Soft matter and liquids Research update Butterfly’s colourful trick of the light recreated in the lab 'Reverse diffraction' materials could make banknotes more secure Read article: Butterfly’s colourful trick of the light recreated in the lab
Quantum optics Research update Are ‘weak values’ quantum after all? Results of weak measurements can be replicated classically, claim physicists Read article: Are ‘weak values’ quantum after all?
Transport properties Research update Majorana quasiparticles glimpsed in magnetic chains Evidence of "non-Abelian" excitations in solids continues to grow Read article: Majorana quasiparticles glimpsed in magnetic chains
Nuclear power Research update New approach to fusion delivers copious neutrons Magnetic fields and laser drive reaction Read article: New approach to fusion delivers copious neutrons
Nuclear power Research update US targets novel fusion research Technologies falling between tokomaks and lasers will be funded Read article: US targets novel fusion research
Quantum optics Research update Quantum data are compressed for the first time Physicists manage to squeeze three qubits into two Read article: Quantum data are compressed for the first time
Quantum optics Research update Photons weave their way through a triple slit Path-integral analysis reveals flaw in interpretation of beloved experiment Read article: Photons weave their way through a triple slit
Telescopes and space missions Research update India’s Mangalyaan satellite successfully in orbit around Mars Triumphant maiden mission carried out on a shoestring budget Read article: India’s Mangalyaan satellite successfully in orbit around Mars
Transport properties Research update Nuclear spins control electrical currents Room-temperature technique could be used in spin-based memories Read article: Nuclear spins control electrical currents
Telescopes and space missions Research update BICEP2 gravitational wave result bites the dust thanks to new Planck data Planck and BICEP2 to carry out a joint analysis of data for definitive answer Read article: BICEP2 gravitational wave result bites the dust thanks to new Planck data