Lasers Research update Tiny laser makes ‘twisted light’ New device could allow orbital angular momentum to be used in telecommunication devices Read article: Tiny laser makes ‘twisted light’
Planetary science Research update Great Red Spot powers up the heat on Jupiter Jovian atmosphere above storm is hundreds of degrees hotter than elsewhere on the planet Read article: Great Red Spot powers up the heat on Jupiter
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
Education and outreach Research update Palestinian Advanced Physics School is a first Master's students gather for lectures on advanced topics in particle and synchrotron physics Read article: Palestinian Advanced Physics School is a first
Cosmology Research update Delensing of cosmic microwave background could reveal ancient gravitational waves New technique uses infrared observations to clean up microwave images Read article: Delensing of cosmic microwave background could reveal ancient gravitational waves
Dark matter and energy Research update World’s most sensitive dark-matter search comes up empty handed "Nightmare scenario" looms as LUX sees no WIMPs Read article: World’s most sensitive dark-matter search comes up empty handed
Transport properties Research update Snell’s law for spin waves measured at long last Law deviates from that governing light and could lead to "magnonic" devices of the future Read article: Snell’s law for spin waves measured at long last
Optical physics Research update 3D display exploits twisted light Images are encoded in orbital angular momentum of photons Read article: 3D display exploits twisted light
Magnetism and spin Research update ‘Radiation friction’ could make huge magnetic fields with lasers Proposal for measuring poorly understood effect could boost laboratory astrophysics Read article: ‘Radiation friction’ could make huge magnetic fields with lasers
Astroparticle physics Research update Nearby supernovae could have affected life on Earth Events over the past nine million years may have altered evolution Read article: Nearby supernovae could have affected life on Earth
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