Optical physics Research update Renaissance pottery comes under the microscope Italian physicists have found similarities between 500-year-old ceramics and modern metal-glass composites Read article: Renaissance pottery comes under the microscope
Semiconductors and electronics Research update Transistors go transparent Japanese researchers have made the fastest transparent transistor ever Read article: Transistors go transparent
Semiconductors and electronics Research update First light for pure silicon German and Australian researchers have shown that bulk silicon crystalline can be an efficient light emitter
Optical physics Research update Carbon nanotubes light up IBM researchers have created an ultrasmall solid-state light source Read article: Carbon nanotubes light up
Transport properties Research update Solar cells become thinner and cheaper Researchers have created a new type of very thin, inexpensive solar cell Read article: Solar cells become thinner and cheaper
Optical physics Research update Double funding boost for Daresbury UK lab receives £11.5m for light source and £25.7m for science park
Optical physics Research update Ruby slows light at room temperature Physicists have developed a new and simple way to produce ultraslow light at room temperature
Optical physics Research update Good news for negative-index materials New research shows that negative refraction does not violate causality
Optical physics Research update Silver nanoclusters make logic gates Researchers have demonstrated a new type of nanoscale computing Read article: Silver nanoclusters make logic gates
Optical physics Research update Optical microscopy sets new records Researchers have produced the highest-resolution ever optical image Read article: Optical microscopy sets new records