Mathematical physics Feature You’re so predictable Despite the spontaneity we think that we exhibit, our behaviour is far more predictable than we may admit, as Albert-László Barabási explains Read article: You’re so predictable
Mathematical physics Research update Lasers make measurement Einstein called ‘impossible’ Physicists watch Brownian particles move on the shortest timescales Read article: Lasers make measurement Einstein called ‘impossible’
Quantum mechanics Research update Quantum cryptography system hacked But manufacturer says its clients need not fear Read article: Quantum cryptography system hacked
Mathematical physics Research update Physicists study how moral behaviour evolved Model describes the emergence of morality in a hostile world Read article: Physicists study how moral behaviour evolved
Particles and interactions Research update Strange quark weighs in Researchers get best ever estimate for the mass of a strange quark Read article: Strange quark weighs in
Mathematical physics Opinion and reviews A remade tapestry Joshua Socolar examines nature's beautiful patterns Read article: A remade tapestry
Mathematical physics Opinion and reviews The value of simulation Flavio H Fenton is unhappy with the view that all is not well in the world of computer simulation Read article: The value of simulation
Transport properties Research update Fractal patterns spotted in the quantum realm Electrons interfere to create fractal patterns in ferromagnet Read article: Fractal patterns spotted in the quantum realm
Mathematical physics Research update London, the ‘polycentric’ city Analysis of travel cards reveals complex commuting patterns Read article: London, the ‘polycentric’ city
Biophysics Feature The flu fighters Tools from physics can now be used to model the H1N1 flu pandemic, as Vittoria Colizza and Alessandro Vespignani explain Read article: The flu fighters