@article{20432,
  abstract     = {A rapidly increasing body of work reporting phenomena associated with lattice vibrations carrying angular momentum has led to the emergence of the field of chiral phonons. Some of these properties, such as the phonon magnetic moment, also occur in achiral phonons that are circularly or elliptically polarized, while the presence of chirality has additional implications for the types of interaction allowed between the phonons and light, electrons and other quasiparticles. In this Perspective we introduce a framework for classifying phonons with angular momentum, and provide illustrations of the different types using examples from the recent literature. Specifically, we suggest the term ‘axial phonon’ to encompass all phonons that carry angular momentum, real or pseudo, and reserve the term ‘chiral phonon’ for those phonons that break improper rotational symmetry. We hope that this scheme provides clarification on the matter of phonon chirality and will serve as a guide for future research.},
  author       = {Juraschek, Dominik M. and Geilhufe, R. Matthias and Zhu, Hanyu and Basini, Martina and Baum, Peter and Baydin, Andrey and Chaudhary, Swati and Fechner, Michael and Flebus, Benedetta and Grissonnanche, Gael and Kirilyuk, Andrei I. and Lemeshko, Mikhail and Maehrlein, Sebastian F. and Mignolet, Maxime and Murakami, Shuichi and Niu, Qian and Nowak, Ulrich and Romao, Carl P. and Rostami, Habib and Satoh, Takuya and Spaldin, Nicola A. and Ueda, Hiroki and Zhang, Lifa},
  issn         = {1745-2481},
  journal      = {Nature Physics},
  pages        = {1532--1540},
  publisher    = {Springer Nature},
  title        = {{Chiral phonons}},
  doi          = {10.1038/s41567-025-03001-9},
  volume       = {21},
  year         = {2025},
}

@article{20453,
  abstract     = {Magnetotropic susceptibility is the thermodynamic coefficient that maps the curvature of free energy with respect to an applied magnetic field orientation, providing a means to quantify the magnetic anisotropy of a crystal. In this context, non-linear magnetic torque behavior has been reported in FePS3, motivating the investigation of similar non-linear characteristics in its magnetotropic susceptibility. In this work, we derive the non-linear magnetotropic susceptibility expressions for FePS3 in both ac*-and bc*-planes using complementary approaches: by taking the first derivative of torque and through the formal calculation of the magnetotropic susceptibility. Higher-order terms in the magnetization are included, and the final equations are obtained by applying symmetry constraints imposed by the C2h point group of the material. We analyze the behavior of the resulting non-linear expressions and identify the contributions of each parameter. Our theoretical results show good agreement with preliminary, unpublished experimental data, offering meaningful guidance for ongoing and future experimental work.},
  author       = {Farooq, Hamza and Nauman, Muhammad},
  issn         = {1361-648X},
  journal      = {Journal of Physics Condensed Matter},
  number       = {40},
  publisher    = {IOP Publishing},
  title        = {{Non-linear magnetotropic susceptibility in FePS3}},
  doi          = {10.1088/1361-648X/ae0913},
  volume       = {37},
  year         = {2025},
}

@article{20454,
  abstract     = {Context. γ Dor stars are ideal targets for studies of the innermost dynamical properties of stars, due to their rich asteroseismic spectrum of gravity modes. Integrating internal magnetism to the picture appears as the next milestone of detailed asteroseismic studies, for its prime importance on stellar evolution. The inertial dip in prograde dipole modes period-spacing pattern of γ Dors stands out as a unique window on the convective core structure and dynamics. Recent studies have highlighted the dependence of the dip structure on core density stratification, the contrast of the near-core Brunt-Väisälä frequency and rotation rate, as well as the core-to-near-core differential rotation. In addition, the effect of envelope magnetism has been derived on low-frequency magneto-gravito-inertial waves.

Aims. We revisited the inertial dip formation including core and envelope magnetism, and explored the probing power of this feature on dynamo-generated core fields.

Methods. We considered as a first step a toroidal magnetic field with a bi-layer (core and envelope) Alfvén frequency. This configuration allowed us to revisit the coupling problem using our knowledge on both core magneto-inertial modes and envelope magneto-gravito-inertial modes. Using this configuration, we were able to stay in an analytical framework to exhibit the magnetic effects on the inertial dip shape and location. This configuration allowed a laboratory to be set up that moves us towards the comprehension of magnetic effects on the dip structure.

Results. We show a shift of the inertial dip towards lower spin parameter values and a thinner dip with increasing core magnetic field’s strength, quite similar to the signature of differential rotation. The magnetic effects become sizeable when the ratio of the magnetic to the Coriolis effects is high enough. We explored the potential degeneracy of the magnetic effects with differential rotation. We studied the detectability of core magnetism, considering both observational constraints on the periods of the modes and potential gravito-inertial mode suppression.},
  author       = {Barrault, Lucas and Bugnet, Lisa Annabelle and Mathis, S. and Mombarg, J. S.G.},
  issn         = {1432-0746},
  journal      = {Astronomy & Astrophysics},
  publisher    = {EDP Sciences},
  title        = {{Exploring the probing power of γ Dor's inertial dip for core magnetism: The case of a toroidal field}},
  doi          = {10.1051/0004-6361/202555213},
  volume       = {701},
  year         = {2025},
}

@inproceedings{20455,
  abstract     = {Despite extensive research since the community learned about adversarial examples 10 years ago, we still do not know how to train high-accuracy classifiers that are guaranteed to be robust to small perturbations of their inputs. Previous works often argued that this might be because no classifier exists that is robust and accurate at the same time. However, in computer vision this assumption does not match reality where humans are usually accurate and robust on most tasks of interest. We offer an alternative explanation and show that in certain settings robust generalization is only possible with unrealistically large amounts of data. Specifically, we find a setting where a robust classifier exists, it is easy to learn an accurate classifier, yet it requires an exponential amount of data to learn a robust classifier. Based on this theoretical result, we evaluate the influence of the amount of training data on datasets such as CIFAR10. Our findings indicate that the the amount of training data is the main factor determining the robust performance. Furthermore we show that that there are low magnitude directions in the data which are useful for non-robust generalization but are not available for robust classifiers. This implies that robust classification is a strictly harder tasks than normal classification, thereby providing an explanation why robust classification requires more data.},
  author       = {Prach, Bernd and Lampert, Christoph},
  booktitle    = {2025 IEEE/CVF Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition Workshops},
  isbn         = {9798331599942},
  issn         = {2160-7516},
  location     = {Nashville, TN, United States},
  pages        = {660--669},
  publisher    = {IEEE},
  title        = {{Intriguing properties of robust classification}},
  doi          = {10.1109/CVPRW67362.2025.00071},
  year         = {2025},
}

@article{20457,
  abstract     = {Patch-clamp recording of miniature postsynaptic currents (mPSCs, or ‘minis’) is used extensively to investigate the functional properties of synapses. With this approach, spontaneous synaptic transmission events are recorded in an attempt to determine quantal synaptic parameters or the effect of synaptic manipulations. However, at the majority of brain synapses these events are small, with many undetectable due to recording noise. The effects of incomplete detection were well appreciated in the early years of synaptic physiology analysis, but appear to be increasingly forgotten. Here we sought to characterise the consequences of incomplete detection on the interpretability of mini analysis, using simulated mPSC data to give full control over event parameters. We demonstrate that commonly reported measures such as mean event amplitude and frequency, are misrepresented by the loss of undetected events. Probabilistic loss of small events results in detected event amplitude distributions that appear biologically complete, yet do not reflect the underlying synaptic properties. With both simulated and experimental datasets, we demonstrate that specific changes in event amplitude are primarily detected as changes in frequency, compromising classical biological interpretations. To facilitate more robust data analysis and interpretation, we detail a means for experimental estimation of the event detection limit and provide practical recommendations for data analysis. Together, our study highlights how mini analysis is prone to falsely reporting synaptic changes, raising awareness of these considerations, and provides a framework for more robust data analysis and interpretation.},
  author       = {Greger, Ingo H. and Watson, Jake},
  issn         = {1469-7793},
  journal      = {Journal of Physiology},
  number       = {22},
  pages        = {7189--7205},
  publisher    = {Wiley},
  title        = {{‘Mini analysis’ misrepresents changes in synaptic properties due to incomplete event detection}},
  doi          = {10.1113/JP288183},
  volume       = {603},
  year         = {2025},
}

@phdthesis{20467,
  author       = {Miteva, Florianne E},
  issn         = {2663-337X},
  pages        = {99},
  publisher    = {Institute of Science and Technology Austria},
  title        = {{The role of cyclooxygenase 1 on microglial response to inflammatory stressors}},
  doi          = {10.15479/AT-ISTA-20467},
  year         = {2025},
}

@misc{20471,
  abstract     = {Sick individuals often conceal their disease status to group members, thereby preventing social exclusion or aggression. Here we show by behavioural, chemical, immunological and infection load analyses that sick ant pupae instead actively emit a chemical signal that in itself is sufficient to trigger their own destruction by colony members. In our experiments, this altruistic disease-signalling was performed only by worker but not queen pupae. The lack of signalling by queen pupae did not constitute cheating behaviour, but reflected their superior immune capabilities. Worker pupae suffered from extensive pathogen replication whereas queen pupae were able to restrain their infection. Our data suggest the evolution of a finely-tuned signalling system in which it is not the induction of an individual’s immune response, but rather its failure to overcome the infection, that triggers pupal signalling for sacrifice. This demonstrates a balanced interplay between individual and social immunity that efficiently achieves whole-colony health. },
  author       = {Cremer, Sylvia},
  keywords     = {host-parasite interactions, social insects, social immunity, chemical communication, cooperation},
  publisher    = {Institute of Science and Technology Austria},
  title        = {{Altruistic disease signalling in ant colonies}},
  doi          = {10.15479/AT-ISTA-20471},
  year         = {2025},
}

@article{20477,
  abstract     = {An electric double-layer capacitor (EDLC) stores energy by modulating the spatial distribution of ions in the electrolytic solution that it contains. We determine the mean-field timescales for planar EDLC relaxation to equilibrium after a potential difference is applied. We tackle first the fully symmetric case, where positive and negative ionic species have the same valence and diffusivity, and then the general, more complex, asymmetric case. Depending on the applied voltage and salt concentration, different regimes appear, revealing a remarkably rich phenomenology relevant for nanocapacitors.},
  author       = {Palaia, Ivan and Asta, Adelchi J. and Dutta, Megh and Warren, Patrick B. and Rotenberg, Benjamin and Trizac, Emmanuel},
  issn         = {1079-7114},
  journal      = {Physical Review Letters},
  number       = {14},
  publisher    = {American Physical Society},
  title        = {{Charging dynamics of electric double-layer nanocapacitors in mean field}},
  doi          = {10.1103/72b9-c8cq},
  volume       = {135},
  year         = {2025},
}

@article{20478,
  abstract     = {We consider the Wigner minor process, i.e. the eigenvalues of an N\times N Wigner matrix H^{(N)} together with the eigenvalues of all its n\times n minors, H^{(n)}, n\le N. The top eigenvalues of H^{(N)} and those of its immediate minor H^{(N-1)} are very strongly correlated, but this correlation becomes weaker for smaller minors H^{(N-k)} as k increases. For the GUE minor process the critical transition regime around k\sim N^{2/3} was analyzed by Forrester and Nagao (J. Stat. Mech.: Theory and Experiment, 2011) providing an explicit formula for the nontrivial joint correlation function. We prove that this formula is universal, i.e. it holds for the Wigner minor process. Moreover, we give a complete analysis of the sub- and supercritical regimes both for eigenvalues and for the corresponding eigenvector overlaps, thus we prove the decorrelation transition in full generality.},
  author       = {Bao, Zhigang and Cipolloni, Giorgio and Erdös, László and Henheik, Sven Joscha and Kolupaiev, Oleksii},
  issn         = {1432-2064},
  journal      = {Probability Theory and Related Fields},
  publisher    = {Springer Nature},
  title        = {{Decorrelation transition in the Wigner minor process}},
  doi          = {10.1007/s00440-025-01422-4},
  year         = {2025},
}

@article{20479,
  abstract     = {Genetic variation is generally regarded as a prerequisite for evolution. In principle, epigenetic information inherited independently of DNA sequence can also enable evolution, but whether this occurs in natural populations is unknown. Here we show that single-nucleotide and epigenetic gene body DNA methylation (gbM) polymorphisms explain comparable amounts of expression variance in <jats:italic>Arabidopsis thaliana</jats:italic> populations. We genetically demonstrate that gbM regulates transcription, and we identify and genetically validate many associations between gbM polymorphism and the variation of complex traits: fitness under heat and drought, flowering time and accumulation of diverse minerals. Epigenome-wide association studies pinpoint trait-relevant genes with greater precision than genetic association analyses, probably due to reduced linkage disequilibrium between gbM variants. Finally, we identify numerous associations between gbM epialleles and diverse environmental conditions in native habitats, suggesting that gbM facilitates adaptation. Overall, our results indicate that epigenetic methylation variation fundamentally shapes phenotypic diversity in a natural population.},
  author       = {Shahzad, Zaigham and Hollwey, Elizabeth and Moore, Jonathan D. and Choi, Jaemyung and Cassin-Ross, Gaëlle and Rouached, Hatem and Robinson, Matthew Richard and Zilberman, Daniel},
  issn         = {2055-0278},
  journal      = {Nature Plants},
  pages        = {2084--2099},
  publisher    = {Springer Nature},
  title        = {{Gene body methylation regulates gene expression and mediates phenotypic diversity in natural Arabidopsis populations}},
  doi          = {10.1038/s41477-025-02108-4},
  volume       = {11},
  year         = {2025},
}

@article{20480,
  abstract     = {Recent studies have argued that air temperatures over many mountain glaciers are decoupled from their surroundings, leading to a local cooling which could slow down melting. Here we use a compilation of on-glacier meteorological observations to assess the extent to which this relationship changes under warming. Statistical modelling of the potential temperature decoupling of the world’s mountain glaciers indicates that currently glacier boundary layers warm ~0.83 °C on average for every degree of ambient temperature rise. Future projections under shared socioeconomic pathway (SSP) climate scenarios SSP 2-4.5 and SSP 5-8.5 indicate that decoupling, and thus relative cooling over glaciers, is maximized during the 2020s and 2030s, before widespread glacier retreat acts to recouple above-glacier air temperatures with its surroundings. This nonlinear feedback will lead to an increased sensitivity to warming from midcentury, with glaciers losing their capacity to affect the local climate and cool themselves.},
  author       = {Shaw, Thomas and Miles, Evan S. and McCarthy, Michael and Buri, Pascal and Guyennon, Nicolas and Salerno, Franco and Carturan, Luca and Brock, Benjamin and Pellicciotti, Francesca},
  issn         = {1758-6798},
  journal      = {Nature Climate Change},
  pages        = {1212--1218},
  publisher    = {Springer Nature},
  title        = {{Mountain glaciers recouple to atmospheric warming over the twenty-first century}},
  doi          = {10.1038/s41558-025-02449-0},
  volume       = {15},
  year         = {2025},
}

@article{20481,
  abstract     = {Kelvin probe force microscopy (KPFM) is widely used in stationary and dynamic studies of contact electrification. An obvious question that connects these two has been overlooked: when are charge dynamics too fast for stationary studies to be meaningful? Using a rapid transfer system to quickly perform KPFM after contact, we find the dynamics are too fast in all but the best insulators. Our data further suggest that dynamics are caused by bulk as opposed to surface conductivity, and that charge-transfer heterogeneity is less prevalent than previously suggested.},
  author       = {Pertl, Felix and Lenton, Isaac C and Cramer, Tobias and Waitukaitis, Scott R},
  issn         = {1079-7114},
  journal      = {Physical Review Letters},
  number       = {14},
  publisher    = {American Physical Society},
  title        = {{No time for surface charge: How bulk conductivity hides charge patterns from Kelvin probe force microscopy in contact-electrified surfaces}},
  doi          = {10.1103/lcsm-xxty},
  volume       = {135},
  year         = {2025},
}

@article{20483,
  abstract     = {A parallel plate capacitor containing an electrolytic solution is the simplest model of a supercapacitor or electric double-layer capacitor. Using both analytical and numerical techniques, we solve the Poisson-Nernst-Planck equations for such a system, describing the mean-field charging dynamics of the capacitor, when a constant potential difference is abruptly applied to its plates. Working at constant total number of ions, we focus on the physical processes involved in the relaxation and, whenever possible, give its functional shape and exact time constants. We first review and study the case of a symmetric binary electrolyte, where we assume the two ionic species to have the same charges and diffusivities. We then relax these assumptions and present results for a generic strong (i.e fully dissociated) binary electrolyte. At low electrolyte concentration, the relaxation is simple to understand, as the dynamics of positive and negative ions appear decoupled. At higher electrolyte concentration, we distinguish several regimes. In the linear regime (low voltages), relaxation is multiexponential, it starts by the buildup of the equilibrium charge profile and continues with neutral mass diffusion, and the relevant timescales feature both the average and the Nernst-Hartley diffusion coefficients. In the purely nonlinear regime (intermediate voltages), the initial relaxation is slowed down exponentially due to increased capacitance, while bulk effects become more and more evident. In the fully nonlinear regime (high voltages), the dynamics of charge and mass are completely entangled and, asymptotically, the relaxation is linear in time. We finally discuss nonideal behavior in real capacitors and provide conditions for which mean-field is expected to hold.},
  author       = {Palaia, Ivan and Asta, Adelchi J. and Dutta, Megh and Warren, Patrick B. and Rotenberg, Benjamin and Trizac, Emmanuel},
  issn         = {2470-0053},
  journal      = {Physical Review E},
  number       = {3},
  publisher    = {American Physical Society},
  title        = {{Poisson-Nernst-Planck charging dynamics of an electric double-layer capacitor: Symmetric and asymmetric binary electrolytes}},
  doi          = {10.1103/p4dg-snqf},
  volume       = {112},
  year         = {2025},
}

@phdthesis{20485,
  author       = {Misova, Michaela},
  isbn         = {978-3-99078-068-8},
  issn         = {2663-337X},
  pages        = {155},
  publisher    = {Institute of Science and Technology Austria},
  title        = {{Dissecting gap junction biology using the C. elegans nervous system}},
  doi          = {10.15479/AT-ISTA-20485},
  year         = {2025},
}

@article{20491,
  abstract     = {Global fibre production has expanded rapidly, with polyester and cotton dominating, significantly contributing to textile waste and increasing demand for sustainable solutions. This study presents innovative method to recycle polyester/cotton (PET/CO) blends using hydrophobic deep eutectic solvents (DESs), eliminating the need for toxic chemicals while achieving high dissolution yields. PET was completely dissolved within 5 min, substantially outperforming state-of-the-art methods and facilitating the efficient and selective recovery of both components, PET (97%) and CO (100%). SEM imaging confirmed no morphological changes in cotton fibres after treatment. The thermal stability of the recovered materials was validated using DSC and TGA analyses, while ATR-FTIR spectroscopy indicated no chemical changes. Mechanical testing confirmed recovered cotton’s tenacity and elongation are within expected ranges despite showing a decrease of 28% in tenacity and 34% in elongation. Hence, the proposed process provides an efficient and sustainable recycling solution for PET/CO blends, retaining both polymers in a condition similar to virgin materials used in textile manufacturing with minimal processing time.},
  author       = {Depope, Nika and Depope, Al and Archodoulaki, Vasiliki Maria and Ipsmiller, Wolfgang and Bartl, Andreas},
  issn         = {1879-2456},
  journal      = {Waste Management},
  publisher    = {Elsevier},
  title        = {{Deep eutectic solvent as a solution for polyester/cotton textile recycling}},
  doi          = {10.1016/j.wasman.2025.115177},
  volume       = {208},
  year         = {2025},
}

@article{20493,
  abstract     = {We propose a formation pathway linking black holes (BHs) observed in gravitational-wave (GW) mergers, wide BH–stellar systems uncovered by Gaia, and accreting low-mass X-ray binaries (LMXBs). In this scenario, a stellar-mass BH binary undergoes isolated binary evolution and merges while hosting a distant, dynamically unimportant tertiary stellar companion. The tertiary becomes relevant only after the merger, when the remnant BH receives a GW recoil kick. Depending on the kick velocity and system configuration, the outcome can be: (1) a bright electromagnetic (EM) counterpart to the GW merger; (2) an LMXB; (3) a wide BH–stellar companion system resembling the Gaia BH population; or (4) an unbound isolated BH. Modeling the three-body dynamics, we find that ∼0.02% of LIGO–Virgo–KAGRA (LVK) mergers may be followed by an EM counterpart within ∼10 days, produced by tidal disruption of the star by the BH. The flare is likely brightest in the optical–UV and lasts for days to weeks; in some cases, partial disruption causes recurring flares with a period of ∼2 months. We further estimate that this channel can produce ∼1%–10% of Gaia BH systems in the Milky Way. This scenario provides the first physically motivated link between GW sources, Gaia BHs, and some X-ray binaries, and predicts a rare but robust pathway for EM counterparts to binary BH mergers, potentially detectable in LVK’s O5 run.},
  author       = {Naoz, Smadar and Haiman, Zoltán and Quataert, Eliot and Holzknecht, Liz},
  issn         = {2041-8213},
  journal      = {The Astrophysical Journal Letters},
  number       = {1},
  publisher    = {IOP Publishing},
  title        = {{Triples as links between binary Black Hole mergers, their electromagnetic counterparts, and galactic Black Holes}},
  doi          = {10.3847/2041-8213/ae0a20},
  volume       = {992},
  year         = {2025},
}

@article{20494,
  abstract     = {The James Webb Space Telescope is revolutionising our ability to understand the host galaxies and local environments of high-z quasars. Here we obtain a comprehensive understanding of the host galaxy of the z = 7.08 quasar J1120+0641 by combining NIRSpec integral field spectroscopy with NIRCam photometry of the host continuum emission. Our emission-line maps reveal that this quasar host is undergoing a merger with a bright companion galaxy. The quasar host and the companion have similar dynamical masses of ∼1010 M⊙, suggesting that this is a major galaxy interaction. Through detailed quasar subtraction and SED fitting using the NIRCam data, we obtained an estimate of the host stellar mass of M* = (3.0−1.4+2.5) × 109 M⊙, with M∗ = (2.7−0.5+0.5) × 109 M⊙ for the companion galaxy. Using the Hβ Balmer line, we estimated a virial black hole mass of MBH = (1.9−1.1+2.9) × 109 M⊙. Thus, J1120+0641 has an extreme black hole–stellar mass ratio of MBH/M* = 0.63−0.31+0.54, which is ∼3 dex larger than expected by the local scaling relations between black hole and stellar mass. J1120+0641 is powered by an overmassive black hole with the highest reported black hole–stellar mass ratio in a quasar host that is currently undergoing a major merger. These new insights highlight the power of JWST for measuring and understanding these extreme first quasars.},
  author       = {Marshall, Madeline A. and Yue, Minghao and Eilers, Anna Christina and Scholtz, Jan and Perna, Michele and Willott, Chris J. and Maiolino, Roberto and Übler, Hannah and Arribas, Santiago and Bunker, Andrew J. and Charlot, Stephane and Rodríguez Del Pino, Bruno and Böker, Torsten and Carniani, Stefano and Circosta, Chiara and Cresci, Giovanni and D'Eugenio, Francesco and Jones, Gareth C. and Venturi, Giacomo and Bordoloi, Rongmon and Kashino, Daichi and Mackenzie, Ruari and Matthee, Jorryt J and Naidu, Rohan and Simcoe, Robert A.},
  issn         = {1432-0746},
  journal      = {Astronomy & Astrophysics},
  publisher    = {EDP Sciences},
  title        = {{GA-NIFS and EIGER: A merging quasar host at z = 7 with an overmassive black hole}},
  doi          = {10.1051/0004-6361/202452650},
  volume       = {702},
  year         = {2025},
}

@article{20495,
  abstract     = {We consider a tracer particle coupled to a Bose scalar field and study the regime where the field’s propagation speed approaches infinity. For initial states devoid of field excitations, we introduce an effective approximation of the time-evolved wave function and prove its validity in Hilbert space norm. In this approximation, the field remains in the vacuum state, while the tracer particle propagates with a modified dispersion relation. Physically, the new dispersion relation can be understood as the effect of radiative corrections due to interactions with virtual bosons. Mathematically, it is defined as the solution of a self-consistent nonlinear equation, whose form depends on the relevant time scale.},
  author       = {Cárdenas, Esteban and Mitrouskas, David Johannes},
  issn         = {1424-0637},
  journal      = {Annales Henri Poincare},
  publisher    = {Springer Nature},
  title        = {{Radiative corrections to the dynamics of a tracer particle coupled to a Bose ccalar field}},
  doi          = {10.1007/s00023-025-01626-3},
  year         = {2025},
}

@article{20496,
  abstract     = {The practical implementation of aqueous zinc-ion batteries (AZIBs) is limited by uncontrolled zinc (Zn) dendrite growth during anode plating, compromising both safety and cycle life. Typically, Zn plating proceeds via 2D growth along the six equivalent prismatic [1010] directions of the hexagonal close-packed (HCP) Zn lattice, forming hexagonal platelets that promote dendrite formation. Here, an effective electrolyte engineering strategy is presented using rare-earth ions to regulate Zn plating. Combined multiscale experimental analyses and computational modeling reveal that these ions preferentially adsorb onto the prismatic {1010} facets, suppressing lateral epitaxial growth of the basal (0002) planes. This redirects Zn plating toward an apparent screw dislocation-driven growth along the [0001] axis. The resulting growth pathway, together with randomly oriented Zn nucleation, yields dense, uniform, and dendrite-free Zn layers with markedly improved cycling stability and high depth-of-discharge operation, thereby challenging the prevailing assumption that dendrite suppression requires (0002)-oriented growth parallel to the substrate. This work provides new mechanistic insights into Zn plating dynamics and establishes a scalable strategy for stable, dendrite-free Zn anodes in next-generation AZIBs.},
  author       = {Zeng, Guifang and Horta, Sharona and Sun, Qing and Khan, Malik Dilshad and Ibáñez, Maria and Han, Yuhang and Wang, Shang and Li, Longqiu and Ci, Lijie and Tian, Yanhong and Cabot, Andreu},
  issn         = {1521-4095},
  journal      = {Advanced Materials},
  publisher    = {Wiley},
  title        = {{Crystal growth engineering for dendrite-free Zinc metal plating}},
  doi          = {10.1002/adma.202510906},
  year         = {2025},
}

@article{20503,
  abstract     = {We introduce a class of interacting fermionic quantum models in d dimensions with nodal interactions that exhibit superdiffusive transport. We establish nonperturbatively that the nodal structure of the interactions gives rise to long-lived quasiparticle excitations that result in a diverging diffusion constant, even though the system is fully chaotic. Using a Boltzmann equation approach, we find that the charge mode acquires an anomalous dispersion relation at long wavelength ωðqÞ ∼ qz with dynamical exponent z ¼ min½ð2n þ dÞ=2n; 2, where n is the order of the nodal point in momentum space. We verify our predictions in one-dimensional systems using tensor-network techniques.},
  author       = {Wang, Yupeng and Ren, Jie and Gopalakrishnan, Sarang and Vasseur, Romain},
  issn         = {1079-7114},
  journal      = {Physical Review Letters},
  number       = {16},
  publisher    = {American Physical Society},
  title        = {{Superdiffusive transport in chaotic quantum systems with nodal interactions}},
  doi          = {10.1103/xx9z-4j6c},
  volume       = {135},
  year         = {2025},
}

