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Physical Review Letters publishes short, high-quality peer-reviewed reports of the most influential developments and transformative ideas in the full arc of fundamental, applied, and interdisciplinary physics research.

Fanfei Yu, Aaron D. Ratschow, Ran Tao, Xiaomei Li, Yuankai Jin, Jinpei Wang, and Zuankai Wang. Phys. Rev. Lett. 134, 134001 (2025) - Published 1 April, 2025. The messy breakup of a liquid droplet that occurs when it hits a surface can be suppressed by giving the droplet an electrical charge.

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The new policy, effective today, makes all papers authored by cats freely available. This open-minded update is a natural extension of APS’s leadership in both open access and pet publishing.

Dec 23, 2024 · The American Physical Society is conducting an international search for a new Lead Editor of Physical Review Letters (PRL)—the world’s premier physics letter journal and the APS flagship publication.

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