Quantum optics Research update Quantum teleportation comes to Hefei and Calgary Studies show quantum communications possible using metropolitan optical-fibre networks Read article: Quantum teleportation comes to Hefei and Calgary
Ultrafast science News Flash Physics: Imaging single ions, UK’s merging ‘supercouncil’, OMEGA laser sets fusion record Today's selection of need-to-know updates from the world of physics Read article: Flash Physics: Imaging single ions, UK’s merging ‘supercouncil’, OMEGA laser sets fusion record
Telescopes and space missions Research update Tapping into light’s hidden information to push fundamental diffraction limit Discovery could boost resolution of space telescopes Read article: Tapping into light’s hidden information to push fundamental diffraction limit
Quantum mechanics Research update Quantum mechanics trumps nonlocal causality Action at a distance alone cannot explain quantum entanglement Read article: Quantum mechanics trumps nonlocal causality
Telescopes and space missions News China launches world’s first quantum science satellite QUESS mission will test the feasibility of quantum communication between ground and space Read article: China launches world’s first quantum science satellite
Ultracold matter Research update Entangled Hawking radiation spotted in analogue black hole Quantized sound emerges from Bose–Einstein condensate Read article: Entangled Hawking radiation spotted in analogue black hole
Structure and dynamics Research update Molecules break up under quantum control New technique could provide entangled atoms for matter-wave experiments Read article: Molecules break up under quantum control
Quantum optics Research update Twisted light beams sent 143 km across the sea Orbital angular-momentum states transmitted between Canary Islands Read article: Twisted light beams sent 143 km across the sea
Quantum mechanics Research update Schrödinger’s cat lives and dies in two boxes at once Physicists create a double cat state in two entangled microwave cavities Read article: Schrödinger’s cat lives and dies in two boxes at once
Quantum mechanics Opinion and reviews Between the lines An eloquent defence of string theory and a mathematical analysis of luck and chance, reviewed by Margaret Harris Read article: Between the lines