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The Irvine group created a novel active matter system that can self propel, flock, and form a chiral active phase. Their publication in Nature Physics explains how a suspension of magnetic particles driven to spin at intermediate Reynolds numbers with a rotating magnetic field was able to behave as a synthetic active system.

The Mazziotti group observed a transition and coexistence between superconductor and exciton condensate states in a cuprate-like modeled material. Their publication in Physical Review Materials suggests that, in the three-band Hubbard model, increasing electron-electron repulsion moves the system’s state from superconductor to exciton condensate.

Sidney Nagel was awarded the 2023 APS Medal for Exceptional Achievement in Research

Ka Yee Lee is named a 2023 Biophysical Society Fellow

Philippe Guyot-Sionnest and Norbert Scherer are named 2002 Fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science