Ultracold matter Research update A recipe for making strings in the lab Experiments with ultracold gases could provide insights into supersymmetry Read article: A recipe for making strings in the lab
Ultracold matter Research update Optical trap dates Egyptian water Laser-based magneto-optical trap dates 500 000 year old Egyptian groundwater Read article: Optical trap dates Egyptian water
Ultracold matter Research update When bosons behave like fermions Physicists create a Tonks-Girardeau gas for the first time Read article: When bosons behave like fermions
Ultracold matter Research update Fermionic first for condensates "Holy grail two" has been achieved with ultracold gases Read article: Fermionic first for condensates
Ultracold matter Research update Cold molecules come of age Physicists have observed novel molecular states in cesium and helium
Ultracold matter Research update Ytterbium joins the condensates Japanese physicists have made a novel Bose-Einstein condensate with ytterbium atoms
Ultracold matter Research update Fermi gas atoms form supercool molecules US physicists have made ultracold molecules in a Fermi gas for the first time
Ultracold matter Research update Gold floats in magnetized oxygen Physicists have magnetically levitated objects in liquid oxygen Read article: Gold floats in magnetized oxygen
Ultracold matter Research update Optical tweezers grab the limelight A self-correcting laser beam can manipulate particles in new ways Read article: Optical tweezers grab the limelight
Ultracold matter Research update Laser tweezers get a grip on DNA Versatile optical technique could play a role in fields from biomechanics to nanotechnology
Optics & Photonics Briefing This issue explores lasers and detectors, solar power, medical imaging and high-resolution displays