Volume 2 Issue 3, March 2020

Experiments around the world are looking for signs of the charge conjugation and parity (CP) symmetry violation. Some of these searches might also reveal physics beyond the standard model.

The increasing entropy of a black hole that evaporates by emitting Hawking radiation is at odds with the predictions of quantum mechanics. Juan Maldacena discusses the latest advances in solving this puzzle, known as the black hole information paradox.

A study in Advanced Materials combines ARPES and STM measurements of the same SmB₆ crystal to provide a consistent picture of its surface states.

A Nature Communications paper reports a new model describing friction in layered materials and explaining previous results that were in apparent contradiction with one another.

Although the ultimate fate of the the International Linear Collider, a future 250 GeV linear accelerator based on superconducting radiofrequency technology, is yet to be decided, research and development efforts are proceeding undeterred.

The integration of gate-defined quantum dots with superconducting resonators results in a hybrid architecture that holds promise for quantum information processing. This Review discusses recent experimental results in the field, including the achievement of strong coupling between single microwave photons and the charge and spin degrees of freedom, and examines the underlying physics.

Optical microscopy is limited to shallow in vivo imaging depths owing to the exponential extinction of single-scattered waves by multiple light scattering. In this Review, we survey methodologies for deep optical imaging that maintain microscopic resolution by making deterministic use of multiple-scattered waves.

Substantial progress has been made towards making fusion a source of commercial energy. One challenge is the damage that filamentary plasma eruptions cause to plasma-facing components. This Perspective summarizes what is understood about these eruptions and strategies for controlling them.