In this issue, Hugo Touchette explores the groundbreaking research that led to the 2024 Nobel Prize in Physics, awarded jointly to the condensed matter, statistical and bio physicist John Hopfield, and the computer scientist and cognitive psychologist Geoffory Hinton. Hopfield and Hinton built on earlier work by the neuroscientist Warren McCulloch and the logician Walter Pitts, neuropsychologist Donald Hebb and psychologist and cognitive scientist Frank Rosenblatt. This incredible interdisciplinary breakthrough was enabled by decades of curiosity driven research, in different scientific disciplines, that have now come together in ways that are making an increasing impact on science, engineering and everyday life. You can find a review here.
Also in this issue, Mandar Deshmukh, Subhajit Sinha and Pratap Chandra Adak discuss the fascinating world of Moire materials. Meanwhile, Pallavi Bhat delves into the plasma physics of solar flares and aurorae.