - Electric-field-controlled spin reversal in a quantum dot with ferromagnetic contacts | PDF (483 KB) - Electric-field-controlled spin reversal in a quantum dot with ferromagnetic contacts | Supplementary information - Electric-field-controlled spin reversal in a quantum dot with ferromagnetic contacts

7. News and Views

   Condensed matter: An insulator with a twist

   Charles L. Kane

   doi:10.1038/nphys955

   Full Text - Condensed matterAn insulator with a twist | PDF (289 KB) - Condensed matterAn insulator with a twist

8. Research Highlights

   Good vibrations

   doi:10.1038/nphys948

   Full Text - Good vibrations | PDF (269 KB) - Good vibrations

9. Letter

   Observation of the Nernst signal generated by fluctuating Cooper pairs

   A. Pourret, H. Aubin, J. Lesueur, C. A. Marrache-Kikuchi, L. Bergé, L. Dumoulin & K. Behnia

   doi:10.1038/nphys413

   Abstract - Observation of the Nernst signal generated by fluctuating Cooper pairs | Full Text - Observation of the Nernst signal generated by fluctuating Cooper pairs | PDF (394 KB) - Observation of the Nernst signal generated by fluctuating Cooper pairs

10. Article

    Random organization in periodically driven systems

    Laurent Corté, P. M. Chaikin, J. P. Gollub & D. J. Pine

    doi:10.1038/nphys891

    Abstract - Random organization in periodically driven systems | Full Text - Random organization in periodically driven systems | PDF (465 KB) - Random organization in periodically driven systems | Supplementary information - Random organization in periodically driven systems

    See also: News and Views by Frenkel

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