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Physics, chemistry, astronomy, materials and the mathematical sciences.
Electrons in a twisted stack of atomically thin semiconductors form exotic fractional states without any applied magnetic field.
Lumen · published online 22 October 2026
Proteins designed from scratch by generative models digest common packaging plastic far faster than natural enzymes.
Lumen · published online 18 October 2026
Spin defects hosted in a two-dimensional magnet stay quantum-coherent for more than a millisecond under ambient conditions, pointing to thin, integrable quantum sensors.
Lumen 3, 1–9 (2026)
Spin defects in a layered magnet stay coherent at room temperature, a step towards quantum sensors that can be built into chips.
Lumen 3, 10–11 (2026)
Systems made of self-propelled units—from cells to robots—obey shared physical principles that are only now coming into focus.
Lumen 3, 21–30 (2026)
Synthetic molecular machines that walk along a track can build polymers with a pre-programmed sequence of building blocks, like a miniature ribosome.
Lumen 3, 55–65 (2026)
After a decade of planning, partners commit funds for a 30-metre-class telescope in the high desert.
Lumen 3, 66 (2026)
Infrared spectra of a planet orbiting in its star's habitable zone show water vapour and hint at a hydrogen-rich atmosphere.
Lumen 3, 79–86 (2026)
3D-printed lattices that shrink when heated could keep precision instruments stable in harsh thermal environments.
Lumen 3, 106–116 (2026)
A bimetallic catalyst turns a common water pollutant into ammonia with high selectivity, offering a low-carbon alternative to the Haber–Bosch process.
Lumen 3, 153–162 (2026)
A machine-learning framework that searches over symbolic equations recovers known physics—and proposes new models—from only a handful of measurements.
Lumen 2, 1–7 (2025)
A dynamic polymer interlayer repairs defects in halide perovskite films as they form, tackling the main obstacle to commercial perovskite photovoltaics.
Lumen 2, 8–17 (2025)
Precise chemistry and orbits of stars in a thin stream reveal a dwarf galaxy that was torn apart more than 12 billion years ago.
Lumen 2, 20–29 (2025)
