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
Soft matter and liquids Research update DNA twists and bends on demand Building block of life can be transformed into curved shapes for building nanoscale devices Read article: DNA twists and bends on demand
Surfaces and interfaces Research update Soap films burst like flapping flags High-speed photography reveals how punctures expand in soap films Read article: Soap films burst like flapping flags
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 DNA sorts carbon nanotubes Liquid chromatography used to separate metal tubes from semiconductors
Surfaces and interfaces Research update T-shaped probe exposes protein elasticity New microscope technique identifies flexible regions of proteins Read article: T-shaped probe exposes protein elasticity
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
Soft matter and liquids Research update Intense X-rays expose Alzheimer’s disease Diffraction enhanced X-ray imaging promises better brain scans Read article: Intense X-rays expose Alzheimer’s disease
Soft matter and liquids Research update UK physics hit by new cuts Science and Technology Facilities Council outlines reduced programme for 2009-10 Read article: UK physics hit by new cuts
Optics & Photonics Briefing This issue explores lasers and detectors, solar power, medical imaging and high-resolution displays