Optical physics Research update Innovations boost disabled literacy Physicists have developed tools to help disabled people to write and blind people to read
Read article: Electrons probe single atoms Surfaces and interfaces Research update Electrons probe single atoms A breakthrough in electron microscopy could boost the semiconductor industry
Nuclear physics Research update Mobile NMR leaves the field behind New technique promises to eliminate the effects of the Earth’s magnetic field
Semiconductors and electronics Research update Semiconductors plug terahertz gap Scientists build a ‘quantum cascade’ laser that emits radiation at terahertz wavelengths
Imaging Research update Acoustics map out the brass section Reflected pulses could help to tune the timbre of trumpets and cornets
Soft matter and liquids Research update Microscopes move to smaller scales Optical microscopy achieves its highest-ever resolution
Read article: Small is beautiful for new neutron generator Particles and interactions Research update Small is beautiful for new neutron generator A compact source of neutrons could benefit fields from medicine to condensed matter physics
Read article: Lasers illuminate the flight of the bumblebee Lasers Research update Lasers illuminate the flight of the bumblebee Precise optical tracking could improve models of the dynamics of flying insects
Microscopy Research update DIAMOND boss appointed Director of the German synchrotron lab takes the helm at the new UK facility
Soft matter and liquids Research update Lively proteins move and shake Biophysicists find that proteins are much more dynamic than previously thought
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