Celebrating the impact of research published through the German transformative agreement in 2025
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Paper | Open Access
Resonant or asymmetric: the status of sub-GeV dark matter
Sowmiya Balan et al, Karlsruher Institut für Technologie
2025 JCAP. 01 (2025)053 https://doi.org/10.1088/1475-7516/2025/01/053
Roadmap | Open Access
The 2025 motile active matter roadmap
Gerhard Gompper et al, Forschungszentrum Jülich
2025 J. Phys.: Condens. Matter. 37 143501 https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-648X/adac98
Paper | Open Access
Solving an industrially relevant quantum chemistry problem on quantum hardware
Ludwig Nützel et al, Friedrich-Alexander Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg
2025 Quantum Sci. Technol. 10 015066 https://doi.org/10.1088/2058-9565/ad9ed3
Paper | Open Access
Enhanced induced gravitational waves in Horndeski gravity
Guillem Domènech and Alexander Ganz, Leibniz Universität Hannover
2025 JCAP 01 (2025)020 https://doi.org/10.1088/1475-7516/2025/01/020
Paper | Open Access
C60 fullerene improves the contractile activity of the injured rat muscle gastrocnemius
Uwe Ritter et al, Technische Universität Ilmenau
2025 Nanotechnology 36 125101 https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6528/ada29a
Topical review | Open Access
REBCO coated conductors: enabling the next generation of tokamak reactors
Xiaodong Li et al, Technische Universität München
2025 Supercond. Sci. Technol. 38 033001 https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6668/ada9d2
Paper | Open Access
Atom interferometer as a freely falling clock for time-dilation measurements
Albert Roura, Institut für Quantentechnologien
2025 Quantum Sci. Technol. 10 025004 https://doi.org/10.1088/2058-9565/ad9e2e
Perspective | Open Access
Internal biogas reforming in solid oxide and proton conducting fuel cells: progress, challenges and perspectives
Stephanie E Wolf et al, Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH
2025 J. Phys. Energy. 7 021002 https://doi.org/10.1088/2515-7655/adba88
Paper | Open Access
Reinforcement learning-based architecture search for quantum machine learning
Frederic Rapp et al, Fraunhofer-Institut für Produktionstechnik und Automatisierung IPA
2025 Mach. Learn.: Sci. Technol. 6 015041 https://doi.org/10.1088/2632-2153/adaf75
Letter | Open Access
Shifting burdens: how delayed decarbonisation of road transport affects other sectoral emission reductions
Elisabeth Zeyen et al, Technische Universität Berlin
2025 Environ. Res. Lett. 20 044044 https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/adc290
Paper | Open Access
Enhanced gelatin methacryloyl nanohydroxyapatite hydrogel for high-fidelity 3D printing of bone tissue engineering scaffolds
Toufik Naolou et al, Leibniz Universität Hannover
2025 Biofabrication 17 025033 https://doi.org/10.1088/1758-5090/adbb90
Paper | Open Access
Efficient conversion from fermionic Gaussian states to matrix product states
Hong-Hao Tu et al, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
2025 Quantum Sci. Technol. 10 035033 https://doi.org/10.1088/2058-9565/addae0
Paper | Open Access
Generalised Ornstein–Uhlenbeck process: memory effects and resetting
R Metzler et al, Universität Potsdam
2025 J. Phys. A: Math. Theor. 58 045001 https://doi.org/10.1088/1751-8121/ada748
Paper | Open Access
Gravitational waves in ultra-slow-roll and their anisotropy at two loops
Juan Álvarez Ruiz and Julián Rey, Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY
2025 JCAP. 04 (2025)026 https://doi.org/10.1088/1475-7516/2025/04/026
Paper | Open Access
Magnetic vector field mapping of the stimulated abductor digiti minimi muscle with optically pumped magnetometers
Marlen Kruse et al, Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt
2025 Biomed. Phys. Eng. Express 11 025028 https://doi.org/10.1088/2057-1976/adaec5
Paper | Open Access
Real-time monitoring of hydrogen composite pressure vessels using surface-applied distributed fiber optic sensors
Christos Karapanagiotis et al, Bundesanstalt für Materialforschung und-prüfung
2025 J. Phys. Photonics. 7 025016 https://doi.org/10.1088/2515-7647/adb9ac
Paper | Open Access
Pneumatic conveying inkjet bioprinting for the processing of living cells
Justyna Bożek et al , Carl von Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg
2025 Biofabrication 17 025003 https://doi.org/10.1088/1758-5090/ada8e2
Paper | Open Access
Neutrino masses and mixing from milli-charged dark matter
Vishnu P.K. et al, Universität Münster
2025 JCAP. 02 (2025)011 https://doi.org/10.1088/1475-7516/2025/02/011
Paper | Open Access
Nonlinear Breit–Wheeler pair production using polarized photons from inverse Compton scattering
Daniel Seipt et al, GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung GmbH
2025 Plasma Phys. Control. Fusion. 67 035002 https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6587/adaa77
Topical Review | Open Access
Social inequalities in exposure to heat stress and related adaptive capacity: a systematic review
S Claire Slesinski et al, Helmholtz Zentrum München-German Research Center for Environmental Health (GmbH)
2024 Environ. Res. Lett. 20 033005 https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/adb509
2024 Featured Articles
Paper | Open Access
An exact model for enhancing/suppressing primordial fluctuations
Guillem Domènech et al, Leibniz Universität Hannover
2024 JCAP. 03 (2024)002 https://doi.org/10.1088/1475-7516/2024/03/002
Paper | Open Access
Chemical bonding in phase-change chalcogenides
P C Müller et al, RWTH Aachen University
2024 J. Phys.: Condens. Matter. 36 325706 https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-648X/ad46d6
Letter | Open Access
Temporal regulation of renewable supply for electrolytic hydrogen
Elisabeth Zeyen et al, Technische Universität Berlin
2024 Environ. Res. Lett. 19 024034 https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/ad2239
Paper | Open Access
Thermodynamic work of partial resetting
Kristian Stølevik Olsen and Deepak Gupta, Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf
2024 J. Phys. A: Math. Theor. 57 245001 https://doi.org/10.1088/1751-8121/ad4c2c
Paper | Open Access
Homotopy, symmetry, and non-Hermitian band topology
Kang Yang et al, Freie Universität Berlin
2024 Rep. Prog. Phys. 87 078002 https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6633/ad4e64
Paper | Open Access
Deep learning of crystalline defects from TEM images: a solution for the problem of ‘never enough training data’
Kishan Govind et al, Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH
2024 Mach. Learn.: Sci. Technol. 5 015006 https://doi.org/10.1088/2632-2153/ad1a4e
Paper | Open Access
Towards a precision calculation of Neff in the Standard Model. Part III. Improved estimate of NLO contributions to the collision integral
Michael Klasen et al, Universität Münster
2024 JCAP. 06 (2024)032 https://doi.org/10.1088/1475-7516/2024/06/032
Paper | Open Access
FLASH radiotherapy sparing effect on the circulating lymphocytes in pencil beam scanning proton therapy: impact of hypofractionation and dose rate
Antje Galts and Abdelkhalek Hammi, Technische Universität Dortmund
2024 Phys. Med. Biol. 69 025006 https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6560/ad144e
Topical Review | Open Access
Graphene Roadmap Briefs (No. 3): meta-market analysis 2023
Thomas Schmaltz et al, Fraunhofer-Institut fur System und Innovationsforschung ISI
2024 2D Mater. 11 022002 https://doi.org/10.1088/2053-1583/ad1e78
Paper | Open Access
Dissecting the stochastic gravitational wave background with astrometry
Isak Stomberg et al, TDeutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY
2024 JCAP. 05 (2024)030 https://doi.org/10.1088/1475-7516/2024/05/030
Paper | Open Access
Ultraviolet supercontinuum generation using a differentially-pumped integrated glass chip
Vincent Wanie et al, Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron
2024 J. Phys. Photonics. 6 025005 https://doi.org/10.1088/2515-7647/ad2bd3
Paper | Open Access
Validation of the ERO2.0 code using W7-X and JET experiments and predictions for ITER operation
J. Romazanov et al, Forschungszentrum Julich GmbH
2024 Nucl. Fusion. 64 086016 https://doi.org/10.1088/1741-4326/ad5368
Topical Review | Open Access
Why neural functionals suit statistical mechanics
Florian Sammüller, Sophie Hermann and Matthias Schmidt, Universitat Bayreuth
2024 J. Phys.: Condens. Matter. 36 243002 https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-648X/ad326f
Paper | Open Access
A machine learning constitutive model for plasticity and strain hardening of polycrystalline metals based on data from micromechanical simulations
Ronak Shoghi and Alexander Hartmaier, TRuhr-Universität Bochum
2024 Mach. Learn.: Sci. Technol. 5 025008 https://doi.org/10.1088/2632-2153/ad379e
Paper | Open Access
Field theory of active chiral hard disks: a first-principles approach to steric interactions
Erik Kalz, Abhinav Sharma and Ralf Metzler, Universität Potsdam
2024 J. Phys. A: Math. Theor. 57 265002 https://doi.org/10.1088/1751-8121/ad5089
Roadmap | Open Access
Roadmap on data-centric materials science
Matthias Scheffler et al, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
2024 Modelling Simul. Mater. Sci. Eng. 32 063301 https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-651X/ad4d0d
Paper | Open Access
Time scales in the dynamics of political opinions and the voter model
Philipp G Meyer and Ralf Metzler, Universität Potsdam
2024 New J. Phys. 26 023040 https://doi.org/10.1088/1367-2630/ad27bc
Paper | Open Access
3D bioprinting of mouse pre-osteoblasts and human MSCs using bioinks consisting of gelatin and decellularized bone particles
Aylin Kara Özenler et al, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg
2024 Biofabrication. 16 025027 https://doi.org/10.1088/1758-5090/ad2c98
Paper | Open Access
CaloClouds II: ultra-fast geometry-independent highly-granular calorimeter simulation
Frank Gaede et al, Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY
2024 JINST. 19 P04020 https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-0221/19/04/P04020
Perspective | Open Access
From architectures to applications: a review of neural quantum states
Annabelle Bohrdt et al, Universität Regensburg
2024 Quantum Sci. Technol. 9 040501 https://doi.org/10.1088/2058-9565/ad7168
