APS congratulates Andrea Marcello Mambuca, Chiara Cammarota, and Izaak Neri as the recipients of the 2024 Irwin Oppenheim Award for best paper by early career scientists published in Physical Review E.

The spatial arrangement of plants in a rainforest corresponds to a special “critical” state that could be vital for ecosystem robustness.  

Focus story on:
Pablo Villegas, Tommaso Gili, Guido Caldarelli, and Andrea Gabrielli
Phys. Rev. E 109, L042402 (2024)

APS has selected 156 Outstanding Referees for 2024 who have demonstrated exceptional work in the assessment of manuscripts published in the Physical Review journals. A full list of the Outstanding Referees is available online.

Scientists have now vetted details of the 2022 laser-powered fusion reaction that produced more energy than it consumed.

Viewpoint on:
H. Abu-Shawareb et al. (The Indirect Drive ICF Collaboration)
Phys. Rev. Lett. 132, 065102 (2024)

A. L. Kritcher et al.
Phys. Rev. E 109, 025204 (2024)

O. A. Hurricane et al.
Phys. Rev. Lett. 132, 065103 (2024)

A. Pak et al.
Phys. Rev. E 109, 025203 (2024)

M. S. Rubery et al.
Phys. Rev. Lett. 132, 065104 (2024)

Solar potential scaling and the urban road network topology
Sara Najem
Phys. Rev. E 95, 012323 (2017)

Emergent self-similarity and scaling properties of fractal intra-urban heat islets for diverse global cities
Anamika Shreevastava, P. Suresh C. Rao, and Gavan S. McGrath
Phys. Rev. E 100, 032142 (2019)

Stability of traffic breakup patterns in urban networks
Marco Cogoni and Giovanni Busonera
Phys. Rev. E 104, L012301 (2021)

Superlinear urban scaling by functional organization: A metabolic interpretation of sectoral water consumption
Likwan Cheng
Phys. Rev. E 107, 034301 (2023)

Evolution of road infrastructure in large urban areas
Erwan Taillanter and Marc Barthelemy
Phys. Rev. E 107, 034304 (2023)

The winning entries of the Second Gallery of Soft Matter are highlighted in this PRE Guest Editorial. We hope they will spark the imagination of researchers and the public alike.

We welcome Valerio Lucarini (University of Reading, UK), who joins the editorial staff of Physical Review E. As Associate Editor, he will be handling manuscripts in the section on Nonlinear Dynamics and Chaos.

After almost 25 years Antonio Politi has stepped down as Associate Editor for Physical Review E. Antonio has handled papers in the section on Nonlinear Dynamics and Chaos since it was created in 1998. We are very grateful for Antonio’s contributions as an editor and for his many years of dedication to the journal. We will miss his presence at our meetings, his expert advice, his thoughtfulness and deep insights.

Three journals are excited to announce a new article type, “Perspectives,” to provide forward-looking views of cutting-edge science that has recently emerged or is enjoying renewed activity.