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Lett. 133, 207202 (2024) - Published 12 November, 2024 Self-Organized Target Wave Chimeras in Reaction-Diffusion Media Bing-Wei Li, Jie Xiao, Teng-Chao Li, Alexander V. Panfilov, and Hans Dierckx Phys. Rev. Lett. 133, 207203 (2024) - Published 15 November, 2024 Polymers, Chemical Physics, Soft Matter, and Biological Physics Mean-Field Theory of the Uniaxial Ferroelectric Smectic A Liquid Crystal Phase Aitor Erkoreka, Mingjun Huang, Satoshi Aya, and Josu Martinez-Perdiguero Phys. Rev. Lett. 133, 208101 (2024) - Published 12 November, 2024 Bulk Condensation by an Active Interface Raushan Kant, Rahul Kumar Gupta, Harsh Soni, A. K. Sood, and Sriram Ramaswamy Phys. Rev. Lett. 133, 208301 (2024) - Published 15 November, 2024 FEATURED IN PHYSICS EDITORS' SUGGESTION Frequency-Dependent Covariance Reveals Critical Spatiotemporal Patterns of Synchronized Activity in the Human Brain Rubén Calvo, Carles Martorell, Guillermo B. Morales, Serena Di Santo, and Miguel A. Muñoz Phys. Rev. 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