Optical physics Research update Hollow fibre carries megawatt pulses Optical physicists have made a photonic-band gap fibre that can transmit megawatt pulses
Optical physics Research update Bose-Einstein condensates break temperature record Physicists have cooled a gas of sodium atoms down to less than a nanokelvin Read article: Bose-Einstein condensates break temperature record
Microscopy Research update Carbon dating confirms origins of biblical tunnel Geologists have used radiometric dating to confirm the age of a water tunnel mentioned in the Bible Read article: Carbon dating confirms origins of biblical tunnel
Surfaces and interfaces Research update Gold lights up biological cells Biophysicists have developed a new optical technique to image proteins
Quantum optics Research update Microscope sketches quantum circuits Erasable lithography will make life easier for semiconductor physicists Read article: Microscope sketches quantum circuits
Microscopy Research update Nanoscale sensor approaches the quantum regime Physicists use single-electron transistor to make most sensitive motion sensor ever Read article: Nanoscale sensor approaches the quantum regime
Microscopy Research update Super-fast microscope comes into focus Physicists have developed a new ultrahigh-speed scanning optical 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 Read article: Renaissance pottery comes under the microscope
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