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Volume 2 Issue 11, November 2020

The cover of this issue illustrates an atomistic model of domain walls formed by strain in a lattice. See Guillaume Nataf et al.

Image: Suzhi Li, Ekhard Salje, Massimiliano Stengel, Peter Gumbsch, Xiangdong Ding. Cover design: Charlotte Gurr.

Editorial

  • This month we explore the evolution of curated data in physics and ponder on the past and future role of journals.

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Research Highlights

  • A report from the UK’s Science Council-supported Technician Commitment highlights the role played by technical staff in minimizing the disruption to research caused by COVID-19.

    • Zoe Budrikis
    Research Highlight
  • A paper in Physics of Fluids shows that the wedge-shaped cross-section of pine needles enhances their capacity to shed water.

    • Ankita Anirban
    Research Highlight
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Reviews

  • The charge radius of the proton is controversial because measurements by different methods disagree. Recent results indicate that these measurements might be reconciled. In this Review, we discuss the experimental techniques used to measure the proton radius and describe the current status of the field as well as forthcoming experiments.

    • Jean-Philippe Karr
    • Dominique Marchand
    • Eric Voutier
    Review Article
  • Holographic duality is an equivalence relation between a gravitational system and a quantum many-body system. The Review discusses various insights obtained from the duality into properties of strongly coupled matter, quantum many-body chaos and deep connections between quantum information and geometry.

    • Hong Liu
    • Julian Sonner
    Review Article
  • Ferroelectric and ferroelastic domain walls are 2D topological defects with thicknesses approaching the unit cell level and emergent functional properties. This Review discusses the exotic polarization profiles that arise at domain walls and the fundamental mechanisms responsible for domain-wall conduction.

    • G. F. Nataf
    • M. Guennou
    • J. Kreisel
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Perspectives

  • Designing new experiments in physics is a challenge for humans; therefore, computers have become a tool to expand scientists’ capabilities and to provide creative solutions. This Perspective article examines computer-inspired designs in quantum physics that led to laboratory experiments and inspired new scientific insights.

    • Mario Krenn
    • Manuel Erhard
    • Anton Zeilinger
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