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Traditional models of brain activity rely on simplified equations that can be incomplete or inaccurate when biological details are too complex to solve exactly. This work uses machine learning to learn neural dynamics directly from data at the microscale, building a flexible model that matches real brain scans as accurately as established approaches.
Identifying minimal complete pools of Lie algebra generators is a fundamental mathematical challenge with broad applications across quantum computing. Here, the authors map this problem to binary matrices to provide a polynomial-scaling verification strategy, enabling highly efficient molecular simulations.
The authors develop a multimessenger gravitational-wave data analysis framework to test whether Newton’s gravitational constant varies in strong and dynamical gravitational fields. Applying it to GW170817 and its electromagnetic counterpart, they find no evidence for variation and place the tightest gravitational-wave bound to date.
Communications Physics is now live on Springer Nature's manuscript tracking system, SNAPP. The system is designed to be intuitive and simple to use for our authors, reviewers and editorial board members. Snapp is built in-house by Springer Nature, allowing it to continuously evolve to respond to researchers needs
In October, we thank Tong-pu Yu for his invaluable contributions to peer review. Dr. Yu has more than 20 years of experience in exploring relativistic laser-plasma physics and applications, e.g., laser-driven particle acceleration, novel radiation source, high field quantum-electrodynamics (QED), and laser-nuclear physics, via theory and numerical simulations as well as partially experiments.
From 8 of September 2026, all new submissions, if accepted, will have the reviewer comments and authors rebuttal published alongside the paper. This aligns with what the practice of other journals in the Nature Portfolio, including Nature. For accepted manuscripts submitted prior to 8th September transparent peer review remains optional.
Communications Physics has a 2-year impact factor of 5.8 (2024), a median decision times of 7 days to first editorial decision and 158 days from submission to acceptance.
This study investigates the destruction of global order in a non-equilibrium condensate within a lattice featuring onsite quantized energy levels. Long-range fluctuations suppress superfluid stiffness and the condensate fraction, while persistent local order reveals a dynamical Bose-insulating state.
Human cooperation can emerge from both learning through personal experience and learning from others. This work shows how coupling these two processes shapes cooperation and reproduces key patterns observed in experiments.
