Telescopes and space missions Research update Cassini provides a magnetic mystery Flash Physics: need-to-know updates from the world of physics Read article: Cassini provides a magnetic mystery
Gravity Research update Spinning black holes could grow long hair Evidence for ultralight bosons could be found in gravitational waves Read article: Spinning black holes could grow long hair
Imaging Research update New 3D scanning method uses Archimedes’ principle Flash Physics: need-to-know updates from the world of physics Read article: New 3D scanning method uses Archimedes’ principle
Materials Research update Perovskites promise cheaper X-ray detectors New sintering technique offers a simpler way to produce large-area detectors that perform comparably to state-of-the-art cadmium telluride devices Read article: Perovskites promise cheaper X-ray detectors
Gravity Research update How to detect gravitational waves using superfluid helium New measurement method could focus on pulsars Read article: How to detect gravitational waves using superfluid helium
Nuclear physics Research update Can four neutrons form a stable nucleus? Flash Physics: need-to-know updates from the world of physics Read article: Can four neutrons form a stable nucleus?
2D materials Research update Chiral metamaterial enables scatter-free propagation Novel design enables first experimental observation of topological behaviour in a microwave metamaterial Read article: Chiral metamaterial enables scatter-free propagation
Soft matter and liquids Research update How to make liquid drops with rings like Saturn Flash Physics: need-to-know updates from the world of physics Read article: How to make liquid drops with rings like Saturn
Gravity Research update Roger Penrose asks if a cyclic cosmology is lurking in LIGO noise? Flash Physics: need-to-know updates from the world of physics Read article: Roger Penrose asks if a cyclic cosmology is lurking in LIGO noise?
Biomaterials Research update Smart glove translates sign language into digital text Flash Physics: need-to-know updates from the world of physics Read article: Smart glove translates sign language into digital text
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