Two coherently coupled Josephson junctions known as the Andreev molecules are attracting much attention for its nonlocal controllability. In this paper, the authors report the experimental realization of the Josephson diode effect in a nanowire-based Andreev molecule, achieving its control by non-local phase, and local and non-local gate voltages.

The quantum excitation of photodissociation is restricted by the overlap between vibrational bound and continuum states. The authors manipulate the dynamics by generating new vibrational Fano resonances and controlling the asymmetric profiles of these resonances using an embedded ultraviolet pulse.

Rare earth ions (REI) in solids are promising for quantum technologies. Here, the authors demonstrate a record optical coherence lifetime and the absence of two-level-system induced decoherence in Eu³⁺:Y₂O₃ optical ceramics. These findings advance the optimization of REI-based quantum systems and enable tailored material designs.

Periodic potentials have traditionally been used to control phase transitions in equilibrium colloidal suspensions, but their application to active colloids remains less explored. Here, the authors demonstrate that spatially periodic potentials can induce so-far unknown active matter phase, the active adaptolates, that adapts structural order like a frozen phase while retaining the ballistic dynamics of the molten phase.

Elastic bound states in the continuum (BICs) with multipolarization hybridization, distinct from optical and acoustic cases, remain an open area of investigation. This study demonstrates the coexistence of Friedrich–Wintgen and accidental BICs in a multi-polarization elastic system and achieves perfect mode conversion via these BICs.

While non-Hermitian physics and fractal geometry have been widely studied, their interplay in band braiding remains largely unexplored. The authors establish topological fractal braiding in non-Hermitian systems with scale-invariant skin effects, experimentally demonstrated using reconfigurable circuits.

ZrTe₅ has received significant attention for it’s non-trivial topological band structure and reports of a large anomalous Hall effect despite being a nonmagnetic material. Here, using the Kubo-Streda formula the authors investigate the origins of the unconventional Hall response of ZrTe₅ in low and high magnetic fields.

Energy harvesting seeks to recycle waste heat and use it to generate power for electronic devices. Here, the authors report an energy harvesting device whereby a non-thermal Tomonaga-Luttinger liquid channels heat from an active device to a heat engine. They find that the quantum-dot heat engine in the non-thermal regime surpasses the Carnot efficiency.

The authors investigate the relationship between current-induced spin currents and parity mixing of the superconducting order parameter in superconductors with structural chirality. They find that parity mixing of the order parameter modifies both the magnitude and the temperature dependence of the current-induced spin current.

Editor Summary-Interacting bosons in non-Hermitian lattices challenge conventional expectations by clustering collectively rather than dispersing. In this work the authors uncover a counter-intuitive “caging” effect where repulsive interactions-rather than spreading particles-work with non-Hermiticity to pin bosons at one edge, beyond what non-Hermiticity alone predicts.

Chiral active matter, including biological swimmers such as E. coli and sperm cells, exhibits complex nonequilibrium phase transitions influenced by noise intensity and particle angular velocity. Here, the authors employ coarse-grained mapping and landscape-flux theory to such transitions, with a focus on the dynamical and thermodynamic origins, as well as the implications for time-reversal symmetry breaking of the system.

Spintronics relies on the development platforms that allow for the dissipationless transport of spin current, and topological magnets are one such candidate. Here, the authors use first-principles calculations to investigate the magnetic nodal-line semiconductor, Tc₃Si₂Te₆, with results suggesting a Curie temperature approaching room temperature.

A compact, single-shot, assumption-free microscopy technique based on reciprocal diffractive imaging has been developed to overcome the shortcomings of previous non-interferometric quantitative phase imaging approaches. The proposed method demonstrates the feasibility of reconstructing the holographic information of general specimens using only a simple mask without a reference beam and reveals a single-shot capability by imaging dynamic biological cells. Peer Review Information- Communications Physics thanks Dan Dan and the other, anonymous, reviewer(s) for their contribution to the peer review of this work. A peer review file is available.