Condensed matter Research update Anyon physics could explain coexistence of superconductivity and magnetism Calculations explain curious properties of some 2D materials Read article: Anyon physics could explain coexistence of superconductivity and magnetism
2D materials News Pioneers of 2D metals win the Physics World 2025 Breakthrough of the Year Researchers describe their success with five metals as the “tip of the iceberg” Read article: Pioneers of 2D metals win the Physics World 2025 Breakthrough of the Year
2D materials Podcasts How to make 2D metals: Guangyu Zhang on his team’s award-winning research This podcast features a winner of the Physics World 2025 Breakthrough of the Year Read article: How to make 2D metals: Guangyu Zhang on his team’s award-winning research
2D materials Podcasts Unlocking the potential of 2D materials: graphene and much more This podcast features Antonio Rossi at the Italian Institute of Technology Read article: Unlocking the potential of 2D materials: graphene and much more
2D materials Research update Highest-resolution images ever taken of a single atom reveal new kind of vibrations Images are the first experimental evidence of long-predicted low-energy atomic vibrations called moiré phasons in twisted 2D materials Read article: Highest-resolution images ever taken of a single atom reveal new kind of vibrations
Particle therapy Research update Amorphous carbon membrane creates precision proton beams for cancer therapy Ultraclean monolayer amorphous carbon can be used to generate high-current, low-scattering proton treatment beams Read article: Amorphous carbon membrane creates precision proton beams for cancer therapy
2D materials Interview SPONSORED Shengxi Huang: how defects can boost 2D materials as single-photon emitters Shengxi Huang explains why Picoquant’s instruments are helping her to develop 2D materials that are highly efficient sources of single photons Read article: Shengxi Huang: how defects can boost 2D materials as single-photon emitters
Dark matter and energy Research update Axion quasiparticle appears in a topological antiferromagnet New finding could aid the search for fundamental axions, say physicists Read article: Axion quasiparticle appears in a topological antiferromagnet
2D materials Research update Two-dimensional metals make their debut New structures could be used to study fundamental physics phenomena and to make electronic devices Read article: Two-dimensional metals make their debut
Condensed matter Research update New class of quasiparticle appears in bilayer graphene "Fractional excitons" form in 2D carbon structure at high magnetic fields Read article: New class of quasiparticle appears in bilayer graphene