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Author(s): Chao Yin and Andrew Lucas Using the two-dimensional random-bond Ising model as a concrete example, certain gapless ground states under quantum perturbations are shown to have a universal structure exhibiting spontaneous symmetry breaking, generalizing the classical Peierls argument for stability against thermal fluctuations. [Phys. Rev. Lett. 137, 070405] Published Thu Aug 13, 2026

Author(s): Alessandro Conigli, Dalibor Djukanovic, Georg von Hippel, Simon Kuberski, Harvey B. Meyer, Kohtaroh Miura, Konstantin Ottnad, Andreas Risch, and Hartmut Wittig A lattice QCD determination of the hadronic contribution to the running electromagnetic coupling at the Z-pole achieves 1.7% uncertainty, more than doubling phenomenological precision and meeting the FCC-ee target. [Phys. Rev. Lett. 137, 071901] Published Thu Aug 13, 2026

Author(s): A. Hayrapetyan et al. (CMS Collaboration) Back-to-back jets produced during heavy-ion collisions reveal a plasma property predicted by quantum chromodynamics. [Phys. Rev. Lett. 137, 071902] Published Thu Aug 13, 2026

Author(s): Hao-Xuan Luo, Chang Li, Jia-Ling Ren, Yuan Yuan, Yong-Li Wen, Jian-Feng Li, Yun-Fei Wang, Shan-Chao Zhang, Hui Yan, and Shi-Liang Zhu Researchers propose a new way to evaluate the performance of quantum memory devices, which will be key components in a future quantum Internet. [Phys. Rev. Lett. 137, 070802] Published Wed Aug 12, 2026

Author(s): Xi-Yu Luo, Chao-Yang Wang, Ming-Yang Zheng, Bin Wang, Jian-Long Liu, Bo-Feng Gao, Jun Li, Zi Yan, Qiao-Mu Ke, Da Teng, Rui-Chun Wang, Jun Wu, Jia Huang, Hao Li, Li-Xing You, Xiu-Ping Xie, Feihu Xu, Qiang Zhang, Xiao-Hui Bao, and Jian-Wei Pan Entanglement generation between remote quantum memories is demonstrated in a regime that surpasses the repeaterless communication limit. [Phys. Rev. Lett. 137, 070801] Published Tue Aug 11, 2026

Author(s): Marta Perego, Peter Koopmann, Clara Galante Agero, Alexandra Mestre Torà, Artem O. Denisov, Takashi Taniguchi, Kenji Watanabe, Vadim Geshkenbein, Gianni Blatter, Thomas Ihn, and Klaus Ensslin A Josephson junction acts as a single-vortex sensor, enabling the detection of the dynamics of individual Pearl vortices in magic-angle twisted graphene. [Phys. Rev. Lett. 137, 076001] Published Tue Aug 11, 2026

Author(s): Trevor Chistolini, Ha-Leem Kim, Qiyu Wang, Su-Di Chen, Luke Pritchard Cairns, Ryan Patrick Day, Collin Sanborn, Hyunseong Kim, Zahra Pedramrazi, Ruishi Qi, Takashi Taniguchi, Kenji Watanabe, James G. Analytis, David I. Santiago, Irfan Siddiqi, and Feng Wang A key property of superconductors called superfluid stiffness can now be measured in a wide range of 2D systems. [Phys. Rev. Lett. 137, 076002] Published Tue Aug 11, 2026