General physics

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On the physical origin of the fine-structure constant 30001

L. Varani, F. Intini and L. Reggiani

Published online: 10 February 2026

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1209/0295-5075/ae3f50

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Statistical physics and networks

Contagion mean-field model for transport in urban traffic networks 31001

Arturo Berrones Santos, Gerardo Palafox-Castillo, Sareé González Huesca and Carlos Alberto Aldana Sandoval

Published online: 09 February 2026

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1209/0295-5075/ae3cb8

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First-passage resetting gas 31002

Marco Biroli, Satya N. Majumdar and Grégory Schehr

Published online: 16 February 2026

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1209/0295-5075/ae3f4f

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Thermodynamic geometry of two-dimensional square-well fluids 31003

Jaime Jaramillo-Gutiérrez and José Torres-Arenas

Published online: 16 February 2026

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1209/0295-5075/ae4060

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Mathematical and interdisciplinary physics

Identifying vital nodes of complex networks with an improved gravity model aware of structural damage and embedding 32001

Huaizhi Liao, Tian Qiu and Guang Chen

Published online: 16 February 2026

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1209/0295-5075/ae41e2

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Fluid and nonlinear dynamics

Liquid Hertz impact: Low-Weber non-wetting drop dynamics 33001

Ivan Argatov and Vitaly Kocherbitov

Published online: 10 February 2026

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1209/0295-5075/ae3a15

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Duality family of traveling-wave KdV equation 33002

Xin Gu, Yuan-Yuan Liu, Wen-Du Li and Wu-Sheng Dai

Published online: 16 February 2026

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1209/0295-5075/ae4139

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Nuclear and plasma physics, particles and fields

Assessment of natural radioactivity in environmental samples near Al-Nafoura oil field, Al-Jikharra, Libya 34001

Najat Erhoumah, Karima Musa and Eman Abd El-Halim

Published online: 10 February 2026

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1209/0295-5075/ae3d5f

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On modeling nonlinear phenomena under the influence of an electromagnetic field in a dense plasma 34002

G. A. Pavlov

Published online: 09 February 2026

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1209/0295-5075/ae3ee1

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Condensed matter and materials physics

EPL 40th anniversary highlight: Dynamics of Dzyaloshinskii domain walls in ultrathin magnetic films by André Thiaville et al. 36001

Published online: 02 February 2026

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1209/0295-5075/ae30a7

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Computational investigation of a superhard all-sp³ hybridized cubic carbon 36002

Xue-Ping Zhu, Kun Bu and Jian-Tao Wang

Published online: 03 February 2026

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1209/0295-5075/ae3a16

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Regulating the electronic structure of two-dimensional boron arsenide via deep elastic strain: A first-principles study 36003

Shuchao Zhang, Peng Gu, Sheng Ding, Changhai Shi, Bangzhao Wang and Shukuan Guo

Published online: 04 February 2026

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1209/0295-5075/ae3a14

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Biological and soft matter physics

Experimental confirmation of hyperuniformity of torque fluctuations in frictional matter 37001

Jin Shang, Jie Zhang and Itamar Procaccia

Published online: 10 February 2026

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1209/0295-5075/ae3fc9

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