Read article: Nanowires are guided around chips
Nanowires are guided around chips
DNA coating offers a route to self-assembled circuits
Read article: Nanowires are guided around chips
Read article: Reasons to be cheerful
Reasons to be cheerful
The economy may be in a nosedive but there is plenty to look forward to in science this year
Read article: Random motion of bacteria could drive micromotors
Random motion of bacteria could drive micromotors
Tiny organisms could spin a rotor, say physicists
Read article: Shifty constants
Shifty constants
Do some constants need fixing? Robert P Crease relays your suggestions, though he finds that concerns over SI units arouse still more passion
Read article: European synchrotron secures €177m upgrade
European synchrotron secures €177m upgrade
New beamlines will allow nanometre-scale experiments at Grenoble lab
Read article: Optical tweezers: where physics meets biology
Optical tweezers: where physics meets biology
Joost van Mameren explains how quantitative force measurements by optical tweezers can unravel the mechanical properties of biological molecules
Read article: Tunnelling electrons could drive nanomotors
Tunnelling electrons could drive nanomotors
Tiny rotors are inspired by biological motors
Read article: Electrons put a new spin on chirality
Electrons put a new spin on chirality
Could radiation striking magnetic materials be responsible for the 'handedness' of biological molecules?
Read article: Condensed-matter physicist to head DESY
Condensed-matter physicist to head DESY
Accelerator lab chooses nanostructure expert as new director
Memristors model primitive learning
An amoeba’s ability to learn can be simulated using an electronic circuit
