Instrumentation and measurement Feature In the wake of Fukushima Steven Judge and Hiroyuki Kuwahara report on efforts to monitor radioactive contamination in areas near Japan's stricken Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power stat... Read article: In the wake of Fukushima
Structure and dynamics Research update Internal structure of antihydrogen probed for the first time ALPHA experiment makes rapid advances in demystifying antimatter Read article: Internal structure of antihydrogen probed for the first time
Ultrafast science Research update Raman technique peers into cabin baggage New scanner could ease airport liquids ban Read article: Raman technique peers into cabin baggage
Ultracold matter News Our favourite pictures of 2011 From Batman under the microscope to dancing black holes Read article: Our favourite pictures of 2011
Telescopes and space missions Research update Voyager sets sights on Milky Way Galactic radiation seen for the first time Read article: Voyager sets sights on Milky Way
Transport properties Research update Undulator brings ILC closer to reality Positron source could be crucial to future particle colliders Read article: Undulator brings ILC closer to reality
Telescopes and space missions Research update Active galactic nuclei measure the universe Radius and luminosity relationship used as "standard candle" Read article: Active galactic nuclei measure the universe
Structure and dynamics Research update Ferrofluid pump has no moving parts Device could be used in everything from microfluidics to large-scale mechanical devices Read article: Ferrofluid pump has no moving parts
Particles and interactions Research update Do neutrinos move faster than the speed of light? Tantalizing result announced by Italian experiment Read article: Do neutrinos move faster than the speed of light?
Publishing Research update Journal editor resigns over climate-change paper Wolfgang Wagner says article should "not have been published" Read article: Journal editor resigns over climate-change paper