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Two PRX Editorial Board members, Liuyan Zhao and Xavier Marie, talk about why PRX is positively welcoming to the field of 2D materials research.

A numerical investigation has revealed a surprising correspondence between a lattice spin model and a quantum field theory.

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Alexander Wietek, Sylvain Capponi, and Andreas M. Läuchli
Phys. Rev. X 14, 021010 (2024)

A new model describes the population of black hole binaries without assumptions on the shape of their distribution—a capability that could boost the discovery potential of gravitational-wave observations.

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Thomas A. Callister and Will M. Farr
Phys. Rev. X 14, 021005 (2024)

A theoretical study of self-assembly finds that hexagon-shaped building blocks can form large structures faster than triangular or square blocks.

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Florian M. Gartner and Erwin Frey
Phys. Rev. X 14, 021004 (2024)

A new theoretical framework for plastic neural networks predicts dynamical regimes where synapses rather than neurons primarily drive the network’s behavior, leading to an alternative candidate mechanism for working memory in the brain.

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David G. Clark and L. F. Abbott
Phys. Rev. X 14, 021001 (2024)

APS has selected 156 Outstanding Referees for 2024 who have demonstrated exceptional work in the assessment of manuscripts published in the Physical Review journals. A full list of the Outstanding Referees is available online.

PRX presents a collection of papers dedicated to ultrafast generation, control, and imaging of electronic dynamics in molecules and in solids—a fortuitously timed tribute to the 2023 Nobel-Prize-winning attosecond technology.

Introducing PRX’s second Perspective, Igor Mazin, PRX’s Editorial Board member, and the editors offer their take on why altermagnetism is needed to describe a new class of magnetism.