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Author(s): Abrar Naseer, Karen E. Daniels, and Tejas G. Murthy Bulk material properties such as strength and stiffness are highly sensitive to changes in the degree of interparticle cohesion or the introduction of elongated particles, effects that are both associated with an increase in the average number of constraints per particle. By performing an ensemble o… [Phys. Rev. Lett. 136, 098201] Published Fri Mar 06, 2026

Author(s): Xudan Huang, Zifeng Yuan, Chon-Hei Lo, Huacong Sun, Lei Liao, Hongbo Han, Wenxi Li, Wenlong Wang, Zhi Xu, Lei Liu, Xuedong Bai, Limei Xu, Enge Wang, and Lifen Wang The selection of stacking order in a broad range of close-packed polymorphic materials remains a challenging enigma. Using in situ cryogenic transmission electron microscopy, we uncover the atomistic mechanisms governing the vapor deposition growth of ice. We find that the...

Author(s): Adam Clay, Kiril Datchev, Wenlan Miao, Adam Wasserman, Kimberly J. Daas, and Kieron Burke By applying a dimensionality and potential-dependent normalization instead of normalizing electron density to the number of electrons in DFT calculations yields better results than the same functional evaluated on the exact density. [Phys. Rev. Lett. 136, 088002] Published Fri Feb 27, 2026

Author(s): Tingtao Zhou and John F. Brady Contrary to previous suggestions, hydrodynamic interactions impede the clustering of tiny biological and artificial swimmers. [Phys. Rev. Lett. 136, 088301] Published Wed Feb 25, 2026

Author(s): Xia-qing Shi, Hugues Chaté, and Benoît Mahault We consider a 2D XY model subjected to time-correlated noise, a model of direct relevance to active crystals, which were shown recently to be able to support very large deformations without melting in the presence of persistent fluctuations. We find that our persistent XY model can remain quasiorder… [Phys. Rev. Lett. 136, 088302] Published Wed Feb 25, 2026

Author(s): Johnathan Hoggarth, Pablo E. Illing, Eric R. Weeks, and Kari Dalnoki-Veress Microfluidic experiments demonstrate that clogging in a system of cohesive particles in a hopper is governed by the cohesive length scale, not particle size. [Phys. Rev. Lett. 136, 088201] Published Mon Feb 23, 2026

Author(s): Zhao Wang, Samuel A. Bentley, Jiawei Li, Kirsty Y. Wan, and Alan C. H. Tsang In response to changes in illumination, a swimming microorganism reverses the direction of its circular trajectory by tilting its flagella’s planes of motion. [Phys. Rev. Lett. 136, 078301] Published Fri Feb 20, 2026