Transport properties Research update Tony Bland: 1958–2007 Spintronics pioneer dies Read article: Tony Bland: 1958–2007
Mathematical physics Research update Supersensitive Coulomb test proposed Experiment could show photon has mass Read article: Supersensitive Coulomb test proposed
Soft matter and liquids Research update Software tracks ‘monster waves’ System could warn seafarers of 30-metre waves Read article: Software tracks ‘monster waves’
Quantum mechanics Research update Results question merit of axion experiments Future tests could be futile, says physicist Read article: Results question merit of axion experiments
Telescopes and space missions Research update Analysis confronts model of universe’s formation Physicist suggests CMB fluctuations originate in the Milky Way Read article: Analysis confronts model of universe’s formation
Transport properties Research update ‘Wormholes’ could be made from exotic materials Theoretical device could create a magnetic monopole
Mathematical physics Research update Friends, not policies, win elections “Word of mouth” woes voters, say physicists
Transport properties Research update Ideal materials make for perfect invisibility Slightest fault causes “significant” light scattering
Mathematical physics Opinion and reviews Poincaré, Perelman and proof The strange life of Grigori Perelman Read article: Poincaré, Perelman and proof
Soft matter and liquids Research update Icy stars reveal the secret of their patterns Physicists venture onto thin ice Read article: Icy stars reveal the secret of their patterns