Quantum optics Research update Drumming to a cooler quantum beat Ground state endures for much longer due to new micro-drum design Read article: Drumming to a cooler quantum beat
Quantum mechanics Research update The secret lives of photons revealed Researchers reconstruct the complete trajectories of single photons in Young's double-slit experiment Read article: The secret lives of photons revealed
Quantum mechanics Opinion and reviews A scientist, not a cartoon Arthur I Miller reviews Quantum Man: Richard Feynman's Life in Science by Lawrence Krauss Read article: A scientist, not a cartoon
Modelling and simulation Video Bubble trouble: how physics can quantify stock-market crashes View on demand: an online lecture presented by Tobias Preis Read article: Bubble trouble: how physics can quantify stock-market crashes
Mathematical physics Research update Predicting crowd behaviour Computer model treats pedestrians as decision-makers, not particles Read article: Predicting crowd behaviour
Planetary science Research update Mapping orbits within black holes Physicist claims that planetary orbits could be sustained within black holes Read article: Mapping orbits within black holes
Philosophy, sociology and religion Research update Bilingualism key to the survival of a language Mathematical model predicts the survival prospects of local languages Read article: Bilingualism key to the survival of a language
Mathematical physics Research update Nature’s building blocks brought to life Periodic table of shapes could aid theoretical physics Read article: Nature’s building blocks brought to life
Philosophy, sociology and religion Opinion and reviews Creating Gyrangle Robert P Crease is enthralled by an exotic structure made of 490 hollowed-out triangles Read article: Creating Gyrangle
Mathematical physics Opinion and reviews Exciting structures Len Fisher reviews Mark Denny's new book "Super Structures" – all you need to know about trusses Read article: Exciting structures