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
Surfaces and interfaces Research update Physicists watch as sand forms droplets High speed photography sheds light on ‘clustering’ in sand streams Read article: Physicists watch as sand forms droplets
Transport properties Research update Double helix is an ‘electric slide’ for proteins Simulation suggests how molecules read the blueprint for life Read article: Double helix is an ‘electric slide’ for proteins
Soft matter and liquids Research update Archaeological dating by re-firing ancient pots The inorganic equivalent of carbon dating, say researchers Read article: Archaeological dating by re-firing ancient pots
Vacuum and cryogenics Opinion and reviews The power of robotics Robotics competitions supply a vital missing link in science and engineering education, says Robert P Crease Read article: The power of robotics
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