Soft matter and liquids Research update Physicists shed light on mysterious battlefield injury Blast waves might cause damage to brain Read article: Physicists shed light on mysterious battlefield injury
Ultracold matter Research update Friction keeps molecular motors on track Biophysicists gain a better understanding of motion in living cells Read article: Friction keeps molecular motors on track
Planetary science Research update Darwin’s grandson proved right over fishy physics Marine animals responsible for mixing the world’s oceans, claim researchers Read article: Darwin’s grandson proved right over fishy physics
Soft matter and liquids Research update Beetle has polarizing twist in its shell Insect makes use of ‘liquid crystal’ structure for optical effect Read article: Beetle has polarizing twist in its shell
Soft matter and liquids Research update Physicists spy on skink swimming through sand Sandfish gets legless in a 'frictional fluid' Read article: Physicists spy on skink swimming through sand
Soft matter and liquids Research update Lasers look inside human bones Spectroscopy could help medics detect bone disease Read article: Lasers look inside human bones
Nuclear medicine Opinion and reviews Between chance and necessity Andrew Steane reviews Stuart Kauffman's Reinventing the Sacred Read article: Between chance and necessity
Nuclear medicine Opinion and reviews How physics can inspire biology Alexei Kornyshev thinks that physicists and biologists are now working more closely together than ever before, but that barriers to closer collaboration still exist Read article: How physics can inspire biology
Nuclear medicine Opinion and reviews In praise of Darwin Darwin was no physicist, but his approach to science will be familiar to us Read article: In praise of Darwin
Quantum mechanics Feature The quantum life The idea that quantum mechanics can explain many fundamental aspects of life is resurging, as Paul Davies reveals Read article: The quantum life
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