Telescopes and space missions Research update Nearby brown dwarf has partly cloudy skies Clues emerge about weather patterns on "hot Jupiters" Read article: Nearby brown dwarf has partly cloudy skies
Education and outreach Research update Classroom seismometers could monitor earthquakes worldwide Low-cost, robust device could help with geophysics education Read article: Classroom seismometers could monitor earthquakes worldwide
Transport properties Research update Energy can be teleported over long distances, say physicists Quantum effect could occur in semiconductors and the early universe Read article: Energy can be teleported over long distances, say physicists
Ultrafast science Research update Coming soon: Rydberg the movie Free-electron lasers could track the motion of atomic electrons Read article: Coming soon: Rydberg the movie
Dark matter and energy Research update Quasar shines a bright light on cosmic web First image of intergalactic filaments obtained Read article: Quasar shines a bright light on cosmic web
Transport properties Research update Quantized vibrations are essential to photosynthesis, say physicists High efficiency of reaction is "unambiguously" linked to non-classical behaviour Read article: Quantized vibrations are essential to photosynthesis, say physicists
Ultrafast science Research update Physicists discover 3D versions of graphene Two compounds have Dirac cones in the bulk Read article: Physicists discover 3D versions of graphene
Dark matter and energy Research update CoGeNT gives further backing to annual dark-matter variation Telltale fluctuation in particle data refuses to go away Read article: CoGeNT gives further backing to annual dark-matter variation
Transport properties Research update Ultrafast phase measurements could boost optical computing New device replaces unwieldy vacuum chambers Read article: Ultrafast phase measurements could boost optical computing
Biophysics Research update Flying ‘jellyfish’ is self-stabilizing Tiny aircraft is unique among animal-inspired flyers Read article: Flying ‘jellyfish’ is self-stabilizing