Ultrafast science Research update Red blood cells are go! Indian physicists use lasers to drive a cellular motor Read article: Red blood cells are go!
Ultrafast science Research update Hall effect takes a spin The use of electric fields to control electron spins could have applications in spintronics Read article: Hall effect takes a spin
Ultrafast science Research update Mechanical memories take off Nanodevices offer new possibilities for data storage Read article: Mechanical memories take off
Ultrafast science Research update Angular pits boost DVD storage New optical method could store up to one terabyte of data on a single DVD Read article: Angular pits boost DVD storage
Ultrafast science Research update Table-top accelerators make progress Plasma-based particle accelerators are now able to produce monoenergetic electron beams
Ultrafast science Research update NIST unveils smallest atomic clock An atomic clock that is the size of a grain of rice could bring the technology to portable electronics
Ultrafast science Research update Cancer detection made faster Laser printing technology could help speed up the identification of cancerous cells Read article: Cancer detection made faster
Ultrafast science Research update New look for molecular photodiodes Novel device switches photocurrent direction depending on wavelength of light Read article: New look for molecular photodiodes
Ultrafast science Research update Making atoms cooler Cavity increases laser cooling rate by a factor of five Read article: Making atoms cooler
Ultrafast science Research update Lasers tackle radioactive waste Iodine-129, which has a half-life of 15.7 million years, has been transmuted into a lighter isotope with a half-life of just 25 minutes
Optics & Photonics Briefing This issue explores lasers and detectors, solar power, medical imaging and high-resolution displays