Appearance of exciton vortices in hybrid halides suggests a possible route to Bose–Einstein condensates of electron–hole pairs at liquid nitrogen temperatures
Read article: Perovskites could be platforms for exciton condensates
Diffusion-maps method needs no prior knowledge about a physical system
Read article: Machine learning spots topological phase transitions in experimental data
Results of advanced simulations may reconcile data from several recent – and seemingly contradictory – experiments
Read article: Black metal hydrogen emerges at high pressures
New computation model of "strange" metals could shed light on high-temperature superconductors and black holes
Read article: ‘Reluctant’ metals make a new state of matter
Computations suggest that supercooled water exists in two distinct liquid phases
Read article: Second critical point appears in two models of water
Simplified experimental model makes it possible to engineer the Mpemba effect in a reproducible way
Read article: Experiments pin down conditions that make hot water freeze before cold
Findings will be important for planetary science as well as condensed-matter physics
Read article: Machine learning teases out differences in high-pressure ice phases
New spectral evidence for supersolidity in an ultracold condensate of erbium atoms could help us better understand how spontaneous symmetry breaking occurs in quantum systems
Read article: Supersolidity appears in ultracold atoms
Topological defects in a nematic can act as rods that mix the fluid
Read article: Active matter goes chaotic
Three independent groups catch sight of an elusive state of matter
Read article: Supersolid behaviour spotted in dipolar quantum gases
