Microscopy Research update Super-fast microscope comes into focus Physicists have developed a new ultrahigh-speed scanning optical microscope
Read article: Renaissance pottery comes under the microscope Optical physics Research update Renaissance pottery comes under the microscope Italian physicists have found similarities between 500-year-old ceramics and modern metal-glass composites
Vacuum and cryogenics Research update Scientists spy on growing nanoparticles French scientists have developed a new method that monitors the growth of nanoparticles in real time
Superconductivity Research update Novel crystals form under pressure Researchers have discovered new elemental structures at high pressure
Microscopy Research update New neutrons for European scientists The UK will fund a major upgrade to the ISIS neutron source
Read article: Muons join the fight against nuclear smugglers Particles and interactions Research update Muons join the fight against nuclear smugglers Cosmic-ray particles could be used to detect concealed radioactive material
Structure and dynamics Research update Terahertz breakthrough at BESSY Physicists in Berlin have created the best ever beam of coherent terahertz radiation.
Read article: Optical microscopy sets new records Optical physics Research update Optical microscopy sets new records Researchers have produced the highest-resolution ever optical image
Read article: Glass behaves like a metal Structure and dynamics Research update Glass behaves like a metal The similarity between glass and metal fracture has been shown for the first time
Microscopy Research update Molecular dots rise for information storage Scientists make a high-density molecular memory device