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
The sounds of science
Wanda Diaz Merced describes how losing her sight led her to investigate ways of using sound to study space physics
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3D TV without glasses
Wondering why you can watch a Nintendo 3DS without glasses? Jonathan Mather reveals all
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Vision of beauty
Richard Taylor explains why fractals play a key role in retinal-implant technology
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Optical sensors boost space science
Hamish Johnston explores how space science and cellular biology are proving profitable areas for optics firms
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Optoelectronics: a green explosion
"Green" photonics is good for the planet and for profits, discovers Richard Stevenson
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Resistance is futile
Continuing our superconductivity centenary celebrations, Ted Forgan looks at the challenges for high-temperature materials
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Taming serendipity
Laura H Greene calls for a global collaboration in the search for new high-temperature superconductors
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Down the path of least resistance
A century after its discovery, Paul Michael Grant explains why superconductivity still confounds and baffles us today
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Metrology in the balance
Robert P Crease examines what could be the biggest overhaul in metrology since the French Revolution
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