Transport properties Research update Comparative current measurement more accurate than ever before New design uses less liquid helium Read article: Comparative current measurement more accurate than ever before
Ultracold matter Research update Physicists create SQUID-like Bose–Einstein condensate Ultracold atoms could measure rotation Read article: Physicists create SQUID-like Bose–Einstein condensate
Transport properties Research update Heat flows ‘backwards’ across Josephson junction Physicists confirm 1965 prediction of thermal effect Read article: Heat flows ‘backwards’ across Josephson junction
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
Transport properties Research update Physicists see hints of Majorana fermions Evidence spotted in a novel kind of Josephson junction Read article: Physicists see hints of Majorana fermions
Superconductivity Research update Space–time crystals on the horizon How to build a crystal that is ordered in time as well as space Read article: Space–time crystals on the horizon
Superconductivity Research update ‘Magnetic Josephson effect’ seen for the first time Magnetic flux tunnels through superconductor Read article: ‘Magnetic Josephson effect’ seen for the first time
Transport properties Research update First hint of Majorana fermions spotted in nanowires Elusive particle emerges from topological superconductor Read article: First hint of Majorana fermions spotted in nanowires
Transport properties Research update Introducing the ‘orbiton’ New quasiparticle emerges from 1D lattice Read article: Introducing the ‘orbiton’
Ultracold matter Research update Temperatures set to plummet thanks to new cooling scheme Frigid lattices could lead to new insights in superconductivity Read article: Temperatures set to plummet thanks to new cooling scheme
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