Soft matter and liquids Research update Spider webs strengthened by local sacrifices Arachnid silks could inspire improved building designs Read article: Spider webs strengthened by local sacrifices
Soft matter and liquids Research update Getting to the froth of the matter Physicists create the "ideal foam" in the lab for the first time Read article: Getting to the froth of the matter
Soft matter and liquids Research update Cell softening could promote tumour growth Simulations show how mechanical change promotes cell division Read article: Cell softening could promote tumour growth
Ultracold matter News Our favourite pictures of 2011 From Batman under the microscope to dancing black holes Read article: Our favourite pictures of 2011
Telescopes and space missions Research update Physics World reveals its top 10 breakthroughs for 2011 Work on the fundamentals of quantum mechanics take the top gong Read article: Physics World reveals its top 10 breakthroughs for 2011
Soft matter and liquids Video Physics and biology: a match made in heaven New resource for the teaching of biological physics to undergraduates Read article: Physics and biology: a match made in heaven
Soft matter and liquids Feature Cocktail physics Naveen N Sinha and David A Weitz reveal the science behind this tasty topic Read article: Cocktail physics
Soft matter and liquids Opinion and reviews Cooking up a storm Peter Barham reviews Modernist Cuisine by Nathan Myhrvold, Chris Young and Maxime Bilet Read article: Cooking up a storm
Surfaces and interfaces Research update Physics of writing is derived at last Pen plays capillary tug-of-war with paper Read article: Physics of writing is derived at last
Soft matter and liquids Research update Microscope probes living cells at the nanoscale Tapping out the properties of squishy tissue Read article: Microscope probes living cells at the nanoscale