Transport properties Research update Voltage boosts bubble fluid flow Effects could have applications in microfluidic systems Read article: Voltage boosts bubble fluid flow
Transport properties Research update Proteins boost quantum coherence in bacteria Study sheds new light on photosynthesis Read article: Proteins boost quantum coherence in bacteria
Telescopes and space missions News Our favourite pictures of 2012 From bio-engineered jellyfish and levitating drops to lunar landscapes Read article: Our favourite pictures of 2012
Soft matter and liquids Opinion and reviews Vital forces A rare popular-science book on biophysics, reviewed by Richard Jones Read article: Vital forces
Soft matter and liquids Research update Physicists claim microwave-imaging ‘breakthrough’ Thermoacoustic technique could be used on patients within five years Read article: Physicists claim microwave-imaging ‘breakthrough’
Superconductivity Opinion and reviews Soft matter’s charismatic pioneer A biography of Pierre-Gilles de Gennes, now available in English translation, reviewed by Tom McLeish Read article: Soft matter’s charismatic pioneer
Surfaces and interfaces Opinion and reviews Web life Ask Nature: a whole website devoted to biomimicry and its many applications Read article: Web life
Surfaces and interfaces Video Staying dry to stay alive: the ant raft and other water-repellent systems View on demand: an online lecture presented by David Hu Read article: Staying dry to stay alive: the ant raft and other water-repellent systems
Soft matter and liquids Feature Walking on water Stephen Ornes reports on how pond skaters move across water Read article: Walking on water
Transport properties Research update Bacteria ‘wires’ conduct electrons over centimetre distances Tiny filaments allow micro-organisms to flourish without oxygen Read article: Bacteria ‘wires’ conduct electrons over centimetre distances