Joost van Mameren explains how quantitative force measurements by optical tweezers can unravel the mechanical properties of biological molecules
Read article: Optical tweezers: where physics meets biology
This invisibility cloak can make a nearby object vanish, say researchers
Read article: Invisibility extends out of its shell
Nadya Anscombe discovers how Nobel prize winning research has been turned into a practical product
Read article: Menlo takes frequency combs to the masses
Marie Freebody speaks to Niek van Hulst about the potential wealth of applications for plasmonics
Read article: Plasmonics propagates into new optical fields
Michael Mertin is the man responsible for Jenoptik's recent restructure and securing future growth. Jacqueline Hewett asks him how heavily photovoltaics features in these plans
Read article: Jenoptik looks to solar for future growth
Device beats the resolution of conventional devices by more than a factor of five
Accelerator lab chooses nanostructure expert as new director
Read article: Condensed-matter physicist to head DESY
Technique can probe around twice the depth, say researchers
Read article: Metamaterials boost MRI sensitivity
US researchers create start-up firm to commercialize their concept
Read article: ‘Stamp’ method brings bendy, transparent solar cells
Opening this special issue marking the 20th anniversary of the launch of Physics World, Matin Durrani says that the magazine still has a vital role to play in th...
Read article: Two decades and counting…
