Ultrafast science Research update Photonic crystal bends light round corners Waveguide manipulates photons in 3D Read article: Photonic crystal bends light round corners
Ultrafast science Research update Noise might cause huge ocean waves Similar big waves seen in noisy optical system Read article: Noise might cause huge ocean waves
Transport properties Research update Tony Bland: 1958–2007 Spintronics pioneer dies Read article: Tony Bland: 1958–2007
Transport properties Research update Tuneable gap semiconductor is a first Applied voltage causes graphene to acquire a gap Read article: Tuneable gap semiconductor is a first
Surfaces and interfaces Research update New boss selected for ESRF Italian physicist to take helm of lab Read article: New boss selected for ESRF
Telescopes and space missions Research update Proto-galaxies tip cold dark matter Sighting confirms important stage of galactic evolution Read article: Proto-galaxies tip cold dark matter
Superconductivity Research update High-Tc superconductors plug ‘terahertz gap’ Josephson junctions produce coherent terahertz radiation Read article: High-Tc superconductors plug ‘terahertz gap’
Surfaces and interfaces Research update ‘Nanosoldering’ makes a clean contact Technique can make electrical contacts on graphene and other nanostructures
Structure and dynamics Research update Two is a crowd for quantum particles Double slit probes the limits of decoherence Read article: Two is a crowd for quantum particles
Structure and dynamics Research update FAIR gets the go-ahead New accelerator facility at GSI to be one of the world's largest Read article: FAIR gets the go-ahead