Pub Date : 2026-02-20DOI: 10.1038/s41928-026-01585-5
Yan Huang
{"title":"A communication system that operates in space","authors":"Yan Huang","doi":"10.1038/s41928-026-01585-5","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s41928-026-01585-5","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":19064,"journal":{"name":"Nature Electronics","volume":"9 2","pages":"119-119"},"PeriodicalIF":40.9,"publicationDate":"2026-02-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"146223297","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2026-02-19DOI: 10.1038/s41928-026-01584-6
Katharina Zeissler
{"title":"Stirring up vortices with hydrogel cilia","authors":"Katharina Zeissler","doi":"10.1038/s41928-026-01584-6","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s41928-026-01584-6","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":19064,"journal":{"name":"Nature Electronics","volume":"9 2","pages":"118-118"},"PeriodicalIF":40.9,"publicationDate":"2026-02-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"146223300","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2026-02-18DOI: 10.1038/s41928-026-01586-4
Matthew Parker
{"title":"Long-term health monitoring of poorly plants","authors":"Matthew Parker","doi":"10.1038/s41928-026-01586-4","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s41928-026-01586-4","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":19064,"journal":{"name":"Nature Electronics","volume":"9 2","pages":"120-120"},"PeriodicalIF":40.9,"publicationDate":"2026-02-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"146223298","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2026-02-12DOI: 10.1038/s41928-026-01569-5
Alberto Tosato, Asser Elsayed, Federico Poggiali, Lucas Erik Adriaan Stehouwer, Davide Costa, Karina Louise Hudson, Davide Degli Esposti, Giordano Scappucci
The large-scale integration of semiconductor spin qubits into quantum processors will require the characterization of quantum components at scale. However, such characterization is challenging and typically requires radio-frequency measurements at millikelvin temperatures and the presence of magnetic fields. Here we report a scalable architecture for characterizing spin qubits using a quantum dot crossbar array. The approach, which we term as the qubit-array research platform for engineering and testing, uses a crossbar array comprising tightly pitched spin-qubit tiles and is implemented in planar germanium, with the potential to host 1,058 single-hole spin qubits. We measure a subset of 40 tiles and demonstrate key device functionality at millikelvin temperatures, including tile addressability, threshold voltage and charge noise statistics, as well as the characterization of hole spin qubits and their coherence times in a single tile.
{"title":"A crossbar chip for benchmarking semiconductor spin qubits","authors":"Alberto Tosato, Asser Elsayed, Federico Poggiali, Lucas Erik Adriaan Stehouwer, Davide Costa, Karina Louise Hudson, Davide Degli Esposti, Giordano Scappucci","doi":"10.1038/s41928-026-01569-5","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1038/s41928-026-01569-5","url":null,"abstract":"The large-scale integration of semiconductor spin qubits into quantum processors will require the characterization of quantum components at scale. However, such characterization is challenging and typically requires radio-frequency measurements at millikelvin temperatures and the presence of magnetic fields. Here we report a scalable architecture for characterizing spin qubits using a quantum dot crossbar array. The approach, which we term as the qubit-array research platform for engineering and testing, uses a crossbar array comprising tightly pitched spin-qubit tiles and is implemented in planar germanium, with the potential to host 1,058 single-hole spin qubits. We measure a subset of 40 tiles and demonstrate key device functionality at millikelvin temperatures, including tile addressability, threshold voltage and charge noise statistics, as well as the characterization of hole spin qubits and their coherence times in a single tile.","PeriodicalId":19064,"journal":{"name":"Nature Electronics","volume":"125 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":34.3,"publicationDate":"2026-02-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"146196779","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2026-02-02DOI: 10.1038/s41928-025-01562-4
Jonas Schuff, Miguel J. Carballido, Madeleine Kotzagiannidis, Juan Carlos Calvo, Marco Caselli, Jacob Rawling, David L. Craig, Barnaby van Straaten, Brandon Severin, Federico Fedele, Simon Svab, Pierre Chevalier Kwon, Rafael S. Eggli, Taras Patlatiuk, Nathan Korda, Dominik M. Zumbühl, Natalia Ares
The development of large-scale semiconductor quantum circuits is limited by the difficulties involved in efficiently tuning and operating such circuits. Identifying optimal operating conditions for these qubits is, in particular, complex and involves the exploration of vast parameter spaces. Here we report the autonomous tuning of a semiconductor qubit, from a grounded device to Rabi oscillations. Our approach integrates deep learning, Bayesian optimization and computer vision techniques. We demonstrate this automation in a germanium–silicon core–shell nanowire device. To illustrate the potential of full automation, we characterize how the Rabi frequency and g-factor depend on barrier gate voltages for one of the qubits found by the algorithm. We expect our automation algorithm to be applicable to a range of semiconductor qubit devices, allowing for the statistical studies of qubit-quality metrics.
{"title":"Fully autonomous tuning of a spin qubit","authors":"Jonas Schuff, Miguel J. Carballido, Madeleine Kotzagiannidis, Juan Carlos Calvo, Marco Caselli, Jacob Rawling, David L. Craig, Barnaby van Straaten, Brandon Severin, Federico Fedele, Simon Svab, Pierre Chevalier Kwon, Rafael S. Eggli, Taras Patlatiuk, Nathan Korda, Dominik M. Zumbühl, Natalia Ares","doi":"10.1038/s41928-025-01562-4","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1038/s41928-025-01562-4","url":null,"abstract":"The development of large-scale semiconductor quantum circuits is limited by the difficulties involved in efficiently tuning and operating such circuits. Identifying optimal operating conditions for these qubits is, in particular, complex and involves the exploration of vast parameter spaces. Here we report the autonomous tuning of a semiconductor qubit, from a grounded device to Rabi oscillations. Our approach integrates deep learning, Bayesian optimization and computer vision techniques. We demonstrate this automation in a germanium–silicon core–shell nanowire device. To illustrate the potential of full automation, we characterize how the Rabi frequency and g-factor depend on barrier gate voltages for one of the qubits found by the algorithm. We expect our automation algorithm to be applicable to a range of semiconductor qubit devices, allowing for the statistical studies of qubit-quality metrics.","PeriodicalId":19064,"journal":{"name":"Nature Electronics","volume":"97 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":34.3,"publicationDate":"2026-02-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"146102131","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2026-01-30DOI: 10.1038/s41928-025-01552-6
Inkyu Lee, Arielle Berman, Ritu Raman
Biohybrid robots, which rely on living muscles to drive force generation, could be of use in applications ranging from microsurgery to unmanned exploration. But the development of untethered and autonomous machines will require the integration of onboard electronics for sensing, control and power.
{"title":"Using electronics to build biohybrid robots with physical intelligence","authors":"Inkyu Lee, Arielle Berman, Ritu Raman","doi":"10.1038/s41928-025-01552-6","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s41928-025-01552-6","url":null,"abstract":"Biohybrid robots, which rely on living muscles to drive force generation, could be of use in applications ranging from microsurgery to unmanned exploration. But the development of untethered and autonomous machines will require the integration of onboard electronics for sensing, control and power.","PeriodicalId":19064,"journal":{"name":"Nature Electronics","volume":"9 1","pages":"8-10"},"PeriodicalIF":40.9,"publicationDate":"2026-01-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"146083449","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2026-01-30DOI: 10.1038/s41928-025-01561-5
Giovanni Traverso, Paul Sheehan, Ahmad Bahai, Robert Langer, Anantha Chandrakasan
Ingestible electronic devices could transform gastrointestinal medicine by combining diagnostic and therapeutic functions into a single miniature device. But challenges related to device miniaturization, power-efficient integrated circuit design and data security remain to be addressed.
{"title":"The potential of miniaturized ingestible electronics","authors":"Giovanni Traverso, Paul Sheehan, Ahmad Bahai, Robert Langer, Anantha Chandrakasan","doi":"10.1038/s41928-025-01561-5","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s41928-025-01561-5","url":null,"abstract":"Ingestible electronic devices could transform gastrointestinal medicine by combining diagnostic and therapeutic functions into a single miniature device. But challenges related to device miniaturization, power-efficient integrated circuit design and data security remain to be addressed.","PeriodicalId":19064,"journal":{"name":"Nature Electronics","volume":"9 1","pages":"5-7"},"PeriodicalIF":40.9,"publicationDate":"2026-01-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"146083445","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2026-01-30DOI: 10.1038/s41928-025-01558-0
Shiyu Zhao
Enhancing the generality of multi-robot systems is critical for their deployment in open-world applications. Achieving this will require the development of general collective intelligence.
提高多机器人系统的通用性对其在开放世界应用中的部署至关重要。实现这一目标需要发展普遍的集体智慧。
{"title":"General collective intelligence for multi-robot systems","authors":"Shiyu Zhao","doi":"10.1038/s41928-025-01558-0","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s41928-025-01558-0","url":null,"abstract":"Enhancing the generality of multi-robot systems is critical for their deployment in open-world applications. Achieving this will require the development of general collective intelligence.","PeriodicalId":19064,"journal":{"name":"Nature Electronics","volume":"9 1","pages":"11-13"},"PeriodicalIF":40.9,"publicationDate":"2026-01-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"146083447","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}