Nuclear physics Research update Do solar neutrinos affect nuclear decay on Earth? Rotation of Sun's radiative zone correlates to beta-decay rate, say physicists Read article: Do solar neutrinos affect nuclear decay on Earth?
Transport properties News Flash Physics: Tiny spheres made from proteins, shape-shifting nuclei, long-lived silicon qubits Today's selection of need-to-know updates from the world of physics Read article: Flash Physics: Tiny spheres made from proteins, shape-shifting nuclei, long-lived silicon qubits
Structure and dynamics News Flash Physics: MRI meets nuclear medicine, polymers mimic evolution, laser pioneer Ali Javan dies at 89 Today's selection of need-to-know updates from the world of physics Read article: Flash Physics: MRI meets nuclear medicine, polymers mimic evolution, laser pioneer Ali Javan dies at 89
Vacuum and cryogenics News Flash Physics: Giant glowing ‘space blobs’, SCOAP3 extended for three years, European Spallation Source gains momentum Today's selection of need-to-know updates from the world of physics Read article: Flash Physics: Giant glowing ‘space blobs’, SCOAP3 extended for three years, European Spallation Source gains momentum
Nuclear physics Research update Some nuclei exist close to a quantum phase transition Discovery could shed light on production of heavy elements in stars Read article: Some nuclei exist close to a quantum phase transition
Telescopes and space missions News Flash Physics: HERA observatory bags $9.5m, rare-isotope decay eludes detection, putting pressure on iron Today's selection of need-to-know updates from the world of physics Read article: Flash Physics: HERA observatory bags $9.5m, rare-isotope decay eludes detection, putting pressure on iron
Nuclear physics Research update Radioactive decay of manganese-54 is not affected by the seasons, says physicist New study suggests electron-capture process is not influenced by Earth's proximity to the Sun Read article: Radioactive decay of manganese-54 is not affected by the seasons, says physicist
Nuclear physics Research update Elusive nuclear-clock transition spotted in thorium-229 Discovery could lead to much more precise frequency standards Read article: Elusive nuclear-clock transition spotted in thorium-229
Nuclear physics Opinion and reviews Burned from the inside out Susan Southard’s book about survivors of the Nagasaki atomic bombing, reviewed by Brian Drummond Read article: Burned from the inside out
Nuclear physics Opinion and reviews Looking back on the H-bomb A memoir by the physicist Kenneth Ford offers an "engagingly human glimpse" into the US physics community in the early 1950s, writes reviewer Richard Moore Read article: Looking back on the H-bomb