In our very first issue we published eight research papers, on topics ranging from condensed matter physics to atom interferometry. Two decades on, we look back at those works and hear from their authors.
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Verberck, B., Dubrovina, E., Das, D. et al. The first eight. Nat. Phys. 21, 1508–1511 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41567-025-03059-5
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