Telescopes and space missions Research update Pulsars map the way for space missions Spacecraft could be navigated using X-ray emissions from millisecond pulsars Read article: Pulsars map the way for space missions
Data acquisition and analysis Opinion and reviews Between the lines Books on sexy statistics and elegant particles, reviewed by Margaret Harris Read article: Between the lines
Personalities Feature Learning to adapt Physicist-turned-inventor Joshua Miele speaks to Margaret Harris about his career and his experiences as a blind physics student Read article: Learning to adapt
Surfaces and interfaces Research update ‘Ghostly’ 3D images taken without a camera Simple and cheap technique could be used in medical imaging Read article: ‘Ghostly’ 3D images taken without a camera
Telescopes and space missions Research update AMS confirms positron excess Results could be a sign of dark-matter annihilation, but more data are needed Read article: AMS confirms positron excess
Telescopes and space missions Research update Planck reveals ‘almost perfect’ universe Space mission releases first cosmology results Read article: Planck reveals ‘almost perfect’ universe
Quantum mechanics Feature In praise of weakness Aephraim Steinberg and colleagues describe how "weak measurements" are transforming our knowledge of the quantum world Read article: In praise of weakness
Astroparticle physics Research update New radiation ring spotted in Van Allen belt Temporary but long-lived "storage ring" of electrons seen Read article: New radiation ring spotted in Van Allen belt
Structure and dynamics Research update Supernova origin of galactic cosmic rays confirmed Characteristic signature of neutral-pion decay spotted Read article: Supernova origin of galactic cosmic rays confirmed
Structure and dynamics Research update Lasers could chill antihydrogen New method could cool antimatter to millikelvin temperatures Read article: Lasers could chill antihydrogen