Transport properties Research update Material gives up its spin-splitting secrets Unexpected discovery of giant spin-splitting could boost spintronics Read article: Material gives up its spin-splitting secrets
Optical physics Research update New microscope makes movies of tiny live specimens Optical-lattice technique has a lighter touch with living samples Read article: New microscope makes movies of tiny live specimens
Superconductivity Research update New amplifier design could improve quantum circuits Device based on Josephson junctions offers broader bandwidth Read article: New amplifier design could improve quantum circuits
Particles and interactions Research update Fermilab’s NOvA neutrino experiment kicks off Five-year-long construction of giant US neutrino experiment complete Read article: Fermilab’s NOvA neutrino experiment kicks off
Telescopes and space missions Research update Tabletop experiment could detect gravitational waves Tiny device could beat LIGO to detecting ripples in space–time, say physicists Read article: Tabletop experiment could detect gravitational waves
Ultracold matter Research update Black-hole analogue works like a laser Sound is amplified between two "event horizons" in a Bose–Einstein condensate Read article: Black-hole analogue works like a laser
Telescopes and space missions Research update Upgrade set for dark-matter detector XENON1T will begin taking data next year Read article: Upgrade set for dark-matter detector
Nuclear physics Research update Dark matter could light up giant mirror Low-cost detector is designed to glimpse 'hidden photons' Read article: Dark matter could light up giant mirror
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?
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