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Author(s): Qingtian Shi, Jing Zhang, Wentao Tang, Zhawure Asilehan, Kun Tian, Xinda Zheng, Fernando Vergara, Ruijie Wang, Jingyu Li, Rui Zhang, Jinghua Jiang, and Chenhui Peng A new method for creating twisted structures in liquid crystals could be helpful in controlling them for possible memory-storage applications. [Phys. Rev. Lett. 136, 198101] Published Tue May 12, 2026

Author(s): Xinyue Wei and John M. Kolinski During brittle crack propagation, a smooth crack front curve frequently becomes disjoint, generating a stepped crack and a material ligament that unites the newly formed crack fronts. These universal features fundamentally alter the singular field structure and stability of propagating cracks; howev… [Phys. Rev. Lett. 136, 198201] Published Tue May 12, 2026

Author(s): Shuonan Wu, Yuchen Xie, Deng Pan, Lei Zhang, and Yuliang Jin According to the mean-field glass theory, the (free) energy landscape of disordered systems is hierarchical and ultrametric if they belong to the full-replica-symmetry-breaking universality class. However, examining this theoretical picture in three-dimensional systems remains challenging, where the… [Phys. Rev. Lett. 136, 198202] Published Tue May 12, 2026

Author(s): Manuel Mayo, Lorenzo Caprini, María Isabel García de Soria, Umberto Marini Bettolo Marconi, Pablo Maynar, Luca Pizzoli, and Andrea Puglisi A novel cooling-induced mechanism driving phase separation in inertial active matter exhibits both similarities to and differences from phenomena observed in granular gases. [Phys. Rev. Lett. 136, 188301] Published Fri May 08, 2026

Author(s): Sebastian Wohlrab, Lara Schelter, Aneena Rinu Perayil, Piotr Kuświk, Maciej Urbaniak, Feliks Stobiecki, Arne J. Vereijken, Arno Ehresmann, Thomas M. Fischer, and Daniel de las Heras Using computer simulations and experiments, we demonstrate a mechanism for simultaneous size-specific control over the trajectories of isotropic colloidal particles. Magnetic microparticles of different diameters suspended above a periodic magnetic film...

Author(s): Marzena Rams-Baron, Alfred Błażytko, Riccardo Casalini, and Marian Paluch The long-standing Arrhenius paradox in molecular glasses is resolved by showing that activation energy decreases linearly with temperature as a consequence of density-driven variations of the barrier. [Phys. Rev. Lett. 136, 188202] Published Wed May 06, 2026

Author(s): Nathan McLane, LeAnh Duckett, and Leah G. Dodson The transitions of hydrogen molecules embedded in a crystal depend on the surroundings—a behavior that could be used to tailor molecular quantum dynamics. [Phys. Rev. Lett. 136, 178002] Published Wed Apr 29, 2026