Philosophy, sociology and religion Feature Licence to stun David Wilkinson describes how physicists helped test the safety and effectiveness of less-lethal weapons Read article: Licence to stun
Vacuum and cryogenics Feature Testing equipment for space Giles Case looks at some of the techniques used to ensure a high likelihood of mission success Read article: Testing equipment for space
Vacuum and cryogenics Feature Reuse, recycle and thrive: used-equipment businesses keep growing Hamish Johnston discovers why the used vacuum equipment market keeps growing Read article: Reuse, recycle and thrive: used-equipment businesses keep growing
Biophysics Feature Coming soon to a field near you Richard Taylor investigates the biophysics and mathematics of crop-circle art Read article: Coming soon to a field near you
Policy and funding Feature Beyond the eureka moment Nadya Reingand offers advice to academics as they consider how – and whether – to commercialize their inventions Read article: Beyond the eureka moment
Transport properties Feature Cloaking space–time Martin McCall and Paul Kinsler introduce the "event cloak" – perfect for the ultimate bank heist Read article: Cloaking space–time
Optics and photonics Feature Deflecting the light and deceiving the gods Tales of invisible people and magical invisibility-bestowing objects have thrilled us for millennia. Sidney Perkowitz reveals how these myths and fantasies are now becoming a reality
Stars and solar physics Feature The sounds of science Wanda Diaz Merced describes how losing her sight led her to investigate ways of using sound to study space physics Read article: The sounds of science
Optical physics Feature 3D TV without glasses Wondering why you can watch a Nintendo 3DS without glasses? Jonathan Mather reveals all Read article: 3D TV without glasses
Imaging Feature Vision of beauty Richard Taylor explains why fractals play a key role in retinal-implant technology Read article: Vision of beauty