Telescopes and space missions Research update Pivoting exoplanets could harbour life Tilted orbits might allow water to remain liquid on the surface Read article: Pivoting exoplanets could harbour life
Publishing Research update International performance mixed for UK physicists Publishing output emphasizes quality over quantity Read article: International performance mixed for UK physicists
Soft matter and liquids Research update Physicists create frictionless flow by adding more friction Counterintuitive effect could lead to better processing of materials Read article: Physicists create frictionless flow by adding more friction
Telescopes and space missions Research update First discovery of double star that brightens during eclipse Einstein's general theory of relativity explains the phenomenon Read article: First discovery of double star that brightens during eclipse
Nuclear power Research update Nuclear waste heads into the virtual realm Repository design made cheap and easy with new tool Read article: Nuclear waste heads into the virtual realm
Telescopes and space missions Research update Could pulsars explain the positron excess? AMS-02 dataset accounted for without dark-matter contribution Read article: Could pulsars explain the positron excess?
Semiconductors and electronics Research update Plasmonic waveguide stops light in its tracks Design could help build 'stopped-light laser' Read article: Plasmonic waveguide stops light in its tracks
Quantum optics Research update Single-atom gates open the door to quantum computing Independent teams unveil a basic building block of a quantum computer Read article: Single-atom gates open the door to quantum computing
Soft matter and liquids Research update Acoustic metamaterial can be reconfigured in a jiffy Breakthrough could lead to ultrasonic superlenses Read article: Acoustic metamaterial can be reconfigured in a jiffy
Gravity Research update Have galactic ‘radio loops’ been mistaken for B-mode polarization? Evidence for new foreground-to-BICEP2 measurements found Read article: Have galactic ‘radio loops’ been mistaken for B-mode polarization?